Who this is for
- HR managers and senior generalists.
- HR business partners aiming at head of HR or regional roles.
- Leaders whose next employer will ask for a senior credential, not only a long CV.
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Senior Professional in Human Resources - International (SPHRi)
SPHRi® — Strategic HR Leadership
Secure your seat at the C-suite table. Shift your focus from daily HR management to enterprise risk, boardroom advisory, and total rewards architecture. Earn the credibility to push back on impulsive executive mandates.
Career focus: HR Director, Head of HR, Chief Human Resources Officer.
Next cohort
7 November 2026
7 November 2026
30 hours
Virtual · Zoom · Zoom (strictly virtual)
This class has started
Ask an adviser about the next intake.
Class starts 7 November 2026.
Why the market wants this
Senior HR seats are few. Panels use SPHRi™, scope and judgement to separate candidates who all claim they ‘lead people’.
Why enrol on this intake
The next virtual class is 7 November 2026. A senior vacancy will not wait for you to start preparing after it is advertised.
Enrol nowWhat you stand to gain
Pay
Senior HR credentials support manager and head-of-function packages, not officer bands.
Leadership
The preparation is strategic: workforce, rewards and the decisions a leadership team expects HR to own.
Promotion
SPHRi™ is what you put in front of a board or group HR director when you ask for the next scope.
Remote and international work
It is the senior international HR credential. Regional and cross-border roles ask for it.
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Why this credential.
Position yourself as a strategic HR leader capable of aligning people, policies and organisational goals. Built for senior HR professionals seeking executive recognition, stronger earning potential and international career mobility. SPHRi™ is HRCI’s senior international credential for leaders based outside the United States who shape HR strategy in a single international setting.
HR heads, business partners and directors who already influence organisation-wide people decisions.
Professionals with a master’s plus 4 years, a bachelor’s plus 5 years, or 7 years of professional-level HR.
Leaders who can document knowledge of local employment laws (HRCI requirement).
The exam you will sit.
Facts below follow the current public outline. Our advisers walk you through eligibility and the application.
- Awarding body
- HRCI
- Questions
- 115 scored + 25 pretest
- Time
- 2 hours 45 minutes (+ 30 min admin)
- Delivery
- Pearson VUE or OnVUE
- Type
- Senior, practice-based
- Our class
- 30 hours · Zoom · 7 Nov 2026
Content outline
After each block: what you will do, and the strength you leave with.
33%
Leadership and Strategy
Functional areas
- 33%
Leadership and Strategy
You brief the board as an HR leader, not an administrator.
- 23%
Talent Management
You design programmes that keep a workforce producing.
- 17%
Workforce Planning and Talent Acquisition
You can plan through growth, freeze and reduction.
- 17%
Total Rewards
You set reward philosophy, not only payroll.
- 10%
HR Information Management, Safety and Security
You still own systems, safety and security at the top.
Eligibility — what the body actually checks.
- At least 4 years professional-level HR + master’s (or global equivalent), or
- At least 5 years professional-level HR + bachelor’s (or global equivalent), or
- At least 7 years professional-level HR.
- Documented knowledge of local employment laws.
How we prepare you.
- 01
Leadership and strategy
The 33% core: HR as a business function, not an admin desk.
- 02
Workforce and talent
Planning, acquisition and talent management as the outline weights them.
- 03
Total rewards at senior level
Philosophy, governance and alignment — not transaction processing.
- 04
Information, safety and security
What a senior HR leader must still own.
- 05
Case and synthesis mocks
Practice-based items. Application support. Exam invoiced separately.
What the training includes
- Certificate of Completion
- 30 contact hours (PDUs) documented for your SPHRi™ application
- SPHRi™ training materials
- Recordings of every class session
- LMS access for up to 6 months
- 700+ exam-style questions, mocks and simulators
- Application and exam-booking assistance