Senior HR Generalist - EMEA

The role

A Senior HR Generalist will drive and practice regional and global HR initiatives in the EMEA region. You will provide compliant HR operations, advise on the employee life-cycle, and partner with regional leadership.

What you will do

• Deliver precise and compliant HR operations
• Interact with the EMEA HR Manager and Global Head of HR
• Be accountable for talent development, succession planning, performance assessments, onboarding, culture and engagement initiatives
• Work with managers on performance management, organizational design, employee engagement, rewards and workforce planning
• Partner with the HRIS team to develop and refine operational processes
• Coach and advise people managers on employee relations issues across multiple countries
• Partner with people managers to support training and development programs
• Establish a trusted partnership with the business in the region
• Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Design new policies and deliver on business-critical HR related projects globally

Required qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business
• Regional HR experience within EMEA with an understanding of local labor laws, competitive awareness and insights
• Experience in business partnering with senior stakeholders
• Balance between leading and executing with hands-on involvement in daily HR routines
• Experience mentoring and developing others
• Strong project management skills
• Experience in working in a remote first organization
• Able to leverage data to make informed decisions
• Fluent in business English (written and spoken)
• Self motivated, organized, accurate, confident, authentic, results-orientated, open-minded and enthusiastic

Nice to have

• Regional HR experience within France, Germany and/or UK
• Experience with immigration policies and mobility processes
• Payroll and/or benefits oversight experience
• Knowledge of HR Systems and databases
• Professional HR certification(s)
• Facilitation skills

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
• Performance-driven annual bonus

About the company

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries.