Sr. HR Business Partner

Viral Nation Inc.

About The Position

At Viral Nation, we specialize in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with the modern consumer journey. Our integrated solutions align strategy, talent, media, and technology with culturally relevant creativity to scale the world’s fastest-growing digital brands. Viral Nation offers a fluid, creative, and growth-oriented environment that will support your ambitions to apply your talents in an open, collaborative, and fast-paced culture. Our ability to stay at the forefront of the industry has fuelled our success and will guide us in paving the path forward. We’re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver strategies, and we’re just getting started. While we continuously exceed our goals, we need your help – our success is only as great as our people. Strong performance leads to high expectations, and we must keep raising the bar! Viral Nation is seeking a dynamic Sr. HR Business Partner with a results-oriented approach to support our revenue-generating teams. As a Sr. HR Business Partner in our People & Culture Team, you'll build strong relationships across the company while fostering a high-performing environment rooted in transparency, collaboration, and empathy. You'll work closely with leadership on key People initiatives such as performance management and leadership development while embodying and promoting our Viral Nation culture throughout the organization.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of experience working in HR with prior Business Partner experience supporting go-to-market/sales teams in ideally in high-growth, fast-paced, global environments
Excellent collaborator in partnering with the extended People team on talent and culture development
Proven ability to take initiative, get things done, and prioritize
Strong attention to detail
Comfort presenting People-related initiatives to the organization
Confidence in openly negotiating and influencing others, demonstrating courage and the ability to effectively push back with leaders with data-driven and logical rationale
Demonstrated credibility, integrity, and confidentiality
Naturally collaborative with proven ability to thrive in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment
Experience managing complex employee relations with tact, diplomacy, and discretion
Strong communication skills, passion for learning, self-motivation, and self-awareness

Responsibilities

Act as a primary HRBP escalation point for complex ER, leaves/accommodations, and manager coaching for US client groups;
Serve as the point of contact for all US employees, maintaining knowledge of the company’s benefits, programs and policies
Act as a SME on US labor laws and best practices, advising leadership and team where necessary
Work directly with management across assigned department to provide HR guidance where appropriate
Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues alongside management and under the guidance of the Head of People & Culture
Oversee and manage US leaves of absence, ensuring compliance in a multi-state environment
Engaging with heads of department, effectively communicating changes to policy, programs and happenings across the organization
Partnering with designated department leaders, understanding associate needs and deploying HR interventions
Own/partner on US payroll/PEO vendor governance and compliance tooling maintenance.
Resolving employee grievances
Supporting process owners to drive necessary actions with the assigned associates to encourage participation / ensure compliance
Collaborating with other HR stakeholders (Talent Acquisition/Finance) as needed
Providing timely, accurate and meaningful data for management reports
Contribute towards company culture initiatives, staff wellness and development program