Senior HR Generalist

About the role

Canonical is seeking a Senior HR Generalist to support the EMEA region and contribute to global HR initiatives. This role involves driving HR operations, partnering with regional leadership, and managing the full employee life-cycle in a remote-first environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering compliant HR processes, fostering employee engagement, and executing organizational design strategies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver precise and compliant HR operations in a timely manner and with the highest degree of accuracy
• Interact closely with the EMEA HR Manager and the Global Head of HR to create impact across all HR regions
• Be accountable for HR processes such as talent development, succession planning, performance assessments, onboarding, culture and engagement initiatives
• Work with managers across the business on performance management, organizational design, employee engagement, rewards- and workforce planning
• Partner with the HRIS team to develop and refine operational processes for day to day HR administration
• Coach and advise people managers on the full spectrum of employee relations issues across multiple countries
• Partner with people managers to support the delivery of appropriate training and development programs
• Establish a trusted partnership with the business in your region
• Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Design new policies and deliver on business-critical HR related projects globally

Required skills

• HR operations
• Regional HR
• EMEA labor laws
• Business partnering
• Project management
• Data analysis
• English

Nice to have

• Immigration policies
• Mobility processes
• Payroll oversight
• Benefits oversight
• HR Systems
• Facilitation

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record
• HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business

Benefits

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Performance-driven annual bonus
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Priority Pass
• Travel upgrades

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source and the publisher of Ubuntu. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with over 1,200 colleagues in more than 75 countries.