HR Project Lead

HR Project & Change Lead
12-month FTC (Fixed-Term Contract)

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role
We are seeking an experienced HR Project Lead to drive the delivery of strategic HR initiatives across the organisation in partnership with functional leads. This role will lead the end-to-end management of key HR projects — from design and planning through to implementation and embedding within the business.

The successful candidate will combine strong project management capability with expertise in process optimisation, organisational change, and stakeholder engagement. The role will work closely with HR, business leaders, and external partners to deliver scalable, compliant, and people-focused solutions that support organisational growth and operational excellence.

As a HR Project Lead you will
HR Project Delivery

• Lead the delivery of HR projects across the employee lifecycle.
• Alongside the relevant functional lead, manage projects from design through to implementation, governance, and post-launch optimisation.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to business objectives.
• Coordinate across the People team including People Partners, People Services, Payroll, HRIS, Talent Development and Talent Acquisition.

Process Optimisation

• Review and redesign HR processes to improve efficiency, consistency, employee experience, and compliance.
• Identify opportunities for automation, standardisation, and continuous improvement.
• Develop scalable operating models and governance frameworks to support future growth.

Change Management

• Lead organisational change activities associated with HR initiatives.
• Build communication plans, and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Support leaders and employees through transitions, ensuring successful adoption of new processes and ways of working.
• Deliver training and guidance materials where required.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the People team and business.
• Translate business needs into practical HR solutions.
• Provide regular project updates, reporting, and recommendations to the People Leadership Teams.
• Influence decision-making through data, insight, and structured project governance.

About you
Essential

• Proven experience leading HR project delivery programmes or HR change.
• Strong project management capability with experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Experience in process improvement and operational optimisation.
• Demonstrated experience delivering change management initiatives within complex organisations.
• Knowledge of core HR disciplines including Talent Management, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Job Architecture and Reward.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on in delivery.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capability.

Desirable

• Experience of operating with Success Factors.
• Project management certification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Agile).
• Change management qualification or methodology experience
• Experience working in matrixed or international organisations.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organised and delivery focused.
• Collaborative and influential communicator.
• Adaptable and comfortable operating in evolving environments.
• Commercially aware with strong business partnering capability.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented, and resilient.

Success Measures

• Successful delivery of HR projects to agreed timelines and outcomes.
• Improved HR process efficiency and employee experience.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and adoption of change initiatives.
• Effective implementation of compliant and scalable HR frameworks.
• Measurable business impact from transformation activities.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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