Senior HR Business Partner

About Us: At Booking.com, data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We're the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

Role Description:

Senior HR Business Partner is a strategic and dynamic role. Partnering with Senior Leaders to drive organisational effectiveness, fostering a high-performing culture, and enabling business growth through tailored people initiatives.

Key Job Responsibilities and Duties:

Strategic Partnership & Leadership Collaboration

• Partner with senior leaders to translate business goals into people-centric strategies and actionable people initiatives.
• Actively participate in business planning cycles and strategic discussions.
• Co-lead with Finance/Business Operations BU strategic workforce planning
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders, CoE's, and HR teams across the organisation.
• Provide coaching and mobilise Leadership team/s development through focused collaboration of the LT Leader (SVP/VP) and leveraging L&D team's available solutions/vendors relevant to particular LTs needs

• Lead and drive organisational design initiatives and operating model evolution, optimising team effectiveness and productivity
• Assess and monitor organisational health/engagement metrics, co-drive initiatives for change, instill and embed org health as leadership's decision making consideration
• Implement change management strategies, cultural transformations to foster innovation and growth, while ensuring an inclusive and engaging work environment.

• Design and implement comprehensive ELT+ talent strategies, focusing on critical/ high-potential talent identification and mapping to critical roles ELT succession planning.
• Coach and mentor leaders to enhance their effectiveness, facilitate leadership alignment, and drive leadership capability through innovative methods like clinic-style sessions.
• Assess organisational talent capabilities, manage the talent review and performance process, creating pipelines and retention strategies for critical ELT talent.
• Drive and coordinate ELT onboarding and adoption of learning solutions
• Build succession plans and pipeline for critical ELT roles with the BU and collaborate with peers to enhance cross-BU succession pipelines

• Drive cultural transformation initiatives, shaping and sustaining customer centric culture of high performance, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Lead DEI initiatives and wellbeing programs, developing change management capability across the BU organisation and monitor cultural health metrics.

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree in HR, Business, or related field preferred
• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in a strategic business partner role
• Proven experience in organisational design and change management
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to translate strategy into impactful people plans
• Excellence in stakeholder management and executive coaching capabilities
• Proficient in data analytics to inform business decisions and strategies
• Outstanding communication and influencing abilities

• Annual paid time off and generous paid leave scheme including: parent, grandparent, bereavement, and care leave
• Hybrid working including flexible working arrangements, and up to 20 days per year working from abroad (home country)
• Industry leading product discounts - up to 1400 per year - for yourself, including automatic Genius Level 3 status and Booking.com wallet credit

• Let's go places together: How we Hire
• This role does not come with relocation assistance