At Kinaxis, who we are is grounded in our common belief that people matter. Each one of us plays an important part in accomplishing our work, building our culture and making a global impact.

Every day, we’re empowered to work together to help our customers make fast, confident planning decisions. This is how we create a better planet – for each other, for our customers and for generations to come. Our cloud-based platform RapidResponse ensures that the products we need – everything from medicine and cars, to day-to-day items like toothpaste – make it to market and into our hands when we need them with minimal ecological footprint.

We make the world better, and you can too.

Strategic HR Business Partner - R&D

Job location: our office in Ottawa or Toronto.

About the team

Kinaxis is seeking a seasoned Strategic HR Business Leader to support our global Product team. Primarily focused on developing people strategies and providing leadership that help achieve the business and people objectives for our largest team, your forward facing approach and ability to identify talent issues before they impact the business positions you as a trusted advisor to our most senior leaders within the business unit.

We are looking for a dynamic HR leader that is comfortable with both ambiguity and a fast paced environment. You will understand the business and the culture, and provide strategic talent consult to business leaders and the teams you supports to enhance their growth and their impact. While this role is an individual contributor, in terms of scope and experience it is in line with Director level.

What you will do

• Identify opportunities to proactively address talent and leadership gaps, providing solutions that will bridge gaps before they become issues. Your goal will be to build a strong leadership mentality at all levels within your business unit.
• Develop and leverage talent management strategies (workforce planning, forecasting, succession, HiPo and leader development) in collaboration with the Product leadership team
• Provide executive coaching and advice to help business leaders understand and address the people implications of business strategies and decisions.
• Understand the business and technical perspective of the teams you support, including current investments, focus, and challenges in order to continually link business and people strategies
• Support scalable growth for the Product organization, identifying talent requirements, gaps, and team structural models aimed at driving organizational effectiveness
• Be a champion for delivering Kinaxis’s human capital strategy and employment value proposition, partnering across Kinaxis HR to support rollout of global talent initiatives.
• Create regular knowledge sharing with COEs to ensure business requirements are clear, engaging appropriate HR services for Product from HR COEs and Shared Services
• Act as cultural advocate and ensure leaders are fully aligned to and live Kinaxis’s core values
• Interpret HR data to provide insights to the business, and makes recommendations on best ROI of talent plans
• Always take a global approach, provide guidance to the business on how to get most value from corporate HR programs to meet business goals as it relates to people.

What we are looking for

• Progressive Senior Leadership in HR, with a minimum of 10 years of experience as a Business Partner supporting global teams in high growth technology companies
• Experience supporting a global R&D and Product organization for a SaaS or software product organization is a must
• Outstanding people leadership skills –recognized as a talent developer and exceptional leader
• Experience helping organizations scale and grow, bringing an OD perspective to analyze and provide solutions for people issues impacting business strategy and performance
• Proven experience in leading and managing transformational organization change
• Demonstrates an integrated global perspective to understanding and addressing people and business issues
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills and the ability to prioritize business requirements appropriately through a collaborative partnership approach
• Ability to anticipate the people implications of strategic and operating business decisions and plan for the future
• Highly analytical, with the ability to leverage metrics to help define and execute on talent management strategies that align with the goals of the business.
• Excellent consulting, communication and coaching skills, coupled with the ability to influence senior stakeholders in delivering HR programs and initiatives to meet strategic objectives.
• Highly collaborative, with the ability to align and work in partnership with the teams you support, recruitment and our core Human Resources team.
• Tenacity to navigate through ambiguity and constant change
• Ability to effectively receive and communicate feedback, and encourage an open, honest and positive team environment

What we have to offer

• Challenging Work - We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.
• Great People - We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously! It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.
• Global Impact - As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen.

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com/.

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