HR Country Manager, UK

Are you a seasoned HR professional who takes ownership to drive results, capable of managing an ever-changing, diverse workload and have a passion to contribute to organizational success?

As our HR Country Manager, UK, you will combine strategic leadership with digital innovation. You’ll ensure compliance with UK employment law while driving HR automation and analytics to create a smarter, faster, and more human employee experience.

Your mission: Set our UK workforce up for success in a connected, data-driven world.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic HR professional for our UK organization, based in Glasgow.  We have a small community of permanent homeworkers and employ in total over 150 professional technical and support employees, many reporting globally.

You will have a pivotal role in fostering a positive work culture, supporting and coaching leaders and ensuring the effective implementation of HR practices within the UK.

You will be operating in a local standalone role, leveraging the expertise and support of our global HR organization.

Dedicated support is available for Payroll, Talent Acquisition and Rewards from within our EMEA HR organization.

This is a full-time role, however working one day a week from home is possible.

We believe the future of HR is digital, data-driven, and human-centered. In this role, you will:

• Lead automation projects that free HR from repetitive tasks and elevate the employee experience.

• Introduce AI-powered insights to predict workforce trends and guide proactive decisions.

• Champion self-service and mobile HR tools so employees and managers are truly set up for success.

• Shape a culture of continuous improvement where technology and empathy work hand-in-hand.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Coaching and developing local leaders to maintain and develop a high performing culture and environment

• Being a trusted advisor on various people topics including sensitive people situations

• Partnering with relevant stakeholders to help promote and execute HR programs that enhance our culture including leadership development, performance management, rewards, employee engagement & inclusion

• Liaising with relevant HR Business Partners on org design, planning and relevant people strategies

• Advising leaders on the development needs of their teams and functions

• Ensuring compliance and keeping up to date with employment legislation and regulations and involving relevant parties as appropriate

• Using data in conjunction with other information sources to prioritize the right pro-active HR support to leaders and teams with the intent to foster a positive work culture.

• Building excellent working relationships across the business and partnering with our global HR function

• Being the face of HR to our UK employees for all HR functions whilst partnering with the support of these other functions including Rewards, Payroll and Talent Acquisition

• Owning, Improving and updating administrative and payroll processes

Ideally you have the following:

• Diploma in Personnel Management and/or Degree in Business or related studies

• Experience of coaching leadership and influencing culture

• Proven UK HR leadership experience with strong ER/IR expertise.

• Deep knowledge of UK employment law and statutory processes.

• Payroll expertise, including statutory compliance and integration with HR systems.

• Strong people person with demonstrated clear communication skills

• Ability to analyze and interpret data with data driven decision making experience

• Ability to create, improve, and execute on administrative and people processes with efficient execution

• Experience of working in a global technology environment and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities

• Strong knowledge of MS Word, PPT and excel

• Able to effectively balance global initiatives and local implementation

• Experience implementing HR automation tools (Workday, ServiceNow HRSD, chatbots, RPA)

• Comfort with HR analytics—turning data into actionable insights

• Passion for continuous improvement and digital transformation in HR

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world.

We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, NXP is solving the world’s most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live.

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What can you expect?

Contract: This is a full-time position with a permanent contract.

Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, we offer great benefits: A bonus plan, possibility to purchase extra holidays, an excellent pension plan, a work from home policy, and the possibility to buy company shares with a 15% discount are some examples.

Development opportunities: We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at NXP, we provide you with a mix of learning through on-the-job experiences, learning from industries bests, and learning through education to help you develop your core and professional skills.

Hiring process: Applying only takes a minute! Fill in the online application and share your CV with us. After a positive screening based on your CV you will have an initial video conversation with our Talent Acquisition Consultant followed by several business interviews. Here are some useful tips to help you prepare. 

And more: Life at NXP is more than work alone. Join one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees in the United Kingdom. We have a YOUNG community that organizes a mix of social and professional events for our young professionals and an active Women in Technology network. We also take time to give back to our communities by engaging young girls to learn about Technology during Girls Day or participating in several volunteering activities.

What’s next?

If you are excited about this opportunity, we kindly invite you to apply!

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