Canonical is hiring a
Regional HR Manager, Remote

Summary

The job is for an HR Manager at Canonical who will lead the Americas team of HR professionals, provide precise and compliant HR operations, advise on HR issues across the employee life-cycle, and partner with senior leadership. The role requires a degree, HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business, people management experience, experience in business partnering with senior stakeholders, and fluency in business English.

Requirements

• Degree qualified
• HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business (Americas or EMEA)
• People management experience
• Experience in business partnering with senior stakeholders
• A good balance between leading and executing
• Experience in working in a remote first organization
• Able to leverage data to make informed decisions
• Knowledge and practical implementation of HR practices and employment law across EMEA or Americas
• Fluent in business English (written and spoken)

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale Canonical’s regional HR team (1-4 direct reports, depending on region)
• Deliver precise and compliant HR operations in a timely manner and with the highest degree of accuracy
• Interact closely with Talent Acquisition and Workplace Engineering teams and create tight-knit processes 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 senior managers across the business on performance management, organizational design, employee engagement, rewards- and workforce planning
• 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
• Present at Canonical events to articulate Canonical’s HR practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with immigration policies and mobility processes
• Professional HR qualification (CIPD/SHRM or other)

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