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About the role

  • Regional HR Manager leading Americas HR operations, employee relations, and people strategy. Supporting Canonical, the global publisher of Ubuntu and open-source software.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale Canonical’s regional HR team
  • Deliver precise and compliant HR operations
  • Collaborate with the broader People team to create processes across regions
  • Manage talent development, succession planning, performance assessments, onboarding, culture, and engagement initiatives
  • Advise senior managers on performance management, organizational design, employee engagement, rewards, and workforce planning
  • Own, coach, and advise people managers on employee relations issues across multiple countries
  • Support training and development programs
  • Establish trusted business partnerships in the AMER region
  • Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
  • Design policies and deliver business-critical global HR projects
  • Present Canonical’s HR practices at company events

Requirements

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business
  • People management experience
  • Experience in business partnering with senior stakeholders
  • Hands-on involvement in daily HR routines
  • Experience working in a remote-first organization
  • Ability to leverage data to make informed decisions
  • Knowledge and practical implementation of HR practices and employment law across the Americas region
  • Experience handling and overseeing complex employee relations matters across multiple jurisdictions
  • Fluent in business English, written and spoken
  • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
  • Experience with immigration policies and mobility processes
  • Professional HR qualification such as SHRM or equivalent
  • Facilitation skills

Benefits

  • Performance-driven annual bonus
  • 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

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteNorth America

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