Senior Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Beghou brings over three decades of experience helping life sciences companies optimize their commercialization through strategic insight, advanced analytics, and technology. From developing go-to-market strategies and building foundational data analytics infrastructures to leveraging artificial intelligence to improve customer insights and engagement, Beghou helps life sciences companies maximize performance across their portfolios. Beghou also deploys proprietary and third-party technology solutions to help companies forecast performance, design territories, manage customer data, organize, and report on medical and commercial data, and more. Headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, we have 10 global offices.

At Beghou Consulting, we believe that talent quality, operating discipline, and leadership accountability are the foundation of our success. As we continue to scale, we are looking for an HR Business Partner who operates as a strategic partner to our consulting leaders by translating enterprise people strategy into action within the business and ensuring consistent pull-through at the team and project level.

Reporting into the Global Head of People, this role is accountable for bringing our people strategy to life within Consulting, shaping how it shows up in day-to-day operations, advising on business-specific talent needs, and owning targeted initiatives that drive performance, engagement, and delivery outcomes.

Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

• Partner with Global Head of People Strategy and Experience, and consulting leadership to align headcount, skill mix, and hiring plans to business demand

• Diagnose gaps in capacity, capability, and leverage (pyramid health)

• Partner with TA and Staffing to prioritize hiring against real business needs and identify investments.

Performance & Talent Quality

• Drive a high bar for performance through clear standards, calibration, and differentiation

• Partner with leaders to assess talent, identify underperformance early, and take action

• Support promotion and advancement decisions with rigor and consistency

• Ensure performance management is not a process, but a tool for decision-making

Leadership Effectiveness & Accountability

• Coach People Managers on how to lead, develop, and manage their teams effectively

• Identify patterns of leadership risk (avoidance, inconsistency, overload) and intervene

Employee Experience (Where It Actually Matters)

• Identify and address systemic drivers of engagement, burnout, and attrition

• Use data (survey insights, retention signals, workload patterns) to inform action

Change & Program Leadership

• Drive adoption of key people initiatives (performance model, career paths, compensation changes)

• Translate strategy into practical execution within the consulting environment

• Ensure consistency across teams while allowing for necessary business nuance

• Own specific people strategy initiatives as required

Data, Insight & Decision Support

• Use data to diagnose organizational health and inform decisions

• Provide leaders with clear, actionable insights

• Surface risks early (attrition, engagement, performance gaps)

• 8–12+ years in HR, with significant experience in business partnering within a consulting, professional services, or high-growth environment

• Strong commercial mindset. You understand how people decisions impact revenue, margin, and delivery

• Proven ability to influence and challenge senior leaders

• Experience driving performance management, talent reviews, and workforce planning

• Ability to operate in ambiguity and move quickly without over-engineering

• High judgment, strong backbone, and low tolerance for mediocrity