Interim HR Business Partner

An Interim HR Business Partner to join a high-performing global Pharmaceuticals organisation, supporting a critical UK manufacturing operation.

Rate: £43 per hour (8 hours per day, Umbrella, Inside IR35)

Location: County Durham

Duration: Until end of Jan 2027

Client: World-leading Pharmaceuticals organisation

This is a highly visible role within a complex operational environment where you'll partner with senior leaders to shape culture, drive organisational change, strengthen leadership capability, and deliver a progressive people agenda.

You'll operate as a trusted advisor to the business, leading strategic HR initiatives across organisational design, transformation, engagement, talent, capability, and industrial relations.

The Role:

• Lead large-scale organisational change and restructuring programmes
• Partner with senior leaders to drive culture, engagement and performance
• Support leadership development and succession planning
• Shape workforce and capability planning through data-driven insight
• Coach and challenge leaders to build inclusive, high-performing teams
• Manage employee and industrial relations risk, including union engagement
• Drive talent and diversity initiatives aligned to future business growth
• Collaborate across HR specialist teams to deliver best-in-class people solutions

Requirements:

• Strong HR Business Partner / HR Manager experience within a complex organisation
• Proven experience delivering restructuring and change programmes in the UK
• Strong industrial relations and union engagement experience
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through ambiguity
• Commercially minded with strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Experience supporting operational, manufacturing, engineering or supply chain environments advantageous
• Passion for leadership, culture and organisational effectiveness

This is an urgent requirement - if interested, please apply asap and any questions, email claire.shipman@1st-executive.com