Associate Director, HR Business Partner

The core purpose of the role is to drive performance and build engagement across the organization, enabling the company to achieve our corporate goals whilst making Bicycle a great place to work. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of shaping Bicycle as it advances on its path to commercialization, partnering with functions that are key to commercialization success, and bolstering our HR team presence in the US. Alongside predominantly being a global function-aligned HR Business Partner role, the role will also be responsible for supporting location-specific matters, and leading and contributing to organization-wide people initiatives/projects. The role also contributes to the overall strategic direction and operational delivery of the HR function by being part of the HR Management team. The role-holder will be able to apply thought leadership across the broad people and culture perspective, and be progressive in their thinking. They should think business first and apply a people lens to it, be curious, be able to flex between high level and operational, and have a strong appetite to effect change.  This is a hybrid role, to be on-site 3 days a week. Key Responsibilities Partner with senior functional leaders (Executive Team and Leadership Team) and people managers to identify and drive business priorities within relevant functions, including change management, team effectiveness, organizational design, engagement and culture, learning and development, talent and succession, equality, diversity and inclusion, and employee relations. Partner with HR colleagues to input into the design, and deliver into the business, key people activities such as performance, talent acquisition, talent and succession, compensation and benefits. Using strategic and operational HR expertise, data, industry insights and leadership thinking, advise, coach and challenge business leaders on key people topics. Build influence and develop strong relationships, acting as a trusted confidante  Apply critical thinking to develop business focused innovative and integrated HR practices . Contribute to location-specific compliance and proactively enrich workplace culture Align the suitable structure, cultural context, and practices to drive employee performance and build business engagement  Plan and manage key periods or instances of organizational change. Identify opportunities for organizational improvement.