Sr. HR Business Partner

Artefact is a global data and AI consulting firm. As Sr. HRBP, you will lead employee relations, manager advisory, talent development, onboarding, and employee experience, and oversee benefits administration, immigration, and global mobility across North America. Reporting to the Head of People, you will shape programs and translate People strategy into scalable experiences. This is a hybrid role based in New York.

Responsibilities

Employee Relations and Manager Advisory: Serve as the primary day-to-day People advisor to employees and managers across the United States and Canada; Manage employee relations matters, including investigations, conflict resolution, performance concerns, accommodations, and workplace issues; Coach managers through feedback, difficult conversations, employee concerns, and employment decisions; Develop practical guidance for managers; Identify recurring concerns and recommend improvements; Partner with Head of People and employment counsel on sensitive matters; Support consistent implementation of North American People policies; Talent Development: Lead manager coaching and enablement; Design and deliver development initiatives; Own performance-related employee relations matters; Partner with Resource Manager on talent reviews and development plans; Partner with Resource Manager and Chapter Leads to address capability gaps; Translate insights into recommendations; Support Talent Acquisition during high-volume hiring; Onboarding and Employee Experience: Set standards and program design for North American onboarding; Ensure onboarding introduces new hires to business, culture, expectations, career framework, and ways of working; Oversee onboarding delivery and improve experience; Establish processes for onboarding coordination; Lead employee-listening, engagement, and experience initiatives; Translate feedback into recommendations; Benefits, Immigration and Global Mobility: Lead day-to-day benefits administration; Partner with Head of People on benefits strategy, plan design, renewals, budget; Execute immigration, work-authorization, and global mobility processes; Guide employees, candidates, and managers through processes; Maintain case tracking, documentation, communications, compliance; Escalate risks; People Programs and Insights: Support compensation, job architecture, pay-equity, and succession-planning initiatives; Partner with Resource Manager on career paths implementation; Use data to identify trends and support decision-making; Strengthen employee-lifecycle processes; Identify practical uses of AI and technology; Contribute to regional and global People initiatives

Requirements

Eight to ten years of progressive People or HR experience, ideally in a high-growth technology, consulting, or professional-services environment; Strong experience across talent acquisition, employee relations, manager advisory, and manager, leadership, or professional development; A track record of building or significantly improving People programs, systems, and processes; Experience supporting employees and leaders across the United States and Canada; Strong judgment and the ability to balance employee experience, business priorities, and organizational risk; Confidence advising senior leaders and constructively challenging decisions when needed; Experience developing recruiting strategies and overseeing full-cycle hiring; Experience coaching managers and handling complex performance and employee-relations matters; Experience designing or delivering manager, leadership, or professional-development initiatives; Working knowledge of compensation benchmarking, job architecture, workforce planning, benefits, immigration, and global mobility; Comfort using People data to identify trends, measure effectiveness, and guide decisions; Interest in using technology and AI to improve how People teams work; Strong project-management skills and the ability to move several priorities forward at once; A collaborative, solutions-oriented approach and willingness to remain close to execution while building for scale

Nice to have

Experience supporting employees in Quebec; Experience with Greenhouse or a similar applicant-tracking system; Experience implementing or optimizing an HRIS; Experience working within a global or multi-country People function; Experience building campus or early-career recruiting programs; Familiarity with consulting, utilization-based businesses, or other project-based organizations; PHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, CHRP, or an equivalent credential

Benefits

Competitive benefits package