HR Business Partner

Job location: The position can be located in our office in Ottawa, Canada, where you will be expected to work in a hybrid model, or it can be located in Toronto where you can work remotely.

About the team

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) is responsible for partnering with senior level leaders of our Corporate Services and Marketing organizations. Supporting the Lead Human Resources Business Partners for the functions, the incumbent in this role is both strategic and hands on, translating business needs into people strategies that enable the function to achieve its objectives. The HRBP will work collaboratively with their functional leaders to execute on these strategies.

In addition, this role works alongside the full HRBP compliment and HR Centre of Expertise teams, including HR Services, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and Talent Management to influence, pilot, implement, and embed HR policies, programs, and initiatives within the business unit they support

Please note that this is a 12 month term position.

What you will do

• Coach leaders on the consistent application of people processes, practices, and policies providing advice and guidance on embedding these across the full employee life cycle
• Support the Lead HRBP and Senior Leaders on business change initiatives for their portfolio leveraging enterprise-wide talent management strategies
• Partner with the Lead HRBP to execute on and deliver key talent management programs to Senior Leaders (e.g. portfolio based talent review, portfolio based succession planning)
• Liaise with HR Centres of Expertise and HR Services in supporting the needs assessment, design, implementation, and effectiveness of people programs and practices to ensure the strategic needs of the business are fully considered
• Partner with Employee Relations and Manager Support Lead to support to coach leaders through performance management, employee relations, and investigations activities
• Support HR Centres of Excellence in evaluating the effectiveness of HR programs and providing recommendations for changes and improvements through engaging key business stakeholders in the feedback loop
• Facilitate and build leader capability around people programs like performance, development, and compensation reviews
• Analyse people reports, dashboards, and datasets to make quality, data-driven insights, recommendations, and decisions

What we are looking for

• 5-7 years of progressive experience in an HR Business Partnering or Generalist role supporting global teams in high growth companies, preferably in high-tech
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills and the ability to prioritize business requirements appropriately through a collaborative partnership approach
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Experience partnering Corporate and/or Marketing leaders an asset
• Ability to understand the people implications of strategic and operating business decisions and provide input to planning for the future
• Ability to effectively receive and communicate feedback, and support the development of an open, honest and collaborative team environment
• Experience partnering with HR Centres of Excellence in developing, enhancing, and implementing global enterprise-wide talent programs
• Experience with communication and change management within the context of developing and implementing people programs, policies and processes
• Solid business acumen and analytical abilities, with demonstrated experience leveraging talent data to provide evidence-based people insights
• Highly collaborative with effective relationship building skills and the ability to influence stakeholders