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      <Title>Director - Lead Human Resources Business Partner, Continental Europe</Title>
      <Description><![CDATA[<p>The Senior Human Resources Business Partner for Continental Europe is a senior leadership role accountable for shaping and delivering the people strategy across multiple European markets.</p>
<p>This role partners closely with BlackRock&#39;s European Country Managers and regional leadership to drive organizational effectiveness, build leadership and talent pipelines, strengthen cultural cohesion, and ensure regulatory and people risk management – directly enabling BlackRock&#39;s commercial success and delivery to clients as the most global asset manager operating in Europe.</p>
<p>The ideal candidate is a strategic, hands-on leader who thrives in complexity and translates strategy into action. They bring experience across the European labour market and a strong track record of navigating global, high-performance organisations.</p>
<p>Key responsibilities include:</p>
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<li>Owning and delivering a cohesive HR strategy for Continental Europe, aligned with global people priorities and country business objectives.</li>
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<li>Serving as a trusted advisor to Country Managers and regional leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, succession and change management.</li>
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<li>Anticipating and interpreting geopolitical, macroeconomic and regulatory developments and translating their potential impact into clear workforce, leadership decisions and people risk implications.</li>
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<li>Representing Continental Europe in firmwide people initiatives and contributing to global HR strategy.</li>
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<li>Operating locally but navigating globally to support leaders and employees across diverse markets.</li>
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<li>Providing regional oversight across core HR disciplines, developing high-performing partnerships with the broader HR BPs, HR Operations, Centres of Excellence, Legal, Finance and others across Europe and New York to deliver effective outcomes.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Driving standardization and process optimization to improve efficiency and employee experience.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Driving organisational change and shaping decision-making on high-impact and complex people issues.</li>
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<li>Influencing senior leaders on engagement, employee experience and inclusion initiatives.</li>
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<li>Leading and developing the Continental European HR Advisors to deliver high-quality guidance across the employee lifecycle and drive resolution to complex operational matters.</li>
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<li>Partnering with Employee Relations and legal counsel to identify, mitigate, and resolve employee relations issues and manage local staff delegations.</li>
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<li>Providing leadership input into reward philosophy and delivery of the annual compensation cycle.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Driving informed decision-making through data and insight.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Reinforcing and continually evolving BlackRock&#39;s culture across Continental Europe.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Embedding the HR Channel strategy, employee self-service and AI-enabled solutions across the region.</li>
</ul>
<p>Requirements include:</p>
<ul>
<li>15+ years of HR Business Partner experience, including designing and delivering a people strategy in complex, multi-country European environments.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Demonstrated ability to advise, challenge and influence senior business leaders in a consultative capacity.</li>
</ul>
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<li>A strong track record of creating a shared vision and influencing HR Centres of Excellence and cross-functional partners to deliver outcomes.</li>
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<li>Experience working across the various HR disciplines including reward and talent.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Ability to build effective and trusted relationships and networks across geographies and cultures, inspiring trust amongst colleagues.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Experience delivering firm-wide talent initiatives with excellence in fast-paced, global environments.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to simplify, influence and tailor messages.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Ability to use HR data and analytics to generate insight and inform decisions.</li>
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<li>A leadership style that sets the bar and drives accountability.</li>
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<li>Comfort in owning the detail as well as the strategy.</li>
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<li>Ability to adapt solutions to changing demands, anticipating the regional and global implications.</li>
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<li>Strong commercial acumen and demonstrated interest in financial services.</li>
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<p>Benefits include:</p>
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<li>Retirement investment and tools designed to help build a sound financial future.</li>
</ul>
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<li>Access to education reimbursement.</li>
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<li>Comprehensive resources to support physical health and emotional well-being.</li>
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<li>Family support programs.</li>
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<li>Flexible Time Off (FTO) to relax, recharge and be there for loved ones.</li>
</ul>
<p>Hybrid work model enables a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship, with employees required to work at least 4 days in the office per week.</p>
<p>At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children&#39;s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.</p>
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      <Jobtype>full-time</Jobtype>
      <Experiencelevel>senior</Experiencelevel>
      <Workarrangement>hybrid</Workarrangement>
      <Salaryrange></Salaryrange>
      <Skills>HR Business Partner, Organizational Design, Workforce Planning, Leadership Effectiveness, Succession Planning, Change Management, Employee Relations, Reward Philosophy, Talent Development, Data Analysis, Communication, Facilitation, Commercial Acumen</Skills>
      <Category>HR</Category>
      <Industry>Finance</Industry>
      <Employername>BlackRock</Employername>
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      <Employerdescription>BlackRock is a global asset manager operating in Europe, providing investment services to clients.</Employerdescription>
      <Employerwebsite>https://www.blackrock.com</Employerwebsite>
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      <Location>Switzerland</Location>
      <Country></Country>
      <Postedate>2026-04-24</Postedate>
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