HR Business Partner

The opportunity

At Hitachi Energy, we are advancing a sustainable energy future by enabling customers to build a more flexible, resilient, and secure power system. Within Hitachi Energy, people, leadership, and organizational capability are critical to delivering our growth and transformation agenda across Europe.

Hitachi Energy brings together multiple countries and functions to deliver complex projects and solutions for utilities, industry, and infrastructure customers. The HR Business Partner plays a key role in shaping a strong people agenda that supports business performance, scalability, and a high-performance culture.

We are now looking for an HR Business Partner to support the organization in Poland.

This role is part of the HR Business Partner team in Poland in delivering the local people agenda, with opportunities to grow into broader HRBP responsibilities over time. You will work closely with the local management team, the R&D team, and other key stakeholders and collaborate with Country HR, HR Operations, Talent & Learning, Total Rewards, and other HR functions to ensure aligned, compliant, and value-adding HR support.

How you'll make impact

• Provide day-to-day HRBP support to managers and employees in Poland, acting as a key point of contact on people leadership and employee relations topics and partnering closely with HRBP Poland to ensure timely, pragmatic, and policy-compliant support.
• Support line managers and employees on daily people topics (e.g. performance, absence, conduct, engagement), providing guidance and escalating complex or sensitive cases to HRBP Poland.
• Support the execution of the performance management cycle (goal setting, mid-year and year-end reviews, calibration preparation, follow-up actions) in coordination with HRBP Poland.
• Support talent and development activities by preparing inputs for talent reviews, tracking agreed development actions, and coordinating learning initiatives with Talent & Learning teams.
• Support day-to-day employee relations topics in Poland, including case preparation, documentation, and employee queries. Partner with HRBP Poland on labor relations topics and escalate complex cases as required.
• Act as the key interface with HR Operations, supporting managers and employees in the correct use of HR processes and systems.
• Support managers in understanding HR data, dashboards, and reports, working with HR Operations to resolve data or system-related issues.
• Support hiring and onboarding activities in collaboration with Talent Acquisition and HR Operations, ensuring smooth hand-offs and local follow-up.
• Support local organizational changes and HR improvement initiatives by preparing materials, coordinating actions, and following up on implementation, under the guidance of HRBP Poland.

• 2-3 years of experience in an HR Business Partner role, ideally in an international or matrix organization.
• Strong understanding of Polish labor law and employee relations.
• Proven ability to partner with leadership teams and translate business needs into effective people strategies.
• Experience operating in a complex, fast-paced environment with both strategic and hands-on responsibilities.
• Strong stakeholder management, coaching, and influencing skills.
• Ability to balance long-term people strategy with pragmatic execution.
• Excellent command of English (written and spoken); Polish required.