Senior Business Partner

1-800-GOT-JUNK? is seeking an experienced Senior People Business Partner to serve as a trusted strategic advisor to business leaders and a senior leader within the Talent Management team. This role is accountable for shaping people strategy, managing risk, and ensuring the organization is prepared for growth through disciplined, compliant, and forward-looking people practices.

This position operates with significant autonomy and influence and is designed for a seasoned People professional who can balance enterprise thinking with strong front-line execution. Beyond portfolio partnership, this role is designed for someone who loves to build, experiment and solve complicated problems
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You are viewed as a thoughtful, credible, and pragmatic advisor. Leaders rely on you for clear guidance on complex people matters, and People Business Partners look to you for mentorship and sound judgment. You:

• Think several steps ahead and proactively identify risk and opportunity
• Provide balanced, well-reasoned recommendations grounded in business context and legislation
• Influence through expertise, trust, and clarity rather than authority
• Elevate the capability of others through coaching and mentorship

• Act as the strategic People advisor to assigned leaders and lteams
• Partner with leaders on workforce planning, organizational design, role clarity, and succession planning
• Anticipate people-related risks and opportunities and provide proactive, data-informed guidance aligned to business objectives
• Translate business strategy into scalable people solutions and priorities

• Lead and oversee complex employee relations matters, including performance management, investigations, accommodations, and exits
• Advise leaders on high-impact people decisions, balancing employee experience, business needs, and legal risk
• Serve as a senior escalation point for sensitive or high-risk people matters

• Monitor and interpret changes in employment legislation and emerging People-related regulatory requirements
• Proactively advise leaders and People Business Partners on the implications of legislative changes
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Payroll, and Operations to ensure policies, practices, and programs remain compliant and aligned
• Lead updates to policies, processes, and leader guidance to reflect legislative and regulatory changes

• Provide mentorship, coaching, and day-to-day guidance to People Business Partners, supporting capability development and consistency of practice
• Set standards for high-quality business partnering, decision-making, and documentation
• Support onboarding and development of People team members as needed

• Lead and continuously improve enterprise people programs, including:
  • Performance management cycles
  • Talent reviews and succession planning
  • Individual development planning
• Ensure leaders are equipped and accountable for effective people leadership

• Lead or play a senior role in People initiatives such as:
  • Policy development and modernization
  • Organizational effectiveness and scalability initiatives
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure people programs are operationally sound, legally compliant, and scalable

• Trusted, strategic partnership with senior leaders
• Proactive identification and mitigation of people and compliance risk
• Consistent, high-quality people decision-making across the organization
• Development and elevation of People Business Partner capability
• Alignment between business strategy, people strategy, and legislative requirements
• Explore and apply AI-enabled HR solutions that improve decision-making, leader capability, employee experience or People & Culture effectiveness.

• 7+ years of progressive People / HR experience, including senior-level business partnering
• Demonstrated experience mentoring or leading other HR / People professionals
• Deep working knowledge of Canadian employment legislation and compliance best practices
• Experience advising leaders through organizational change, growth, or complexity
• Strong judgment and ability to influence at all levels
• Ability to synthesize legislation, risk, and business context into practical guidance

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