Senior HR Business Partner

Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.

 

Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.

 

Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

We are looking for an experienced HR Partner to support our managers and employees.

You will work closely with the leaders and their managers responsible for business areas in Hungary and the UK.  This will include Engineering, Sales and Global Functions business areas.  We anticipate the split between Hungary and UK will be a 60/40 split.

This role will own the Hungary region from a HR perspective e.g. determine the necessary HR solutions and deliver proactive value add HR support, implement global strategies and ensure  alignment with local policy and procedure, and support the teams to develop and grow their businesses with effective HR advise and coaching.

For the UK you will take ownership for a specific area of the UK business and work alongside other HRBPs in the UK who support the UK business areas.

The role is part of a close HR team who work across EMEA who all are passionate about driving Sophos’ global HR agenda and providing a value add service. You will also work closely with Global HR Business Partners and business leaders to support the delivery of business outcomes and HR Projects and initiatives. You will provide full cycle HR support on areas such as employee relations, change management, talent and performance management. 

This is a great opportunity to join an engaging, fun and inclusive HR team that focuses on delivering results in an innovative, simple, and highly effective way.

 

Working closely with Global HR Business Partners, to align business objectives with employees and management locally in designated business units.

Act as an advisor to managers to implement specific programs and initiatives directly aligned to business strategy in the areas of performance management, recognition, career development, workforce planning, succession planning, talent development, compensation planning, performance management and employee relations. 

These managers maybe based in Hungary, UK, the US and Canada or other parts of EMEA.

As a subject matter expert in local employment law, policy and processes, provide coaching and hands on support to managers across a broad range of HR topics, ensuring local culture and legislation are understood and applied whilst achieving the required business results.

Develop and provide employee and business balanced analysis of trends, with a view to identify drivers for change and opportunities for continuous improvement within your business groups.  

Work with our wider HR teams (i.e. Talent Acquisition, L&D, Compensation & Benefits, Comms, Legal) to develop value-add HR initiatives that support the Company’s Values, Goals and cultural behaviours.

Drive or be ‘part of’ global and local change programs that are handled in a well-considered and well communicated way. 

 Examples include; review/revision of best practice HR policies, continuous development of our HRIS system and other HR tools and practices, supporting cross department programs and ensuring the effective management, roll out and support for managers and employees to make the changes more impactful.

Understand the people plan for your business units, including hiring needs, career progression, gap analysis and work with Talent Acquisition to support hiring/onboarding.

Support the annual salary review process across your business units including participation in remuneration panels, recommendations, and analysis of outcomes in line with global process.

Drive the effectiveness of the performance review process, providing coaching and support to managers, helping them manage performance issues as well as their star performers.

Work with local management and employee groups and the global HR team to identify, implement and manage local initiatives in response to the annual Employee Opinion Survey.

Proactively support the Company’s Values, Culture and Behavioural initiatives, such as Diversity and Inclusion, employee recognition, effective employee engagement activities, etc, so that they

Onboarding new hires, including a Day 1 induction.

The EMEA region is supported by HR Coordinators in Hungary and the UK.