Senior HR Business Partner, International
Canva
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Serve as the senior People Partner to the Head of International and the International leadership team.
- Build deep business understanding, earn trust quickly, and partner on the full range of People challenges, from org design and workforce planning to talent management and culture.
- Provide strategic, hands-on input across all key People priorities, including team effectiveness, leadership development, growth and impact frameworks.
- Partner with TA and the Head of International to drive talent density.
- Partner with the broader People team to ensure global programs land with real impact across International markets.
- Own the International People strategy end-to-end.
- Lead the embedding of a strong, consistent performance culture across all International markets.
- Guide the International organisation through ambiguity with confidence.
Requirements
- Have extensive HR Business Partnering experience within hypergrowth and fast pace environments.
- Deep expertise across core HR disciplines: performance management, org design, leadership development, talent management, and change.
- Experience supporting international or geographically distributed businesses.
- Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior leaders (including at the Head of function level) and act as a credible strategic thought partner.
- Track record of building and embedding performance culture, not just running performance cycles.
- Have strong commercial acumen.
- Are proactive by nature and thrive in ambiguity.
- Have exceptional judgement.
- High emotional intelligence and cultural adaptability.
- Champion innovation in people practices.
Benefits
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally
- In house crafted on-demand library of learning programs such as AI/ML School, Canva Product Skills, Internal Coaching and much more.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
HR Business Partneringperformance managementorg designleadership developmenttalent managementchange managementstrategic thought partnershipperformance culture embeddingcommercial acumenpeople practices innovation
Soft Skills
building trusted relationshipsproactive naturethriving in ambiguityexceptional judgementhigh emotional intelligencecultural adaptability