Lead HR Generalist
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Job description
Lead HR Generalist role at Canonical, based remotely in the AMER region, providing compliant HR operations and business partnering across the employee life-cycle. The role drives regional and global HR initiatives and partners with leadership in the Americas.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · AMER region
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Deliver precise and compliant HR operations in a timely manner and with the highest degree of accuracy
- Interact closely with the Americas HR Manager and the Global Head of HR to create impact across all HR regions
- Be accountable for HR processes such as talent development, succession planning, performance assessments, onboarding, culture and engagement initiatives that drive a high performing team
- Work with managers across the business on performance management, organizational design, employee engagement, rewards- and workforce planning
- Partner with the HRIS team to develop and refine operational processes for day to day HR administration
- Coach and advise people managers on the full spectrum of employee relations issues across multiple countries
- Partner with people managers to support the delivery of appropriate training and development programs
- Establish a trusted partnership with the business in your region
- Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
- Design new policies and deliver on business-critical HR related projects globally
What we're looking for
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business
- Regional HR experience within Latin America (Brazil and/or Mexico is a plus), with an understanding of local labor laws, competitive awareness and insights
- Experience in business partnering with senior stakeholders
- A good balance between leading and executing, in this role you will need to be hands-on involved in the daily HR routines
- Experience mentoring and developing others
- Strong project management skills with the ability to define done and keep deliverables on track
- Experience in working in a remote first organization
- Able to leverage data to make informed decisions
- Fluent in business English (written and spoken)
- Self motivated, organized, accurate, confident, authentic, results-orientated, open-minded and enthusiastic
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Nice to have
- Experience with immigration policies and mobility processes
- Payroll and/or benefits oversight experience
- Knowledge of HR Systems and databases
- Professional HR certification(s)
- Facilitation skills
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus
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About Canonical
A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles.
Mission
Changing the world of software through open source, publishing Ubuntu as the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office based roles
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Founder led, profitable and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since its inception in 2004
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Global distributed collaboration