HR Business Partner

at  New Relic

Req ID
5224
Location(s)
Montreal, Canada; Toronto, Canada; Vancouver, Canada;
Work arrangement(s)
Fully Remote (works exclusively from home)
Your opportunity
New Relic is looking for an experienced HR professional that enjoys working in a fast paced environment with a high performing Global HR Business Partner team. We are looking for a trusted advisor and a strategic thinker that naturally excels at building strong relationships. We are looking for someone that enjoys positive challenges with strong influence and negotiation skills. The HRBP should demonstrate passion to strategically partner with the global HRBP team, People Team, Finance, Legal and Tech Leaders to drive an innovative and growth mindset culture.
This is a global HR Business Partner role and you will partner with the Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) organization. This role will balance business unit goals with regional complexities and HR deliverables while skillfully balancing global strategy and execution to deliver business outcomes and a positive employee experience. The role will provide strategic partnership and effective support in a manner that is consistent with local laws and best practices and will help shape the future of work through strong partnerships, data analysis, trending issues, assessing root cause analysis and making recommendations to influence positive outcomes.

What you’ll do

• Primary HR Business Partner for Engineering, Product, and Design Relics in the NA Region. Partners with business leaders, front line managers and Relics in key HR lifecycle processes.
• Prioritizes leaning in and understand the goals and strategies of the business and develops strategic and tactical HR plans in alignment with the goals of the business.
• Advises, influences and develops people and talent strategies to drive regional and global business alignment.
• Act as a coach and liaison to the leadership team for change and can thoughtfully design and implement a change management plan in a positive manner with minimal disruption to business objectives and key projects, etc.
• Adheres to and/or sets new standards and uplevels standard practices and methodologies through innovation.
• Analyzes data and trends and recommends, develops, and delivers on plans to improve employee experiences, including engagement, DEI, retention and performance.
• Partners closely with the global HRBP EPD team to align on strategies, key priorities and processes that impact EPD.
• Partners with our People Team, Finance and other parts of the organization to develop and/or deliver strategic HR initiatives that include: organizational design, talent management, employee relations, compensation, culture, diversity, talent development, and performance management to provide creative strategies and solutions for the business.
• Actively works with local culture advocates to strengthen and maintain regional culture and organizational trust.
• Proactively partners with our Talent Acquisition team to share information and develop successful recruiting strategies.
• Supports compliance with all local laws and regulations, security and integrity of data including personal and confidential information.
• Leads and/or serves on special HR assigned project teams and business unit committees.

This role requires

• 5+ years of progressive experience in HR, including strong previous HR Business Partner experience with an organization that is fast paced and customer driven
• Heavy emphasis on employee relations, must have prior ER experience
• Demonstrated experience coaching and influencing leaders at various levels (front line manager - leader levels).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Has in-depth experience in one or more HR disciplines (recruitment, compensation, employee relations, performance management, benefits, etc).
• Experience managing regional challenges and complex regional projects while working across multiple geographies with HRBPs, COEs and Finance partners

Bonus points if you have

• Degree in HR, Business, Engineering or related field
• PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred
• Strong preference for experience supporting global engineering organizations in the SaaS industry
• Prior work experience with a multinational company headquartered in the US

Fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment is important to us. We work hard to make everyone feel comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics’ different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us – including nontraditional ones. Their experiences and perspectives inspire us to make our products and company the best they can be. We’re looking for people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please visit https://newrelic.avature.net/accommodations to submit your request.
We believe in empowering all Relics to achieve professional and business success through a flexible workforce model. This model allows us to work in a variety of workplaces that best support our success, including fully office-based, fully remote, or hybrid.

What you’ll do

• Primary HR Business Partner for Engineering, Product, and Design Relics in the NA Region. Partners with business leaders, front line managers and Relics in key HR lifecycle processes.
• Prioritizes leaning in and understand the goals and strategies of the business and develops strategic and tactical HR plans in alignment with the goals of the business.
• Advises, influences and develops people and talent strategies to drive regional and global business alignment.
• Act as a coach and liaison to the leadership team for change and can thoughtfully design and implement a change management plan in a positive manner with minimal disruption to business objectives and key projects, etc.
• Adheres to and/or sets new standards and uplevels standard practices and methodologies through innovation.
• Analyzes data and trends and recommends, develops, and delivers on plans to improve employee experiences, including engagement, DEI, retention and performance.
• Partners closely with the global HRBP EPD team to align on strategies, key priorities and processes that impact EPD.
• Partners with our People Team, Finance and other parts of the organization to develop and/or deliver strategic HR initiatives that include: organizational design, talent management, employee relations, compensation, culture, diversity, talent development, and performance management to provide creative strategies and solutions for the business.
• Actively works with local culture advocates to strengthen and maintain regional culture and organizational trust.
• Proactively partners with our Talent Acquisition team to share information and develop successful recruiting strategies.
• Supports compliance with all local laws and regulations, security and integrity of data including personal and confidential information.
• Leads and/or serves on special HR assigned project teams and business unit committees

This role requires

• 5+ years of progressive experience in HR, including strong previous HR Business Partner experience with an organization that is fast paced and customer driven
• Heavy emphasis on employee relations, must have prior ER experience
• Demonstrated experience coaching and influencing leaders at various levels (front line manager - leader levels).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Has in-depth experience in one or more HR disciplines (recruitment, compensation, employee relations, performance management, benefits, etc).
• Experience managing regional challenges and complex regional projects while working across multiple geographies with HRBPs, COEs and Finance partner