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- HR Manager leading North American recruitment, compliance, performance, and retention for Univeris, a Canadian enterprise wealth management technology company. Driving AI-enabled HR operations and cross-border governance.
Responsibilities
- Own North American HR operations end-to-end
- Lead full-cycle recruitment, structured interviews, and candidate evaluations for mid-to-senior, leadership, and mission-critical technical/wealthtech roles
- Set the company-wide talent acquisition playbook, interview evaluation rubrics, and ATS pipeline standards
- Define and evaluate AI-augmented capability across core job families
- Co-design and roll out global performance appraisal cycles, goal-setting cadences, and calibration processes
- Partner with department heads on talent reviews, performance turnaround, reassignment, and compliant transitions
- Coordinate with the Madrid HR Manager to harmonize performance standards across regions
- Coach people managers on rigorous 1-on-1s, candid feedback, and performance blockers
- Architect job architectures, leveling rubrics, promotion pathways, workplace flexibility, recognition programs, and employee experience initiatives
- Monitor attrition, engagement, and exit interview data and develop quarterly retention initiatives
- Own compliance with Canadian employment legislation, including Ontario ESA, Human Rights Code, OHSA, AODA, and Pay Equity
- Lead workplace investigations and sensitive employee relations matters
- Oversee outsourced Employer-of-Record partnerships and statutory compliance
- Oversee culture committee roadmaps, cross-office collaboration initiatives, and global Town Halls
- Champion AI-enabled HR tools and automated workflows
- Establish standardized, self-serve People operations processes
- Deliver talent metrics, headcount insights, and workforce trends for executive decision-making and workforce planning
Requirements
- 6 to 8+ years of progressive HR management experience
- Demonstrated success leading operational HR compliance and commercial talent acquisition programs
- Proven track record designing structured interview rubrics, sourcing passive talent, and evaluating senior or high-complexity technical/finance roles
- Experience managing, coaching, and developing junior HR team members
- Deep, practical command of Ontario employment standards, termination protocols, human rights, and workplace investigations
- Hands-on experience structuring performance calibration grids, coaching managers through difficult situations, and executing performance improvement plans or exits
- Practical comfort utilizing modern AI tools and ability to assess AI competency in candidates
- Hands-on experience with modern cloud HR ecosystems such as BambooHR, Lever or similar ATS, Confluence, Jira, and Slack
- Professional working proficiency or fluency in Spanish preferred
- Prior exposure to cross-border workforce coordination preferred
- CHRP / CHRL designation or equivalent progressive certification preferred
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental coverage
- Group RRSP matching
- Professional development support
- Structured hybrid schedule with 3 days in the downtown Toronto office and 2 days remote
- Workplace flexibility
- Recognition programs
- Employee experience initiatives
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