Senior Employee Relations Partner

Location: On-site five days a week at offices in Amersham, Buckinghamshire or Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Travel across UK sites may be required.

Company

hirify.global’s operating company Cytiva develops life-science, diagnostics, biotechnology, and human-health solutions, including products supporting biological research, vaccines, medicines, and cell and gene therapies.

What you will do

• Design, own, and execute the labour and employee relations strategy across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
• Establish ER governance frameworks, ensure legal compliance, manage escalation, and support defensible decision-making.
• Manage routine, complex, sensitive, and high-risk employee relations cases across the UK&I non-manufacturing and corporate workforce.
• Advise HR colleagues, ER specialists, People Leaders, and senior leaders on case strategy, risk, and outcomes.
• Coordinate with external counsel on litigation, ACAS Early Conciliation, settlement agreements, and legal or reputational risk.
• Support restructures, workforce reductions, operating-model changes, and other organisational transformation initiatives while coaching ER and HR colleagues.

Requirements

• Significant experience at Senior Employee Relations Partner level or equivalent in a complex, multi-site organisation.
• Proven experience advising senior leaders on organisational change, restructures, employment litigation, settlement agreements, and ACAS Early Conciliation.
• Experience with employee relations or employment law in at least one European jurisdiction outside the UK and Ireland, or a strong understanding of European employment law frameworks.
• Ability to work autonomously and make recommendations involving significant legal, employee relations, reputational, or business risk.
• Experience working with People Leaders and HR colleagues in a complex matrix environment and developing ER governance frameworks.
• Ability to work on-site five days a week in Amersham or Portsmouth and travel across UK sites when required.

Nice to have

• Degree in Law, Employment Law, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent professional HR qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture focused on belonging, continuous improvement, innovation, and tangible impact in human health.
• Comprehensive and competitive benefit programs.
• Healthcare benefits and paid time off.
• Work supporting customers and patients across global life-science and healthcare markets.