Turnitin is hiring a
Director, People Partnerships & Employee Relations

Summary

Turnitin is seeking a Director of People Partnerships & Employee Relations to join their Global People Team in the UK. The role involves partnering with senior leaders to provide strategy and thought leadership related to Employee Relations, Engagement, Inclusion and Acquisition activities. The candidate should have 10+ years global HR strategic leadership experience, strong problem solving capabilities, and be technologically savvy.

Responsibilities

• Develop open and enduring stakeholder relationships with Turnitin Leaders to assist the development and delivery of the People Strategy and link it operationally to business needs, providing personal coaching and guidance/development for Leaders and their team
• Provide management information and summaries of the employee engagement and relations landscape - monthly and quarterly. Conducts reviews and course-corrects, as is needed
• Execute on annual and bi-annual plans/OKRs using COE support with the team to ensure continuous improvements are realized in relation to key metrics like Turnover, Retention, Diversity, etc
• Advise Turnitin Leaders on effective organizational design and development to achieve overall Turnitin operational outcomes
• Work closely with Stakeholders, the Talent Acquisition Team to forecast talent needs and to ensure that a pipeline of exceptional talent is flowing into the organization which meets forecasted needs
• Be able to research best practices from the outside in to mature and sustain key people practices within Turnitin
• Support and backup the entire GPP people team as and when needed
• Be familiar with and highly capable at driving and sustaining change while ensuring processes are documented and automated as applicable while engaging COE and other key partners
• Translate information into data to support decision making
• Focus on process improvement to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the region and overall People Team
• Champion the Company Values and ‘All In’ Cultural Norms, - proactively seeking out occasions and opportunities to highlight Values oriented behaviors and actions and socializing these
• In close partnership with Turnitin Leaders/Communications and wider People Team members, support the operational strategy for employee engagement and relations for client group(s)
• Drive positive outcomes toward the Company’s DEI and Social Impact programs, working with stakeholders to ensure all relevant targets and goals are achieved
• Be a proactive and personally accountable communicator ensuring transparent and open flow of information up, down and sideways
• Work closely with Stakeholders, the Talent Development & Culture Team to harness the L&D opportunities and solutions needed to drive continued improvement and motivation