Senior HR Business Partner
BigCommerce’s mission is to help merchants sell more at every stage of growth, from small startups, to mid-market businesses to large enterprises. We focus on being the best ecommerce platform so our customers can focus on what matters most: growing their businesses.
We are equally passionate about growing our employee’s careers and providing them an incredible experience as we rapidly expand across the globe. We are proud to have been recognized numerous times for our product and workplace culture. We empower our people and customers to build, innovate and grow, so together we can redefine the ecommerce industry.
BigCommerce is disrupting the ecommerce industry as the SaaS leader for fast- growing, mid-market businesses. We enable our customers to build intuitive and engaging stores to support every stage of their growth. We are looking for an experienced HR professional to provide both strategic and hands-on support to clients across all of our offices globally. This role reports to the Vice President, People & Culture and is responsible for the Marketing & Legal client groups. This position is based in Austin, Texas and is offered as a hybrid role (primarily remote with occasional in-office attendance).
As a Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP) you will play a key role in helping our leaders think strategically about people & culture: helping to assess needs & develop solutions in areas such as workforce planning, organizational design, performance management, employee relations, compensation, retention, career development and leadership development. You must understand business priorities and translate them into a plan that supports our rapidly growing business, unique culture and company values.
What You’ll Do:
- Anticipate potential issues and needs and proactively shape talent priorities to align to business strategy. Work with client group senior leadership to develop and implement HR plans and solutions in order to achieve strategic business initiatives and deliver results in line with our company values.
- Partner with the leadership teams to assess, design and deliver solutions needed to optimize talent and enhance effectiveness including, workforce planning, compensation, succession planning and performance management.
- Develop a deep understanding of your client group, their situations, and, most importantly, their needs to better develop mutually defined solutions to problems
- Review and analyze People Team and client group goals and metrics to identify trends and recommend solutions to improve individual and team performance, retention, and employee experience.
- Actively partner, coach & develop leadership team members, managers, and individuals. Provide management coaching to build leadership capabilities to address and resolve employee issues, ensuring a balance in representing all parties’ interests.
- Monitor the “pulse” of employees and develop and execute on initiatives to ensure a high level of employee engagement and a positive employee experience.
- Be the go-to person for employee related questions for the client group’(s) team on just about anything including local office policies, procedures, systems, benefits, compensation, leaves of absence, etc.
- Apply in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations when needed.
- Ensure relevant people operational and administrative activities for the client group’s team are carried-out in adherence to global standards.
- Managing & leading internal communications to the client group’s team to ensure understanding and buy-in.
- Partner with broader People team colleagues across Talent Acquisition, People Services, and Organizational Development to ensure employee and leadership needs are met and high performing teams are sustained.
- Assist with onboarding new staff, particularly leadership, and acquainting them with the company practices, culture and business.
- Maintain positive relationships with managers and employees to promote our culture of open communication.
Who you are:
- 8+ years experience in Human Resources (at least 3-5 years prior HR Business Partner experience), preferably within the high-tech space
- 5+ years advising leadership and managing complex employee relations issues
- HR Certification (SHRM or HRCI) preferred
- A well-rounded HR skill-set: knowledge of fundamental HR practices across ER, staffing, management practices, organizational effectiveness, compensation, and talent management.
- Attention to detail and capability to apply discretion and sound judgement in managing complex processes, decisions and handling sensitive information.
- Exceptional communication, listening, coaching, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to relate well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization.
- Ability to project mature self-confidence, a sense that you can take control of difficult, unpredictable situations, make tough decisions in a timely way, and use thought leadership to guide executives
- Strong influencing skills leveraging business acumen, expertise, and data.
- Strong working knowledge of US federal employment laws and regulations (ADA, EEO, FMLA, FLSA) and the ability to appropriately spot employment risk issues. Experience with multi-state and/or multi-country employment law a plus.
- Ability to work within compressed timeframes and embrace the sense of urgency, innovation and resourcefulness required in a fast-paced company
- Comfortable working hands-on to get things done and quickly shifting to complex strategy discussions.
- Can accomplish results and desired outcomes through formal and informal corporate structures.
- Possess a resiliently positive attitude, have professional courage, steadfastly persevere through challenges, are ambitious while humble, have high standards for ethics and integrity, and do the right things the right way.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at BigCommerce
Our employees make the difference. At BigCommerce, we believe that celebrating the unique histories, perspectives and abilities of every employee makes a difference for our company, our customers and our community. We are an equal opportunity employer and the inclusive atmosphere we build together will make room for every person to contribute, grow and thrive.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need an accommodation in order to interview at BigCommerce, please let us know during any of your interactions with our recruiting team.
Learn more about the BigCommerce team, culture and benefits at https://careers.bigcommerce.com.