HR Business Partner

Position: HR Business Partner (US)
Vacancy No VN431

Status Active Location Remote US Location Country Location Region Location City Description Who are we?

Auction Technology Group (ATG) is transforming the multi-billion-dollar global auction industry. Our platforms connect thousands of auction houses with buyers in over 170 countries, powering more than $15 billion in annual sales. Through innovative online auction technologies, we help auctioneers expand their reach, boost efficiency, and maximize value—while giving bidders unrivaled access to rare and specialized items.

As a publicly traded company, ATG has scaled from $18 million to $170 million in revenue, with sustained growth beyond the pandemic. We're modernizing one of the last industries to fully go digital—building a global, category-defining business in the process.

The Role We’re building a Workforce Development function designed to help ATG make better, more deliberate decisions about its workforce as the business transforms and grows. We’re looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to lead that work in the US, partnering with leaders to translate business strategy into the organization, capabilities and talent needed to deliver it.

At the core of this role is workforce strategy and active workforce management: helping leaders see where they have the right capacity and capabilities, and what needs to evolve. You’ll use workforce data and business context to shape organizational design, workforce plans, talent and succession decisions, location and hiring strategies, and the ongoing management of performance. It’s a strategic role and a builder role - you’ll create the frameworks, operating rhythms and tools that give leaders a clear view of their organizations, and stay close enough to the work to make sure the decisions actually happen.

Reporting to our Head of HR in the UK, you’ll be the HR Business Partner for our US organization, partnering directly with the CPO, executive and senior leaders and their teams, and working closely with our broader People team, which owns core employee lifecycle and people operations.

You’ll bring strong commercial instincts and an understanding that great HR partnership isn’t simply about advising leaders - it’s about helping them build and continuously manage a workforce that can deliver the strategy. You should be equally comfortable challenging a leader on the shape of their organization, digging into workforce and financial data, leading a talent discussion, and building a workforce plan from scratch.

Key Responsibilities What You’ll Own Strategic Partnering
• Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to senior leaders and management across the US business on people strategy, org design, and business-critical talent decisions
• Translate business strategy into workforce and people plans, working closely with the Head of Workforce Development (UK) to align US execution with the wider global approach
• Partner with leaders on organization design - team structure, role design, spans and layers, role clarity, critical capabilities, and whether work sits in the right place, team and level - to support scalable growth
• Identify workforce risks and opportunities (e.g. skills gaps, attrition hotspots, succession gaps) and translate these into actionable plans
• Own headcount budgeting and forecasting for the US population, and build rolling workforce plans across capacity, capabilities, cost, location and talent so planning is continuous rather than an annual exercise
• Support talent review and succession planning processes, identifying key talent and building robust development and retention plans
• Sponsor and execute the US performance management cycle end to end - goal setting, reviews, calibration and follow-through -…