Senior People Partner

Department: Corporate Services - HR

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Minneapolis

Compensation: $125,000 - $135,000 / year

Description

🌍 Join Our Global Team  Gravity Global is the world’s most awarded marketing consultancy specialising in brands operating in complex markets. Led by strategy, innovation, technology, data, and creativity, we create brand-and-demand marketing programmes that drive transformational growth for our clients. With 14 wholly owned offices across the US, Europe and APAC, and our Global Talent Hubs in emerging markets, you can build a truly global career in a rapidly scaling organisation that’s shaping the future of marketing.  At Gravity Global, we believe our people are our greatest strength. We’re a collective of creative thinkers, strategic storytellers, and data-driven innovators united by one mission – to deliver exceptional work that makes an impact. We’re growing fast – across continents and disciplines – and we’re looking for passionate individuals who want to make a difference: for our clients, our teams, and the world around us.  About the role
We’re searching for a Senior People Partner to shape and activate our People Strategy across North America and LATAM, ensuring alignment with global initiatives in partnership with the People Manager in EMEA and People Advisor in APAC.

Reporting to the Global People Director, this pivotal role serves as a catalyst for unlocking potential, building culture, and driving people-first initiatives that inspire and engage teams. You’ll lead a small US-based team — including the People Manager and Benefits & LOA Administrator — to create an empowered and high-performing People function.

This is a hands-on, visible role that balances long-term strategic leadership with day-to-day operational excellence, ensuring all People practices are simple, transparent, and designed with people at the core.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic People Leadership

• Partner with senior leaders as a trusted advisor on talent growth, workforce planning, organizational design, learning & development, and engagement.
  
  
• Collaborate with the Global People Team to bring global initiatives to life across the US and LATAM.
  
  
• Use data-driven insights to fuel decision-making and continuous improvement.
  
  
• Lead complex employee relations matters with fairness, consistency, and empathy.

• Line manage, coach, and develop the US People Manager, Benefits & LOA Administrator, and Payroll Analyst to build a high-performing People function.
  
  
• Act as a trusted guide on employee relations, ensuring compliance with US labor laws and global standards.

• Drive a culture of continuous performance through feedback, leadership development, and succession planning.
  
  
• Champion DEI across the US and LATAM, embedding inclusion into daily culture and operations.
  
  
• Identify opportunities for learning and partner to design innovative development programs.

• Partner with leaders to weave company values and culture into daily behaviors and decisions.
  
  
• Lead clear, transparent, and human-centered communication around People programs and policies.

• Oversee People operations across the US, including compensation, benefits, payroll, compliance, and leave of absence.
  
  
• Ensure consistent People processes across US and LATAM operations.
  
  

• Lead or support global and regional People initiatives from design through execution.
  
  
• Act as a change champion during transformation, always keeping people at the heart of the process.
  
  

• Support financial administration such as timesheets and NetSuite usage.
  
  
• Promote Gravity Global as an inspiring place to work.
  
  
• Participate in ESG, Sustainability, and Wellbeing initiatives that drive our culture and global impact.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

We’re looking for a people-first, strategic HR leader who thrives in a fast-paced, creative, global agency environment.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience in a senior HRBP or equivalent role within a multi-site, global organization.
  
  
• Deep understanding of US employment law and compliance, balanced with a people-centric mindset.
  
  
• Strong leadership experience, with a track record of coaching and developing HR teams.
  
  
• Ability to deliver forward-looking strategies while owning day-to-day HR operations.
  
  
• Experi