Global HR Business Partner

ApprovalMax

HR Business Partner shaping the people agenda across functions at ApprovalMax, a B2B SaaS company. Collaborating with leaders to drive performance, engagement, and organizational effectiveness across global teams.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £50,000 - £60,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the trusted HR partner to the business, building credible, high-trust relationships that enable open dialogue on people matters.
Contribute to the design and execution of people strategies aligned to business priorities, including organisational design, workforce planning, and capability development.
Support senior leaders in building high-performing teams, advising on team structure, role design, performance management, and succession.
Provide commercially grounded HR counsel on a range of issues including compensation decisions, restructuring, and workforce change.
Own and manage employee relations cases across your business units, including performance improvement plans, disciplinaries, grievances, and absence management.
Provide confident, pragmatic guidance on ER matters across multiple jurisdictions including the UK, EU, North America, Australia, and South Africa, escalating to the Head of HR where appropriate.
Champion a strong, inclusive, and high-performance culture across geographically dispersed teams.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven HRBP experience in a fast-paced, scaling technology or SaaS environment, operating at senior level across commercial and/or technical functions.
Proven experience working in Eastern Europe, specifically Serbia, Bulgaria and Moldova.
Track record of partnering with senior stakeholders on strategic people matters.
Solid experience managing complex ER cases across multiple geographies independently.
Experience working with international teams and navigating multi-country employment frameworks, particularly across the EU, UK, North America, and/or APAC.
3–6 years of experience as a hands-on HR Business Partner in fast-growing technology companies.
Deep understanding of scale-up culture and experience partnering with both Engineering and non-Engineering leadership/colleagues.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Insurance and Health & Wellbeing Benefit Stipend
Home Office Setup - one off £500 reimbursement, post probation
Pension - Aviva: Employer contribution of 6%, Employee contribution of 5%
Hybrid working with flexibility around how and when you do your best work.
26 days annual leave plus UK public holidays.
1 day Birthday Leave
A genuinely collaborative People team with the space to own your remit and make it your own.

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Hard Skills & Tools

HRBP experienceemployee relations managementperformance managementworkforce planningorganisational designcapability developmentcompensation decisionssuccession planningperformance improvement plansgrievance management

Soft Skills

relationship buildingopen dialogueadvisory skillspragmatic guidancecultural championingteam structure advisinghigh-performance culture promotiontrust buildingcommunicationcollaboration