Senior HRBP Manager - 12month FTC

<p><strong>About Skyscanner</strong></p> <p>Everyone loves travelling, but planning is not without its challenges ✈️. That's why we've spent 20 years building tools that turn travel-planning chaos into a breeze. Today, around 160 million travellers count on us every month to skip the whole “47 browser tabs open” phase and find flights, cars, and hotels quickly and easily 💻.</p> <p>Joining Skyscanner means becoming part of a global brand that's striving to become the planet's go-to travel hack accessible for all 🌍.</p> <p>Our vision? To be the world's number one travel ally. (Ambitious? 💪 Yes, but, hey, that's what got us here)</p> <p><strong>About the role</strong></p> <p><strong>Hybrid</strong></p> <p>Now, we’re on the lookout for a <strong>Senior</strong> &nbsp;<strong>People Partner</strong> to support our business organisation across Edinburgh, Glasgow or London. You’ll be embedded with Exec and Senior Leaders as a trusted advisor, coach and partner, balancing data with empathy, strategy with sleeves-rolled-up delivery.</p> <p>This is a Senior level Individual Contributor role, with scope to shape people strategy and influence senior stakeholders across a complex, global organisation and it’s &nbsp;a role with plenty of variety and impact:from org design and change programmes to manager capability, employee relations, engagement and culture-building, you’ll help our brilliant humans do their best work.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll be doing</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Partnering for impact:</strong> You’ll work closely with senior leaders across functions to shape people plans that unlock business outcomes and keep teams moving in the same direction.</li> <li><strong>Org design and change:</strong> You’ll lead and land org design, restructuring and change initiatives -clarifying roles, decision rights and ways of working so teams can move fast without breaking too many things.</li> <li><strong>Uplevelling manager capability:</strong> You’ll coach leaders, run feedback workshops and build practical toolkits that help good managers become great ones.</li> <li><strong>Employee Relations, done right:</strong> Handle complex ER matters with care and confidence, balancing risk, empathy and the law-always aiming for fair, timely outcomes.&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>Turning data into action:</strong> You’ll use people metrics and insights across engagement, attrition, DEI and performance cycles to spot patterns, tell the story and steer meaningful action.</li> <li><strong>Supporting talent, growth and mobility:</strong> You’ll drive workforce planning, succession and career pathways, partnering with TA and L&amp;D to help us attract, grow and keep brilliant humans.</li> <li><strong>Keeping culture and cadence:</strong> You’ll support key people rituals - from performance and compensation cycles to engagement moments - while simplifying processes and systems for scale.</li> </ul> <p><strong>About you</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Tech/global experience</strong>: You’ve worked in a fast-paced tech and/or global organisation, partnering with senior leaders through complexity, scale and change.</li> <li><strong>Trusted relationship-builder:</strong> You create psychological safety, maintain confidentiality and influence senior stakeholders with clarity, calm and just the right amount of candour.</li> <li><strong>Strategic and hands-on:</strong> You’re equally happy in the weeds and on the whiteboard -able to set direction, then ship the work that gets us there.</li> <li><strong>UK ER expert:</strong> You bring strong working knowledge of UK employment law and best practice, with experience managing nuanced, sensitive cases.</li> <li><strong>Globally aware:</strong> You may have awareness of international employment practices - particularly in Spain, China, Singapore and the USA -though this is a beneficial not essential.</li> <li><strong>Data-curious operator:</strong> You’re comfortable with metrics, dashboards and experimentation, using evidence to prioritise work and prove impact.</li> <li><strong>Change champion:</strong> You’re skilled in org design, change management and shaping ways of working in dynamic, matrixed environments where the destination can shift mid-flight.</li> <li><strong>Coach at heart:</strong> You elevate manager capability with candid feedback, practical tools and a growth mindset — helping leaders build inclusive, high-performing teams.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What it's like here</strong></p> <p>We are the <a href="https://www.skyscanner.net/jobs/life">real deal</a>— no corporate gloss, no empty promises. Just a team of genuinely curious, caring humans ❤️, building things that help travellers explore the world a little easier 🧭.</p> <p>Skyscanner is made up of brilliant humans from every corner of the world. We believe travel makes the world better — and that the same is true of our diverse teams. We're proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building an <a href="https://www.skyscanner.net/jobs/esg">inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and products that are accessible to all</a> ✨.</p> <p>Sound like your kind of adventure? 🚀 Apply now and help us shape the future of travel.</p> <p>We're committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes are inclusive and accessible to everyone. If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations for interviews, and/or wish to apply under the <a href="https://www.skyscanner.net/news/a-disability-confident-employer">Disability Confident</a> scheme, please let your recruiter know. If you’d like more information on any of our policies, such as hybrid working or Parental Leave policies (typically we pay a minimum of 24 weeks birth parent/maternity leave globally), our recruitment team can provide more information on these.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>