The Role
Senior HRBP
➡️ Want to play a strategic role in shaping culture, leadership, and organisational growth in a high-performing, global company?
➡️ Tired of purely operational HR roles and ready to work at the intersection of strategy, people, and business performance?
➡️ Proven you can partner with senior leaders and drive real organisational impact across commercial teams?
➡️ Motivated by building scalable people frameworks in a fast-growth, pre-IPO, VC-backed environment?
➡️ Excited by a culture that pushes boundaries, rewards curiosity, and genuinely invests in your development?
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Role Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior HR Business Partner to join Patsnap and support our growing EMEA business. In this role, you will act as a strategic HR partner to senior leaders, with a specific focus on our Commercial teams, while also owning core People Operations for the EMEA region.
This is a highly impactful, multifaceted role operating at the intersection of strategy, operations, and organisational development. You will shape culture, influence leadership capability, drive organisational effectiveness, and build scalable HR frameworks that support Patsnap’s global growth journey.
You will partner closely with leaders to support performance, talent development, engagement, and change initiatives, while also ensuring strong operational foundations across core people processes. This is an opportunity for someone who thrives in complexity, enjoys building from scratch, and wants to leave a lasting organisational footprint.
This is a hybrid position based in our London, UK office, with the option to work hybrid (twice a week) or fully in-office.
Who are we?
Patsnap is a global, pre-IPO company that transforms the way organizations harness their Intellectual Property and Research & Development productivity. Our platform revolutionizes how IP and R&D teams collaborate across the entire innovation lifecycle, using domain-specific AI to accelerate the creation of market-ready products. With over 12,000 customers worldwide, including some of the biggest names in innovation, Patsnap is at the forefront of technological advancement. Our $300M Series E funding round brings our valuation to a $1 billion unicorn status, and we still have a remarkable amount of growth ahead.
We have a vibrant and diverse team with offices in Singapore, Toronto, London, and Shanghai. Our hyper-growth trajectory is powered by our people, and we are extremely proud of our company-wide vision, work ethic, and entrepreneurial spirit. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where talent thrives and ideas bloom.
What You'll be Doing:
- Act as a strategic HR Business Partner to Commercial teams, using business insights and data to drive decisions.
- Diagnose organisational needs through performance, engagement, and workforce analytics.
- Design and implement organisational changes, including restructures, performance frameworks, and talent initiatives.
- Coach leaders on people strategy, capability development, and complex people issues to elevate team effectiveness.
- Own the full talent lifecycle across EMEA: reviews, succession, acquisition, development, motivation, and retention.
- Champion a high-performance culture by driving the performance management cycle and continuous improvement.
- Lead and enhance People Operations processes, ensuring consistent, meaningful employee experiences.
- Provide policy guidance, ensure compliance, and manage employee relations cases with fairness and accuracy.
- Build and deliver training programs in partnership with global HR counterparts.
- Mentor and manage the People & Culture Coordinator and Office Manager while supporting HR foundations across EMEA/APAC.
About You:
- Solid experience in HR/People roles, including HR Business Partnering.
- Proven ability to manage the full employee lifecycle and complex employee relations cases.
- Experience supporting commercial or revenue-generating teams.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to draw insights from people and performance data.
- Skilled in organizational development, change management, and leadership coaching.
- Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
- Experience working in global or multi-region environments (EMEA/APAC/NA).
- Thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments with a proactive, solutions-driven approach.
What You'll Love:
- 25 days annual leave allowance + bank holidays
- 2 company paid volunteering days
- Eyecare voucher scheme
- Private healthcare with Axa Healthcare
- Private pension with Scottish Widows
- Parental leave policies
- WFH stipend
- Cycle To Work scheme
- Life Assurance
- Payroll giving
Our Values:
- Integrity: We hold each other accountable for our actions.
- Leadership: We lead by example and inspire each other to reach for new heights.
- Openness: We are open and honest and share our ideas with care and consideration.
- Growth: We are lifelong learners who aspire to improve each day.
- Innovation: We seek out new ways to solve problems.
- Customer: Our customer is at the center of everything we do. Their success is our success.
Patsnap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (EOE) that champions diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, or marital, veteran/military, or disability status, or any other protected status in accordance with federal, provincial/state or local laws.
Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we encourage you to apply and tell us why you’d be a great fit for this role! If you require any accommodations during the interview process, please email us at [email protected] so we can best support you.
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 2007, Patsnap is the company behind the world’s leading innovation intelligence platform. Patsnap is used by more than 10,000 customers in over 50 countries around the world to access market, technology, and competitive intelligence as well as patent insights needed to take products from ideation to commercialization. Customers are innovators across multiple industry sectors, including agriculture and chemicals, consumer goods, food and beverage, life sciences, automotive, oil and gas, professional services, aviation and aerospace, and education. To learn more about how Patsnap is improving the way companies innovate, visit www.patsnap.com.
