
Head of People - Business & Commercial Banking (BCB)
- Leeds
- Permanent
- Full-time
LOCATIONS: Leeds or Bristol
WORKING PATTERN: We work in a hybrid style, spending at least two days per week (or 40% of time) in one of our office locations.We have an exciting opportunity for a strategic and forward-thinking Head of People to partner the Chief Operating Office (COO) in Business & Commercial Banking (BCB).Job DescriptionWhy Lloyds Banking Group?This is a pivotal time to join us. Alongside a dynamic business-as-usual agenda, we’re undergoing one of the most ambitious transformation journeys in UK financial services - becoming a more digitally enabled, customer-centric organisation.As a senior People Partner, you’ll sit at the leadership table, shaping and delivering the people strategy in close collaboration with business leaders, HR colleagues, and the wider Group.Together, we can grow with purpose.What you’ll be doing
- Act as a trusted advisor to the BCB Chief Operating Officer and leadership team, building strong, collaborative relationships and influencing strategic decisions.
- Serve on both the BCB COO Leadership Team and the BCB People Leadership Team, directing a team of HR Business Partners.
- Partner with Centres of Excellence to deliver transformative change across organisation design, agile working, automation, AI, and strategic workforce planning.
- Lead on major initiatives including business model evolution, mergers, acquisitions, and service expansion.
- Align people and business plans across People & Places, Group, and external forums including regulatory bodies.
- Shape and embed policy changes, covering culture, reward, workforce planning, and future ways of working.
- Drive delivery of key projects that support our Group-wide transformation and customer relationship strategy.
- Provide leadership on complex employee relations matters and risk management, working closely with our Group People Operations team.
- Use data and insight to develop innovative, evidence-based solutions that support business outcomes.
- Extensive experience in strategic HR and business partnering at executive level.
- A proven track record in performance, talent, SWP, Operating Model design and culture transformation.
- Proven ability to influence and manage a diverse stakeholder group
- The ability to influence and lead through change in a sophisticated, matrixed environment.
- A passion for inclusion, innovation, and unlocking the potential of people.
- Experience working across geographically dispersed teams, including international teams and managing third party vendors.
- Knowledge of working with emerging technologies such as AI to drive transformative change
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies