Senior HR Business Partner (Contract / Freelance)

Typeform is a refreshingly different form builder that helps businesses collect data through enjoyable forms, surveys, and quizzes. They are seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to provide strategic partnership and organizational effectiveness during a growth phase, acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and driving impactful people solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with leaders to drive team effectiveness and sustained high performance
• Diagnose organisational friction and identify root causes of performance challenges
• Advise on organisation design, role clarity, and structural decisions
• Support workforce planning and people budgeting with divisional leadership
• Coach managers to strengthen feedback habits and performance conversations
• Guide leaders through performance management with clarity and consistency
• Advise on headcount trade-offs and prioritisation decisions
• Use people data to identify patterns, risks, and intervention opportunities
• Translate insights into practical action plans
• Embed data-informed decision-making into leadership discussions
• Lead or support cyclical people initiatives (performance reviews, engagement surveys)
• Support organisational change and transformation initiatives
• Ensure clear communication and decision cascade across teams
• Partner closely with People Operations to establish clear ownership boundaries
• Balance operational compliance with strategic intent
• Support employee engagement initiatives that drive cultural impact

Requirements:

• Strong experience as an HR Business Partner in fast-paced or scaling environments
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders on organisational performance and design
• Experience supporting transformation, change, or restructuring initiatives
• Commercially minded with strong business understanding
• Excellent problem-solver who identifies root causes, not just symptoms
• Confident coach who can influence and challenge leaders constructively
• Organisational design and team structure optimisation
• Change management and transformation execution
• Working knowledge of employment law (Europe, UK and/or US)