Human Resources Director
FanDuel is seeking a Director, HR Business Partner to join its HRBP team. This role will partner with senior leaders to shape and deliver people strategies that drive business performance, strengthen organisational effectiveness, and support teams through ongoing change. FanDuel is a fast-moving business, and change will be constant. The company is looking for someone who is energised by that environment - someone who can bring clarity to ambiguity, help leaders make better decisions, and operate as a proactive advisor rather than a reactive HR partner.
The primary client group for this role is Technology, UK, Sports & Flutter Hub, and the role will also support other business leaders who have populations in the UK. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting different types of functions, populations, and leadership styles. Success will require strong business acumen, organisational design experience, change management capability, sound judgment, and the confidence to challenge and influence senior leaders.
- Drive and/or support people initiatives for assigned departments within the Technology organisation to support their departmental goals.
- Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into people strategies that improve performance, engagement, and organisational effectiveness.
- Operate as the conduit between client group(s) and People Team COEs to ensure first class strategic business solutioning and responsive, quality support, addressing the needs of employees and leaders.
- Advise and partner across COEs to ensure people policies and practices are relevant, applicable, and consistent with UK practice.
- Lead a team of HRBPs.
- Advise on organisational design, including structure, role clarity, capability needs, decision rights, spans and layers, and ways of working.
- Support leaders and teams through change by driving alignment, clear communication, adoption, and accountability.
- Diagnose complex people and organisational issues, identify root causes, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend practical solutions.
- Use data, insights, and judgment to influence decisions and measure the impact of people strategies.
- Partner across the People Team, including Talent Acquisition, People Operations, Total Rewards, Legal, Employee Relations, and People Analytics, to deliver integrated solutions.
- Lead core HRBP work with excellence, including talent planning, performance management, employee relations, workforce planning, succession, engagement, and organisational change.
- Help evolve the HRBP function by modelling proactive, business-first partnership and contributing to stronger tools, standards, and ways of working.
- Minimum of 8 years of HR Business Partner experience, including direct partnership with senior leaders (required).
- Knowledge of UK employment law and practice including experience running disciplinary processes, collective consultations, and organisational re-design (required).
- Strong organisational design experience, including structure, operating model, role clarity, capability needs, and organisational effectiveness (required).
- Change management experience, including stakeholder alignment, communication, resistance management, and adoption (required).
- Ability to influence, coach, and challenge senior leaders with confidence and sound judgment (required).
- Ability to diagnose complex issues, evaluate trade-offs, and make clear recommendations (required).
- Comfort using data, insights, and judgment to guide decisions (required).
- Strong HR functional depth across talent management, performance management, employee relations, workforce planning, engagement, culture, leadership effectiveness, and risk (required).
- Experience managing and/or mentoring others (required).
- Great financial package, including salary, bonus, pension, private healthcare, share save scheme.
- Flexible working & holiday policy.
- Opportunities to learn new skills and broaden horizons.
- A sense of achievement as teams own the outcome.
- Clear and defined career pathways and tools for learning and development.
- A collaborative and trusting work environment where productivity is valued.
FanDuel Group is an innovative sports-tech entertainment company that is changing the way consumers engage with their favorite sports, teams, and leagues. The premier gaming destination in the North America, FanDuel Group consists of a portfolio of leading brands across gaming, sports betting, daily fantasy sports, advance-deposit wagering, and TV/media, including FanDuel, Stardust Casino and TVG. The company is based in New York with US offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Jersey City, as well as global offices in Canada and Scotland. The company’s affiliates have offices worldwide, including in Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and Australia. FanDuel Group is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports betting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).