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We believe that creativity flourishes when people feel they belong. That means building a culture where everyone can show up as themselves, contribute freely, and be treated with fairness and respect - whatever their background, identity, or life story. We’re committed to creating a workplace where individuality is valued, inclusion is intentional, and everyone has the chance to grow. All applicants to BMG will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
People Business Partner
UK & Functional (London & Berlin)
must be available to start w/c 15th September 2025
FTC until 30th April 2026
Your Mission
As a People Business Partner, you will play a key role in connecting business needs with People expertise in a global matrix environment. You’ll partner with managers and teams to understand their priorities and challenges, supporting them across the full employee lifecycle while ensuring a consistent and impactful People experience.
Working closely with the People Operations hub and our global Centres of Excellence (People Analytics, People Development, Talent Acquisition, and Inclusion & Belonging), you’ll enable managers to deliver their objectives through effective people practices. You’ll also lead on local initiatives in the UK, such as the employee survey, wellbeing, and strengthening our culture, while supporting functional teams in London and remotely in Berlin as part of a global functional squad.
This role combines hands-on delivery with opportunities to contribute to organisational change, making it an exciting and varied position for someone who enjoys visibility, collaboration, and impact.
What You'll Be Doing
Functional
- Partner with functional teams to align people initiatives with business priorities.
- Work as part of a global functional squad, paired with a Business Partner covering the North America and LATAM region, ensuring alignment and consistency across regions.
- Partner with managers on performance, development, succession planning, and organisational design.
- Use People Analytics to provide data-driven insights and inform decisions.
- Partner with the People Operations hub on employee lifecycle topics for teams in London and Berlin including onboarding, employee relations, mobility, reward, payroll, data management, and compliance.
- Ensure compliance with UK employment law and provide functional support for German compliance requirements.
- Build strong relationships with Berlin-based teams, providing effective remote support and ensuring consistency with London.
- Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition CoE on hiring and workforce planning needs.
- Partner with managers on career pathways and building future-ready capabilities.
- Support managers in developing inclusive, empowering, and effective ways of working.
Local (UK)
- Act as part of the UK People team, responsible for UK-wide people topics.
- Ensure the consistent application and development of people policies and practices.
- Lead employee engagement initiatives, including the employee survey, action planning, and follow-up.
- Champion health & wellbeing programmes across the UK business.
- Support and promote initiatives that foster inclusion, collaboration, and empowerment.
- Collaborate with the BMG Advisory Council to support communication and strengthening our culture.
- Partner with the People Operations hub to ensure smooth UK payroll, data management, and compliance processes.
- Support global process review and implementation within the UK, ensuring that global initiatives are effectively adapted and embedded locally.
What We Are Looking For
- Experience as a People Business Partner (or similar role) in a complex or matrix organisation.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law; experience of German frameworks desirable but not required.
- Experience working with global teams and adapting processes to regional needs.
- Experience contributing to global process design and implementation, with the ability to adapt and embed initiatives at a local level.
- Strong grounding across core People Partnering areas (employee relations, engagement, talent, reward, policy, wellbeing).
- Strong relationship builder, with excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Positive, practical and solution-focused, able to balance day-to-day support with longer-term initiatives.
- Analytical and curious, with the ability to use data and insights to drive action.
- Adaptable and culturally aware, comfortable working across regions and time zones.
Now What's In It For You
- 25 days pro-rated annual leave, plus 3 days between Christmas & New Year and an extra day for your birthday!
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Subsidised gym membership.
- Private Health Insurance.
- Competitive pension scheme.
- All parents, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, will receive 6 months of fully paid parental leave.
- Annual gig allowance.
- Artist showcases.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Season Ticket Loan
- Workplace Nursery Scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Give As You Earn Scheme .
- A fun and sociable office environment.
Ready to shape the future of music?
Founded in 2008, BMG reimagined the relationship between music companies, songwriters, and artists by offering fairer contracts, greater creative freedom, and unparalleled transparency in royalties and licensing. Now the fourth-largest music company in the world, BMG combines human creativity with cutting-edge technology to connect music with global audiences.
With 20 offices across 13 key markets, BMG represents more than three million songs and recordings, including some of the most iconic catalogs and works from leading artists and songwriters such as The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, George Harrison, Blondie, and more. BMG is wholly owned and privately held by the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann, whose other content businesses include the entertainment company RTL Group and the trade book publisher Penguin Random House.
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we are dedicated to ensuring that candidates with disabilities are given a fair opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Therefore, we guarantee an interview to applicants with disabilities who meet the essential criteria for the role. Please note – there may be exceptional circumstances where the volume of applicants means we cannot interview all eligible candidates. If you have any questions about the Guaranteed Interview Scheme or would like to confirm your eligibility, please reach out to us at career.uk@bmg.com.
Company: BMG Rights Management Services (UK) Limited | Job ID: 282401