Staff Regional HRBP - EMEA at shieldai

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.  We are a company of passionate innovators committed to delivering exceptional experiences—for our customers and for each other. We care deeply about our product, our people, and our shared success.    We’re seeking a Staff, HR Business Partner to support our regional talent strategy and drive the execution of people solutions that enable business growth. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will serve as a trusted advisor to key leaders, working closely with regional leaders to support rapid expansion and organizational transformation.    The ideal candidate is an operational self-starter who thinks globally, influences with credibility, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You know how to simplify in the face of complexity and build systems that scale. You are purpose-driven, resourceful, and grounded in a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.  In this role, you will translate global strategy into culturally informed regional execution enabling local adoption while avoiding unnecessary customization or duplication,  You will work across the People Experience organization to support both functional and regional business needs and help shape a culture that attracts, develops, and empowers exceptional talent  to drive meaningful impact every day.    This role is based in London, United Kingdom. If you’re energized by creating differentiated employee experiences and using data-driven insights to guide people and culture strategies, we’d love to hear from you. What you'll do • Shape and execute the global talent strategy for the region translating business goals into culturally informed, integrated, scalable people strategies and initiatives that accelerate business growth and deliver results – without reinventing or duplicating existing approaches. • Partner with regional leaders as a trusted advisor, coaching and developing them to build high-performing, learning-driven teams and a culture of innovation. • Act as the strategic connector between business units, Px Centers of Excellence, and regional teams—ensuring talent programs and solutions are aligned, data-driven and impactful as they are deployed across client organizations. Monitor results and work collaboratively to continuous refine approaches and address gaps. • Leverage insights and analytics to track organizational health and culture, diagnose challenges, and design agile solutions that fuel business success. Work closely with leaders and the business to influence decisions, and use data driven diagnostics tools and processes to develop solutions to continuously improve org effectiveness. • Champion our culture and values, ensuring they remain a competitive advantage in how we attract, engage, and retain top talent globally. • Embed diversity, inclusion, and belonging into every people process, creating an environment where every employee feels seen, valued, and empowered to perform at their best. • Elevate leadership capability through succession planning, organization/role design, and high-impact leadership development programs that prepare us for scale. • Drive change and transformation by informing, influencing, and communicating people strategies that deliver a seamless, ‘one-Px-team' experience across the organization, working closely with the Functional PXBP Global Lead to ensure alignment and impact. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Security, and other partners to deliver aligned, efficient, and compliant business outcomes. • Lead as part of the People Experience and PX HRBP Leadership Team, driving enterprise-level initiatives regionally and shaping the evolution of our global People function. • Partner with key Stakeholders to drive transformation—informing a global service delivery model that delivers integrated People Experience services and solutions across international regions while balancing speed, innovation, and operational excellence • Strategic, business-first mindset. You understand how the company creates value—connecting strategy, customer outcomes, and people decisions to drive performance and growth. • Visionary and innovative. You anticipate what’s next, think in systems, and design creative, scalable solutions that evolve as the business grows. • Operational excellence with velocity. You translate vision into action through disciplined execution, measurable outcomes, and a bias for speed. • Proven experience in high-growth environments. You’ve helped scale organizations and People Experience functions through rapid change, balancing structure with agility. • Matrix Collaborator. You thrive in a global matrix, navigating complex environments, connecting with stakeholders – including Shared Services, and COEs - up, down and across teams to drive alignment, clarity and informed decision-making. • Global perspective, local fluency. You bring global strategy to life locally, ensuring a seamless, end-to-end employee experience that reflects a one-Px team experience. • Influential and trusted partner. You bring credibility, curiosity, and courage—able to challenge, consult, and collaborate effectively with senior leaders across functions. • Builder of teams and culture. You partner with your business client to attract, develop, and empower diverse, high-performing teams—and foster trust and inclusion as the foundation for success. • Data-driven storyteller. You use analytics and insight to influence decisions, communicate with clarity across audiences, and simplify complexity into actionable direction. • Change leader. You bring steadiness and optimism through transformation—aligning people, process, and purpose in times of evolution and scale. • People team expertise with a creative edge. You have experience across the full people lifecycle —from talent acquisition and total rewards to learning and org design—and apply it through a lens of innovation and technology. • Future-focused mindset. You embrace AI, data science, and progressive people practices as catalysts for smarter, faster, more human organizations. Required Qualifications • 8+ years of broad professional HR experience in a high growth company, preferably in the technology industry with public sector a plus • Experience with global businesses, delivering people solutions for international companies. • Track record in partnering with and influencing senior business executives within a high growth technology company. • Experience operating in a global People Experience organization with COEs, Shared Services and multi-region teams playing critical roles in providing end-to-end services across a global business and multi-country workforce. • Have used HCM technology, other point solution applications and sophisticated data analytics to achieve productivity, drive insights and improve employee, manager and executive engagement. Education • You have expert knowledge of HR theories, practices and principles as normally obtained through the completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, or Business Management. MBA or other Master’s Degree preferred not required. Travel Requirements and Demands • Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed. Our international teammates receive a comprehensive total rewards package aligned to your country office location. For full details on compensation and benefits, please consult your talent acquisition partner.