Company Overview
Group/Division
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
The HR Business Partner (HRBP) will be a strategic partner to the business, aligning people strategies with organisational goals. The role provides expert guidance across all areas of human resources, enabling leaders to build high-performing, engaged, and compliant teams
Key Responsibilities:
Business Partnering:
Partner with business leaders to understand priorities and translate them into people strategies
Provide insight and challenge on organisational design, workforce planning, and talent strategy
Support delivery of business objectives through effective people interventions
Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on complex people matter
Talent & Workforce Planning:
Lead workforce planning, succession planning, and talent reviews
Identify critical capability gaps and support targeted hiring strategies
Drive retention strategies for key and high-potential talent
Support development of future-ready capability within the organisation
Employee Relations & Case Management
Manage complex employee relations cases
Ensure fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes in line with our company policies
Coach managers on handling people issues and risk mitigation
Performance & Reward
Support performance management processes
Partner with Compensation & Benefits on our reward strategies and processes
Engagement & Culture
Analyse engagement survey results and drive action planning
Coach leaders to improve employee experience and engagement
Champion inclusion, STEM, community and wellbeing initiatives
Work closely with COEs (C&B, TA, L&D) to develop high performing teams
Key skills
Strategic thinking & business acumen
Influencing and stakeholder management
Decision-making and judgement
Coaching and facilitation
Change management
Data-driven insight
Modelling a high level of AI fluency to enhance HR delivery and business outcomes.
Essential
Strong HR Business Partnering experience
CIPD qualified (level 5 or 7)
Proven experience supporting senior stakeholders
Strong influencing, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
Experience managing complex employee relations issues
Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and provide insight
Deep understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice
Desirable
Experience in high-tech / engineering or matrix organisations
Experience supporting organisational transformation or growth
What we will offer you?
Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), share scheme, contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, rewards scheme, life assurance.
Minimum Qualifications
Master's Level Degree and related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience
We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.
KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer
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Skills Required
- Strong HR Business Partnering experience
- CIPD qualified (Level 5 or 7)
- Proven experience supporting senior stakeholders
- Strong influencing, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience managing complex employee relations issues
- Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data and provide insight
- Deep understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice
- Master's or Bachelor's level degree with related work experience
- High level of AI fluency to enhance HR delivery and business outcomes
- Experience in high-tech/engineering or matrix organisations
- Experience supporting organisational transformation or growth
KLA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about KLA and has not been reviewed or approved by KLA.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) plan with company matching and financial planning support. Student debt assistance and related financial benefits reinforce long-term savings and security.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Ownership programs include an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and broad-based RSU participation that extend equity beyond a narrow group. These elements complement competitive pay and bonuses to strengthen total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs span paid time off, paid company holidays, and paid volunteer time. Family care and bonding leave and back-up care services add flexibility during life events.
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What We Do
KLA develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward.


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