HR Director - Commercial & Corporate Functions

Job reference 341947 HR Director
- Commercial & Corporate Functions

Job reference 341947 HR Director
- Commercial & Corporate Functions Competitive salary plus car allowance, healthcare, 35% annual bonus potential,30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates Permanent, Full time 185 Farringdon Road

Royal Mail is transforming for the future, and we're looking for an exceptional HR leader to help shape that journey.

As HR Director, Commercial & Corporate Functions, you will partner senior leaders across some of the most critical areas of the business, providing strategic HR leadership that enables organisational performance, transformation and growth. This is a highly visible role with significant influence, operating at the heart of business decision-making whilst helping to shape the future capability, structure and culture of one of the UK's most iconic organisations.

As a member of the HR Senior Leadership Team, you will work closely with executive stakeholders to develop and deliver people strategies that support business objectives, organisational effectiveness and long-term success.

This role offers the opportunity to lead complex business transformation through people.

Working across Commercial, Customer and Corporate Functions, you will provide strategic HR leadership on organisation design, workforce planning, leadership capability, talent, culture and industrial relations. You will act as a trusted adviser and coach to senior leaders, helping them navigate change, build high-performing teams and deliver sustainable business outcomes.

You will also play a key role in the transformation of head office functions, ensuring the organisation is equipped with the skills, structures and capabilities required for the future.

We are seeking a highly credible and commercially astute HR leader with a proven track record of operating successfully within large, complex organisations.

• Significant experience leading HR across both generalist and specialist disciplines.
• Deep expertise in organisational design, organisational development and business transformation.
• A proven track record of leading complex change programmes and delivering measurable business improvements through people-led initiatives.
• Strong experience designing, evaluating and implementing organisational structures, operating models and workforce solutions that support strategic business goals.
• Extensive experience providing strategic HR leadership within large, complex and fast-paced organisations.
• Experience working within FTSE 100 or similarly large matrix organisations, ideally with significant trade union engagement.
• Outstanding stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and trusted partnerships at Executive level.
• A strong track record of coaching and advising senior leaders on organisation effectiveness, leadership, performance and transformation.
• Experience working across Centres of Expertise, Shared Services and HR Business Partnering teams to deliver integrated people solutions.
• A strong understanding of employee relations, industrial relations and UK employment legislation.
• The commercial acumen to balance people priorities with business performance, efficiency and growth objectives.

This is a rare opportunity to influence the future of a nationally recognised organisation during a period of significant transformation.

You'll join a business with a rich heritage and an ambitious future, working alongside senior leaders to shape organisation-wide people strategies, drive meaningful change and leave a lasting impact across the business.

Additional benefits will include opportunities to further develop HR expertise across various functions while contributing to the success and growth of the Royal Mail.

• Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption…