Regional HR Manager - EMEA, Greater London

Regional HR Manager - EMEA, Greater London

Client: Canonical

Location: Greater London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 33758b04752e

Job Views: 6

Posted: 03.03.2025

Expiry Date: 17.04.2025

Job Description:

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with over colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

We are hiring a Regional HR Manager at Canonical to support our EMEA region. With 1,000+ colleagues across 75 countries, we require an HR function that thinks and acts globally. We're looking for a regional lead that will report into our Global Head of HR to help build our company as we go through continued growth plans. You will lead the EMEA team of HR professionals to provide precise, compliant, and scalable HR operations to the business, advise and execute on HR issues across the whole employee life-cycle, and partner with senior leadership in your region. You will have an analytical approach, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to interpret data trends and themes.

The role entails the individual to:

• Lead and scale Canonical’s regional HR team (1-4 direct reports, depending on region)
• Deliver precise and compliant HR operations in a timely manner and with the highest degree of accuracy
• Interact closely with Talent Science and Workplace Engineering teams to create tight-knit processes across all HR 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
• 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

What we are looking for in you:

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• HR experience leading initiatives across regions within a technology business
• Experience in business partnering with senior stakeholders
• A good balance between leading and executing; you will need to be hands-on involved in the daily HR routines
• Experience in working in a remote-first organization
• Able to leverage data to make informed decisions
• Knowledge and practical implementation of HR practices and employment law across EMEA
• Fluent in business English (written and spoken)
• Self-motivated, organized, accurate, confident, authentic, results-oriented, open-minded, enthusiastic, and energetic
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with immigration policies and mobility processes
• Professional HR qualification (CIPD/SHRM or other)

What we offer colleagues:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events