Head of HR Business Partnering, EMEA at Environmental Resources Management (ERM)

ERM is seeking an exceptional Head of HR Business Partnering, EMEA to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our region during a period of significant growth and transformation. This is high impact leadership role for a commercially astute HR leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, people, and business performance.

As a trusted partner to senior leaders across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, you will lead and inspire a diverse team of HR Business Partners, ensuring the people agenda directly enables ERM’s ambitious growth strategy. You will have a seat at the table, influencing critical decisions and translating business priorities into an integrated, forward looking people plan.

ERM is a global sustainability consulting firm with a clear purpose and a strong investment focus on future critical capabilities, including the low carbon transition, ESG, and product stewardship. The EMEA HR team plays a central role in enabling this strategy, and this role sits at the heart of our HR transformation journey.

Reporting to the Regional HR Director, EMEA, you will be a core member of the regional HR leadership team and a key contributor to shaping how HR operates across the region.

In addition, you will have an internal client group to act as a Business Partner for.

What you will do

• Lead, coach and inspire the EMEA HR Business Partnering team to deliver a high impact, business aligned people agenda.

• Partner closely with senior leaders to understand, prioritise and balance complex and competing business needs.

• Own and drive delivery of the regional HR strategy, ensuring clear outcomes, momentum and measurable impact.

• Play a key role in the implementation of the HR transformation roadmap, helping to modernise and elevate HR across EMEA.

• Influence organisational decisions relating to talent, capability, culture and structure to support sustainable growth.

What you bring

• Deep expertise in HR business partnering within complex, international environments.

• Strong capability across talent management, strategic workforce planning, succession, culture and organisational development.

• Proven experience leading through ambiguity and change, with the confidence to challenge constructively and influence at senior levels.

• High commercial acumen and the ability to connect people strategy to business outcomes.

• A leadership style that is inclusive, pragmatic and empowering, with the credibility to lead remotely across geographies.

Why join ERM

• A genuinely strategic HR leadership role with regional influence and visibility.

• The opportunity to shape HR during a meaningful period of transformation.

• A purposedriven organisation committed to sustainability and longterm impact.

• A collaborative, international leadership team and the chance to build something that matters.