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About the role
At Zapier, we build and use automation every day to make work more efficient, creative, and human.
Zapier is looking for a People Business Partner with experience supporting GTM functions and employment standards in EMEA. This role is for an intermediate to senior level People Business Partner who will own their portfolio end to end, with support from people team partners.
As a member of the PBP-ER Team, you will also contribute to the effectiveness of how the team works using AI-enabled systems and automation to make processes and day-to-day work more efficient and scalable.
What you'll do
- Serve as the strategic People partner to leaders in Data and Product, and the team expert in EMEA HR Partner Experience.
- Develop deep knowledge of Zapier's market context, business strategy, and your client group's role within this to better advise and build strong relationships with your leaders.
- Work directly with leaders on organizational design, setting and holding performance standards, talent reviews, and change management communications.
- Advise on complex people challenges, offering thoughtful, timely support that balances empathy with sound judgment and business context.
- Act as the driver for PBP-led people processes within your client group, including performance review and promotion cycles, and engagement surveys.
- Partner with Centers of Excellence to design and roll out people initiatives that are useful, relevant, and well-connected to the needs of the business.
- Strengthen the team's practice outside North America by partnering with the PBP-ER team on any EMEA employee performance cases or investigations.
- Continue to grow your skills in leveraging AI tooling for your day-to-day work, and sharing your practices with the team.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of experience as an HRBP or PBP, and capable of working autonomously in a global team.
- Experience with a varied set of client groups; the role will flex across different client groups.
- Stay flexible and solutions focused in a fast moving environment, ambiguous situations, or when priorities change.
- Build strong relationships and credibility with experienced stakeholders to coach them through HR challenges, while balancing what is best for individuals and the business.
- Be a trusted sounding board and partner to leaders in organizational design, workforce planning, talent reviews, and change management.
- Experience advising and coaching leaders on performance management, employee relations, and exits in multiple EMEA jurisdictions, working collaboratively with employee relations partners and internal legal counsel.
- Use AI in your day-to-day work for personal productivity and for sharper insight and analysis across your portfolio.
- Work effectively in a fully remote, distributed environment, and flex across timezones when the work requires it.
- Remote — EMEA preferred in United Kingdom, Ireland; open to USA (EST only) with EMEA employment experience.
Nice to have
- GTM experience is an asset.
Benefits, as listed
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