People Partner

Skills

About the Role

You'll partner across teams to strengthen how Wave grows, supports, and develops its people. Your work will touch key areas such as performance coaching, development, talent management, organizational design, and employee experience, while also supporting talent programs. You'll work with business leads to assess and evolve team structures, facilitate organization health reviews using people analytics, and support managers on change management as their orgs scale. You'll partner with the L&D team to identify development needs and embed learning insights into performance and career frameworks. You'll help map career paths and growth frameworks, support performance review cycles and calibrations, and build visibility into succession planning. You'll manage Wave's internship and support rotation programs, and collaborate with Marketing and Comms to strengthen employer branding.

Requirements

• 5-8 years of experience in Recruiting, Learning & Development, Talent management, or HRBP in a high-growth environment
• A degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or equivalent
• French and English proficiency
• Demonstrated background in talent and leadership management, as well as a proven ability to attract and retain outstanding talent and motivate high-performing teams
• Hands-on operational experience in managing employee relations
• Ability to work with a variety of organizational leaders, to build consensus around HR strategy and tactics
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills in dealing with sensitive employee issues and managing cultural differences

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leads to assess and evolve team structures that enable collaboration and effectiveness
• Facilitate organization health reviews using people analytics to identify strengths gaps and growth opportunities
• Support managers on change management team design and culture alignment as their orgs scale
• Contribute to cross-functional projects that enhance employee experience performance and engagement
• Partner with the L&D team and business leads to identify development needs and learning priorities across functions
• Support individual development planning and ensure learning insights are embedded into performance and career frameworks
• Track participation to inform continuous improvement of learning initiatives
• Partner with leaders to map career paths and growth frameworks across their teams
• Support performance review cycles calibrations and feedback conversations that drive meaningful development
• Build visibility into succession planning and emerging talent across Wave
• Collaborate with the Talent team to ensure a consistent strong pipeline of talent during hiring processes
• Manage Wave's internship and support rotation programs including canvassing roles coordinating interviews onboarding and successful integration
• Partner with leads to identify high-performing participants for continued development and full-time conversion opportunities
• Collaborate with Marketing and Comms to capture authentic stories that reflect Wave's culture and employee experiences
• Contribute to content for social channels events and recruiting campaigns showcasing Wave as a great place to grow

Benefits

• Generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents
• 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers
• Subsidized child care when returning to work
• Airtime reimbursement
• Free food and a beautiful office space