People Business Partner Lead, EMEA

The role

The EMEA People Business Partner Lead serves as the primary strategic People partner to business leaders across the region. This person will translate business growth strategies into proactive People and organizational strategies to help scale teams.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary People partner to managers and leaders based in EMEA.
• Translate business priorities into proactive People and organizational strategies.
• Partner with leaders on complex organizational decisions.
• Partner with EMEA leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, and leadership capability.
• Identify patterns and systemic issues across teams.
• Use workforce, talent, and organizational data to inform decisions.
• Partner with global People teams to adapt programs for regional needs.
• Drive adoption and effectiveness of People initiatives.
• Partner with People Operations and Legal to navigate performance and organizational change.
• Partner across People, Finance, Recruiting, Compensation, and Legal functions.

Required qualifications

• Significant experience in senior HR Business Partner or People leadership roles.
• Ability to develop a deep understanding of a business and translate strategy into proactive People and organizational strategy.
• Strong experience in organizational design, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, talent strategy, and leadership partnership.
• Ability to influence senior business leaders and bring an independent point of view to complex decisions.
• Demonstrated pattern recognition and judgment to identify organizational risks and opportunities.
• Experience developing or adapting People programs to meet business needs and driving adoption and measurable outcomes.
• Strong business acumen and curiosity.
• Experience working across global and distributed organizations.
• Strong relationship-building and influence skills across cultures, functions, and geographies.
• Comfortable operating independently in ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Ideally supporting complex, high-growth businesses across EMEA
• Ideally with exposure to the complexity and diversity of EMEA markets

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Employer contributions towards healthcare
• Stock options
• Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries
• USD$500 Home office setup for remote employees
• Global Gatherings including company-wide offsites

About the company

ClickHouse is a globally distributed company operating in over 25 countries.