Regional HR Manager - EMEA

About the role

Canonical is seeking a Regional HR Manager for EMEA to lead and scale the regional HR team while providing precise, compliant, and scalable HR operations. This role involves partnering with senior leadership to drive talent development, performance management, and organizational design across multiple countries. The successful candidate will act as a regional lead within the global People team, helping to shape the future of the HR function during a period of continued growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale Canonical’s regional HR team
• Deliver precise and compliant HR operations in a timely manner and with the highest degree of accuracy
• Interact closely with the broader People team to create tight-knit processes across all regions
• Be accountable for HR processes such as talent development, succession planning, performance assessments, onboarding, culture and engagement initiatives that drive high performing teams
• Work with senior managers across the business on performance management, organizational design, employee engagement, rewards- and workforce planning
• Own as well as 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
• Present at Canonical events to articulate Canonical’s HR practices

Required skills

• HR operations
• Business partnering
• People management
• Employment law
• Employee relations
• Data analysis
• Remote work

Nice to have

• Immigration policies
• Mobility processes
• Facilitation

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record
• HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business
• People management experience
• Experience in business partnering with senior stakeholders

Certifications

• CIPD
• SHRM

Benefits

• Annual compensation review
• Performance-driven annual bonus
• Personal learning and development budget
• 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 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries.