People & Business Partner

Summary

Join ClickHouse as their first People & Business Partner to shape the future of their growing global team. This role involves partnering with leaders to align people priorities with business goals, coaching managers, owning performance cycles and talent planning, driving employee engagement, collaborating on core people programs, using data to guide decisions, ensuring compliance with employment law, and leading special projects. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of HR experience in fast-growing companies, strong knowledge of employment law (especially in EMEA), experience with HRIS tools, and excellent communication and relationship-building skills. The position is remote, with a preference for UK-based candidates. ClickHouse offers a flexible work environment, healthcare contributions, company equity, flexible time off, a home office setup allowance, global gatherings, and the opportunity to shape the company culture.

Requirements

• You’ve worked in a People Partner / HRBP (or similar) role and thrive in fast-paced, growing companies
• You’ve partnered with teams across multiple regions and understand how to navigate different employment laws and cultures
• You’re a builder at heart: you like rolling up your sleeves and creating from scratch
• You’re an excellent communicator and relationship-builder, across cultures, levels, and time zones
• You’re strategic but not afraid to get into the weeds
• You love data but always keep people at the center
• You’re comfortable in a remote-first, international setup, and can flex with whatever the day throws at you
• 5+ years in HR or People roles, with experience in business partnering, talent, or employee relations
• Proven track record in fast-growing companies - you know how to build systems that scale
• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR practices, especially in EMEA . Bonus if you know about APJ or AMER too
• You’re great at managing competing priorities and know how to balance long-term thinking with short-term needs
• You’ve worked with HRIS tools and use data to back up your decisions
• You’re proactive, practical, and care deeply about people and culture

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to align people priorities with business goals; from talent planning to team structure to org design
• Coach and support managers on everything from performance feedback to team development and tricky people issues
• Own our performance cycles and talent planning, and help us think about how we grow the right skills across the org
• Drive employee engagement: you’ll run our annual engagement survey and help teams take meaningful action from the results
• Collaborate on core people programs: compensation, benefits, onboarding, learning, and more
• Use people data and insights to guide decisions and identify opportunities to improve how we work
• Keep us on the right side of employment law and internal policies, especially across EMEA, and ideally APJ and AMER too
• Lead or support special projects that make our people experience better, more inclusive, and ready for scale

Benefits

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries
• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare
• Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options
• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
• A $500 Home office setup if you’re a remote employee
• Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites