Senior HR Business Partner, International

Canva

Senior HR Business Partner at Canva, partnering with International leadership to shape HR strategy. Driving performance culture and talent management across diverse international markets.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeRemote • London • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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.

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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