People Partner

Summary

Join Wattpad as a hands-on People Partner, supporting leaders across Wattpad, WEBTOON, and Wattpad WEBTOON Studios. You will leverage your HR expertise to partner with managers on talent acquisition, organizational effectiveness, compensation, and performance management. This role offers the opportunity to impact the business while supporting a designated client base. Responsibilities include managing employee relations, collaborating with talent acquisition, analyzing compensation and benefits, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree, 5+ years of HRBP experience, strong stakeholder management skills, and proficiency in various HR systems. Wattpad offers competitive benefits, including health benefits, retirement contributions, generous vacation, and remote work options.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 5 years as a Human Resource Business Partner in increasingly responsible roles, or an equivalent combination of experience and education
• Experience as a talent partner to leaders, with the ability to understand role requirements and translate them to finding and hiring talented people
• Excellent stakeholder management and experience in developing good work relationships across the organization
• Demonstrated change management and project management capabilities
• Strong judgment and experience in Employee Relations and workplace investigations
• Understanding of recruitment best practices and familiarity with nurturing talent pipelines
• Ability to work in an ambiguous, agile environment and apply good judgment to resolve problems
• Skilled HR professional with business acumen, client service orientation, and drive
• Ability to set up and track relevant metrics and KPIs and use them to drive business results
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in Google Workspace, HR Systems, Applicant Tracking Systems, and LinkedIn Recruiter

Responsibilities

• Foster strong relationships with leaders, developing action plans and helping to steward the organization through accountability
• Collaborate with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies
• Understand business goals while designing, implementing and enhancing new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity and development
• Manage complex Employee Relations issues; may be required to administer and execute tasks in delicate circumstances such as providing reasonable accommodations, investigating allegations of wrongdoing, mediating disputes, and conducting terminations
• Work closely with our Talent Partner to ensure continuity in our overall talent management system, considering future talent needs, retention, DEI, and succession planning
• Analyze trends in compensation and benefits; research and propose competitive base and incentive pay programs to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent
• Align and collaborate with our Employee Experience & Engagement team on learning opportunities and managerial training to facilitate internal development opportunities for employees
• Engage with our Total Rewards team to periodically review and enhance existing fringe benefits
• Maintain compliance with employment laws, regulations, and recommended best practices; Reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance including partnering with legal when required
• Assist Talent Partner with full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, scheduling, interviewing and managing the candidate experience when required
• Performs other duties, as assigned - this role jumps in on various projects and initiatives!

Benefits

• Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
• Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
• Your own health/wellness account to spend each year
• RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
• Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
• Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family
• Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
• Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!