With 1,000 intelligence professionals, over $300M in sales, and serving over 1,900 clients worldwide, Recorded Future is the world’s most advanced, and largest, intelligence company!
The Role
We’re looking for a highly experienced and hands-on Principal People Partner to join our People team and support our EMEA and APJ Go-To-Market (GTM) organisation—primarily Sales. In this role, you’ll partner closely with senior leaders to advise, coach, and execute across the full employee lifecycle.You’ll play a critical role in driving our high-performance culture, supporting both strategic initiatives and operational delivery. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on ownership, operates with a high degree of autonomy, and knows how to build credibility and influence across diverse teams and geographies.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with senior Sales leaders across EMEA and APJ to deliver people strategies that support business growth and organisational effectiveness.
- Own the full People remit for your client groups, advising on organisational design, scaling, succession planning, and engagement.
- Serve as a trusted adviser and coach to managers, building their capability and confidence across the employee lifecycle.
- Roll up your sleeves to deliver operational excellence—from onboarding to offboarding—with a strong focus on execution.
- Drive and support talent programmes in partnership with our global Centres of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Compensation, People Operations, etc.).
- Analyse trends and surface insights to address challenges (e.g., attrition, leadership development, regional dynamics).
- Manage complex employee relations matters with sound judgement and discretion.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships to ensure alignment and collaboration across regions and functions.
What You’ll Bring
- 8+ years’ experience as a strategic and operational HR Business Partner, ideally within fast-paced or high-growth environments.
- Experience supporting multiple geographies
- Demonstrated success partnering with Sales or other Go-To-Market functions.
- Ability to work autonomously and take full ownership of your client group, while staying collaborative and communicative.
- Proven experience influencing and advising senior leaders in matrixed, global organisations.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and switching between strategic thinking and tactical execution.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, change management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A solutions-focused mindset, strong sense of ownership, and high integrity.
- A collaborative, transparent approach that fosters trust and open dialogue.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Willingness to travel internationally ~10–15% (approx. 5–7 weeks per year).
What Success Looks Like
You’ll be a trusted partner to leaders across Sales in EMEA and APJ, delivering high-quality people support while also getting into the detail when needed. You’ll build credibility quickly, take ownership of business challenges, and collaborate effectively to implement practical, impactful people solutions.
Why should you join Recorded Future?
Recorded Future employees (or “Futurists”), represent over 40 nationalities and embody our core values of having high standards, practicing inclusion, and acting ethically. Our dedication to empowering clients with intelligence to disrupt adversaries has earned us a 4.8-star user rating from Gartner and more than 45 of the Fortune 100 companies as clients.
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