Payroll and benefits specialist processing multi - jurisdiction payroll for Kardium, which develops medical devices for atrial fibrillation treatment. Supporting Dayforce, compliance, benefits, and accounting operations.
About the role
- Embedded HR consultant advising ORBCOMM’s SKYWAVE and corporate executives on organization design, talent, and workforce strategy. Supporting transformation, succession, analytics, and complex people decisions.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic HR counsel to the President and COO of SKYWAVE, CFO, and CHRO
- Build understanding of business and functional priorities and identify organization, talent, leadership, and workforce considerations
- Translate business plans into focused people priorities with actions, milestones, ownership, and success measures
- Provide independent perspective and constructive challenge on complex people and organizational decisions
- Advise on organization design, workforce planning, capability requirements, role clarity, spans and layers, location strategy, and restructuring initiatives
- Evaluate organizational structures against business strategy, financial priorities, and future capability requirements
- Support leaders through organizational changes and operating model decisions
- Develop recommendations balancing organizational effectiveness, workforce capability, and cost considerations
- Coach executives and senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, team dynamics, accountability, decision rights, and organizational performance
- Support talent and succession reviews, including critical roles, bench strength, retention risks, and development priorities
- Translate talent discussions into development, retention, succession, and hiring plans
- Support goal setting, performance differentiation, feedback, calibration, and accountability
- Support people aspects of transformation, organizational change, restructures, and other high-impact initiatives
- Develop stakeholder alignment, communications, change readiness, and adoption approaches
- Analyze workforce, talent, engagement, and financial data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities
- Translate complex people and business information into concise executive insights and actionable recommendations
- Develop executive-ready materials and recommendations
- Counsel on complex and sensitive employee, leadership, and organizational matters in partnership with Legal and HR resources
- Partner across Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, HR Operations, and regional HR resources
- Support the CHRO and HR leadership team on organizational effectiveness, talent, succession, structure, capabilities, and ways of working
- Maintain discretion and confidentiality across executive and organizational matters
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including substantial experience as a strategic HR Business Partner supporting executives and senior leadership teams
- Demonstrated success partnering with business unit or P&L leadership and complex corporate functions
- Experience within a global technology, IoT, SaaS, hardware, or similarly dynamic environment preferred
- Strong business and financial acumen
- Deep experience in organization design, workforce planning, talent and succession, executive coaching, performance management, and change leadership
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives through insight, sound judgment, and constructive challenge
- Experience navigating complex and sensitive employee and organizational matters with discretion
- Strong analytical capabilities, including translating business and workforce data into executive-level insights and recommendations
- Experience working across countries, cultures, and matrixed organizations
- Exceptional communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills with a practical and execution-oriented approach
- Proficiency with HR information systems, workforce analytics, and Microsoft Office tools
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- Advanced degree or recognized HR designation preferred
- Ability to leverage AI-enabled tools and automation to support daily tasks and productivity
- Commitment to continuous learning in digital and AI literacy
Benefits
- Approximately 20–30+ hours per week for an initial period of six months or longer
- Fully embedded consulting engagement
- Periodic in-person meetings in Ottawa may be required based on business needs
- Diverse and inclusive environment
- Accessibility accommodations provided for individuals with disabilities upon request
- Continuous learning in digital and AI literacy
- AI-enabled tools and automation to support daily tasks and productivity
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