Senior Lead, Business Partner

Company Description

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $496 billion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries. Every 28 seconds, an entrepreneur on Shopify makes their first sale.

This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

About You:
Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, and ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. Shopifolk thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.

Before you apply, consider if you can:

• Care deeply about what you do and about making commerce better for everyone
• Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
• Keep up with an unrelenting pace (the week, not the quarter)
• Be resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
• Bring critical thought and opinion
• Embrace differences and disagreement to get shit done and move forward
• Work digital-first for your daily work

Job Description

This Senior HR Business Partner will be supporting our Growth Organisation in creating the strategy, environments and practices Shopify needs to best support a successful future, across a subset of our product lines. This role operates in an agile and fast paced environment and will be responsible for implementing innovative solutions in the areas of Talent Management, Performance Consulting, etc. In partnership with others, this leader will focus on leadership development and employee engagement for a distributed and remote Shopify workforce. This role will be closely aligned with the Growth Leadership team and will report directly to Dan Marsh (Director, Talent Services).

Role responsibilities:

• Develop an understanding of Shopify’s global priorities in the short and long term, and build and execute on the Growth talent strategy that compliments the global priorities
• Function as a strategic business advisor to the Growth executive and senior leadership
• Influence decision-making with senior leadership across the organization
• In partnership with the specialty teams, and enable the implementation and development of innovative people solutions in the areas of talent acquisition, performance management, communications and change leadership, coaching and mentoring leaders on talent reviews, and succession planning
• Ensure that the interests of colleagues and the company are considered in accordance with the applicable government laws and regulations
• Build an environment where the craft of business partnering is practiced in world-class and innovative ways
• Contribute to the development and growth of the broader Talent Team through leadership, coaching, and team building
• Possess a track record of strong leadership capability and want to model the behaviors and expectations of our leaders

Qualifications

• You have a proven ability to create strategy and vision, as well as manage the execution of work
• Excellent judgment, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Comfort with ambiguity and can collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve common organizational objectives
• You navigate decisions through relationship building, strong business acumen, and the ability to balance the two
• You are a strong communicator and a leader capable of working with all levels of people cross-functionally and globally
• Knowledge and understanding of local legislation as it relates to labor laws and Talent matters within the Americas region

Bonus experience:

• Experience working in a high-growth organization looking to scale and build

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