Senior People Business Partner
Lightspeed (Formerly SEOshop)
Senior People Business Partner
Lightspeed (Formerly SEOshop)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Montreal • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
About the role
- Serve as the main contact for all people-related projects and partner with People and Culture colleagues, key stakeholders and leaders to deliver on a strategic people plan
- Provide strategic leadership to leaders, key stakeholders and People & Culture team to deliver on the needs and priorities of growing teams
- Act as a trusted advisor and coach leadership to enhance their effectiveness within client groups
- Serve as the first line of contact in People & Culture for employee relations issues
- Drive proactive conversations with business leaders around People data for respective client groups
- Partner on employee-related initiatives and provide thought-leadership in Career Development, Talent Development/Management, Employee Engagement, Compensation
- Lead special projects as required by client groups or P&C team
- Partner with functional leaders to drive organizational design activities including succession planning, talent development, and workforce planning
Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in an HR Generalist and People Business Partner function;
- Bachelor’s Degree in HR or related discipline
- Experience working on large, global and complex projects that span across the organization
- Superb communication (oral, written and presentation both in French and English), coaching and influencing skills with a proven track record of building credibility with leaders, having difficult conversations and providing continuous feedback.
- Fluency in English as a working language is required for this position.
- In depth experience in Employee Relations and complex employment legislation in Canada and US
- Keen interest and involvement in the Diversity, equity and inclusion space and driving employee engagement
- Exceptional relationship building skills and able to quickly build rapport with various types of personalities and executive leadership team
- Out of the box thinker with a strong desire to bring in metrics and insights to the conversation
- Ability to alternate between strategy and tactical execution
Benefits
- Ability to do your job in a truly flexible hybrid environment (3 days/week in office);
- Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
- Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Flexible working policy
- Health insurance
- Health and wellness benefits
- Possibility for transit fees to be covered
- Linkedin learning
- Volunteer day
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
HR GeneralistPeople Business PartnerEmployee RelationsTalent DevelopmentCompensationOrganizational DesignWorkforce PlanningDiversity, Equity and InclusionCareer DevelopmentComplex Employment Legislation
Soft skills
CommunicationCoachingInfluencingRelationship BuildingCredibilityFeedbackStrategic ThinkingTactical ExecutionProblem SolvingRapport Building
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in HR or related discipline
