Senior HR Business Partner

Humani HR Careers

26d • Hybrid

About The Position

Humani HR is a team of HR professionals providing customized, on-demand fractional HR support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses. The Senior HR Business Partner brings strategic perspective, sound judgment, and a customized approach to complex client and organizational challenges. The role partners with executives and founders to align teams around shared goals and deliver outcomes that strengthen people and organizational performance as clients grow. It involves building HR policies and programs, sometimes from the ground up, and balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution across varied client environments and industries.

The Senior HR Business Partner leads and mentors team members, oversees complex client engagements, and helps grow and retain client accounts through excellent service and trusted relationships. The role provides guidance on sensitive employee relations matters, develops HR strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives, and supports organizational change and operational excellence. Humani works primarily remotely, with onsite support at client sites based on business needs; local or international travel may be required from time to time.

Requirements

• A degree or diploma in HR or a related field.
• Seasoned, senior-level HR Business Partner with strategic HR experience.
• Strong judgment, people leadership, and business acumen.
• Proven ability to balance client delivery, team capacity, and shifting business priorities.
• Ability to manage complex client portfolios and tailor approaches to diverse client needs.
• Ability to mentor and influence team members and leverage their strengths.
• Strong executive presence and ability to communicate with and influence leaders, while adapting communication to audiences from executives to frontline employees.
• Proactive self-management, including managing workload and competing deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Accountability, attention to detail, ownership of errors, and delivery of high-quality client-ready work on time and within budget.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze information and develop solutions tailored to client objectives.
• Ability to learn new tools and platforms quickly; strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, including spreadsheet and presentation building.
• Adaptability, flexibility, resilience, and composure in changing and ambiguous environments.
• Ability to work primarily remotely and provide onsite support at client sites based on business needs; local or international travel may be required from time to time.

Nice To Haves

• Professional HR designation preferred.
• Labour relations and union experience, including collective bargaining, is a strong asset.
• Strong understanding of employment law across multiple provinces preferred.
• Expertise in labour relations, including collective agreement interpretation, grievance management, and employee relations in unionized workplaces, is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor team members toward successful achievement of company objectives.
• Manage large-scale, complex, or specialized client engagements; coordinate shifting priorities and provide direction and oversight to team members to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
• Drive company growth through client expansion, retention, and client satisfaction.
• Expand existing accounts by delivering excellent service, understanding client needs, and building long-term trusted relationships.
• Model the company’s mission and values in all interactions.
• Analyze situations, diagnose issues, identify root causes, and develop effective solutions using needs and systems analysis and critical thinking.
• Facilitate discussions with leaders and executives to surface insights, assess organizational challenges, and develop structured HR roadmaps.
• Develop HR strategies and recommendations aligned with client business objectives.
• Model the leadership behaviors and competency mastery expected at the Senior HRBP level.
• Advise on sensitive employee relations issues, including delegation-of-authority requirements and risk mitigation strategies.
• Develop, review, and apply legislatively required HR policies and procedures as needed.
• Execute business priorities and strategic initiatives as directed.
• Support operational excellence through consistent processes, documentation, and company standards.
• Balance client delivery, team capacity, and changing business priorities across complex client portfolios.
• Mentor and influence team members to support their growth and performance, leveraging team strengths to maximize effectiveness.
• Seek feedback and apply lessons learned to improve impact.
• Communicate with executive presence, build credibility with leaders, and navigate difficult conversations.

Benefits

• Base salary of $90,000–$115,000, with potential annual performance-based bonus of up to 10–25% or more of base salary; total compensation stated as up to $99,000–$140,000 or more.
• Four weeks of vacation, five wellness days, and public holidays observed.
• Health Benefit Plan.
• Retirement savings/match program.
• Primarily remote work with opportunities for in-person relationship building through company-wide retreats and local team events.
• Reimbursement of professional HR association fees.
• Opportunity for meaningful career growth and client impact.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree