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HR Manager role at Linklaters – 12-month fixed term, hybrid London, leading HR strategy for Investment Funds & Financial Regulation Group.
Collaborate with senior partners, drive people initiatives, shape talent and performance, and deliver inclusive culture in a leading global law firm.
Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.
The role:
We are seeking an experienced HR Manager to partner with our Investment Funds and Financial Regulation Group (FRG) practices on a fixed-term basis. This is a highly commercial, strategic HR role, working closely with Partners and senior stakeholders to shape and deliver people initiatives that support the firm's business priorities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with practice leadership to develop and deliver people strategies aligned to business objectives.
- Coaching and supporting Partners on leadership, people management, engagement and communication.
- Driving talent management, succession planning and the development of high-potential individuals.
- Embedding a high-performance culture through effective performance management, objective setting and feedback.
- Leading career development and promotion processes, ensuring fairness, consistency and inclusivity.
- Using workforce data and market insight to advise on headcount planning, team shape and resourcing needs.
- Supporting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and ensuring equitable work allocation practices.
- Advising on complex employee relations matters and acting as a trusted HR expert to senior stakeholders.
- Collaborating with HR colleagues, Centres of Excellence and international teams to deliver joined-up people solutions.
This role reports to the Head of HR, Finance Division, and offers the opportunity to influence strategic people decisions within a market-leading practice group
What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for a commercially minded HR professional who combines strong technical HR expertise with the credibility and confidence to operate as a trusted advisor to senior leaders.
You will bring:
- Proven experience in a business partnering role within a complex, matrixed organisation.
- Strong experience across talent management, performance management, employee engagement and organisational change.
- Sound employee relations knowledge and confidence handling complex people matters.
- A data-led approach, using insight and analytics to inform decision-making and workforce planning.
- The ability to influence, challenge and coach senior stakeholders constructively.
- Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of how people decisions support business performance.
- Excellent relationship‑building, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing and developing others.
- A collaborative, solution-focused and adaptable approach.
This role would suit an HR professional who enjoys operating at both strategic and operational levels, building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and shaping high‑performing, inclusive teams.
What’s on offer:
This role is based in our London offices, with a hybrid working model available.
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:
- Health & Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free in‑house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
- Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
- Finance
- Pension and flexible savings options
- Income protection and life assurance
- Mortgage advice and will‑writing services.
- Family & Lifestyle
- Electric car and cycle to work schemes.
- Emergency family care
- Additional holiday/birthday leave.
- Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave.
- Travel insurance and season ticket loan
- Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)
If you think this role would suit you, please click apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!
Technical Skills
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.
Application Policy
Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders ( lateralrecruitment@linklaters.com for legal roles or ukbtrecruitment@linklaters.com for business team roles ).