HR Director – Midlands/UK – c125k

There are HR leaders who oversee functions, and there are HR leaders who change how organisations think, decide, and perform. This candidate sits firmly in the second group.

Commercial, highly personable, and credible at executive level, they bring extensive HR Director experience across regulated and fast-paced environments, with a clear record of delivering people transformation that drives measurable business outcomes.

They have most recently operated in a senior leadership role within a regulated organisation, holding accountability for the full end to end colleague experience agenda.

Their remit spanned people operations, talent acquisition, reward, data and insight, and DEI, leading a multidisciplinary team of specialists. The focus was not just delivery, but building an HR function that supports strategy, enables leaders, and improves experience at scale.

A key strength is HR digital transformation. In their most recent role, they led the introduction of new HR platforms, case management solutions, and AI-enabled tools.

This is an HR Director who understands the commercial value of people data. By embedding dashboards and analytics across the organisation, they increased leadership confidence in workforce insight and repositioned HR as a trusted strategic partner.

Outcomes included a strengthened EVP, improved hiring and onboarding experience, and leaders making faster, better decisions using evidence rather than instinct.

Their interim experience adds further depth. In a senior People Director role supporting digital, data, and corporate functions, they partnered directly with C-suite leaders and Managing Directors across a population of more than 1,000 colleagues.

During a period of major transformation impacting around 25 percent of the workforce, they led future state operating model design across 50 critical roles. This included skills analysis, role redesign, and global sourcing strategies across multiple regions.