Senior People Business Partner (EMEA)

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Senior People Business Partner (EMEA)

Sprout Social is looking to hire a Senior People Business Partner. This is a global PBP role based out of Dublin; this PBP role will work with our Vice President, Global Commercial Sales, and many leaders across all Revenue and Operations functions in EMEA and NAMER. Why join Sprout’s People Operations and Partnership team? Joining Sprout’s People Operations and Partnership team means you’ll have the opportunity to impact our business and talent strategy, solve hard problems and help Sprout continue to be an employer of choice. As a People Business Partner, you’ll impact the success of our business by enabling managers and employees alike to build careers that fulfill their passions and achieve their aspirations. This role operates in a highly collaborative centralized global organization reporting to our Director, People Business Partners & Operations with a strong dotted line to the Vice President, Global Commercial Sales. As the regional People Business Partner, you’ll play a key role in building, developing, and engaging our growing teams across EMEA and NAMER. What you’ll do

• Align our EMEA talent strategy by collaborating with leaders and deeply understanding their businesses and priorities.
• Co-lead change management and organization design in partnership with the Vice President, Global Commercial Sales with strategic support across compensation, performance management, career development, and talent retention.
• Collaborate with People and cross-functional teams (Recruitment, Organizational Development and Learning, DEI, People Operations, Legal, etc) to develop, implement, and promote global initiatives that improve employee experience and engagement.
• Recommend, develop, execute, and operationalize HR and performance management best practices across North America and EMEA required to scale our business globally.
• Lead through influence by coaching leaders to embrace courageous conversations necessary to move the business forward.
• Analyze and interpret data to develop informed strategies, solutions, people programs, and policies.
• Proactively lead and manage all first-line employee relations cases in Europe, ensuring managers are offered practical advice and guidance in line with legislation.
• Help support the Employee Experience of both office and remote-based employees working to ensure a culture focused on inclusivity and belonging.

What you’ll bring We want someone who is collaborative, strategic, business-driven, and passionate about helping us scale our award-winning culture. You seek to understand and can balance accountability with an empathetic approach to your work. You are organized and a self-starter. You are flexible and can prioritize initiatives based on impact and work well with diverse teams within the PBP, People, and greater organization. Since this role is about quickly growing a team, we’re looking for someone with significant experience in scaling HR processes within a high-growth technical company, a strategic lens, and experience understanding and navigating the cultural sensitivity and impact of leading teams across multiple countries. Minimum qualifications for this role include:

• 10+ years of experience as an HR Practitioner.
• 5+ years of experience as a People Business Partner in a global organization aligned to Global Revenue & Operations teams ranging from VP+ senior leadership to ICs.
• Strong ability to prioritize initiatives based on impact and influence leaders across all levels of the organization.

Preferred qualifications for this role include:

• Experience working with the following tech stacks: Workday, Culture Amp, Lattice, Jira.
• Willingness to work from our Dublin office location 1-2X week.

How you’ll grow Within 1 month, you’ll plant your roots, including:

• Complete Sprout’s New Hire training program alongside other Sprout team members.
• Partner with your manager to define key success metrics for your role.
• Conduct initial 1:1s with employees, managers, and other key strategic partners throughout the company.
• Partner with our other People Business Partners to understand how they support their assigned teams.
• Understand as much as you can about our company, products, teams, and projects.

Within 3 months, you’ll start hitting your stride by:

• Have learned our People team tools and processes and offer suggestions on how we can optimize our processes.
• Continue building relationships with key stakeholders to deeply understand the unique challenges of managing and leading within a publicly traded SaaS organization.
• Be confident in assisting management and leadership in resolving complex employee relations issues.

Within 6 months, you’ll be making a clear impact through:

• Being a trusted advisor to key stakeholders and the departments you support.
• Dive into our people data to make data-driven recommendations.
• Collaborate with department heads to influence systemic change.

Within 12 months, you’ll make this role your own by:

• Be completely settled in as a critical member of the People Team.
• Contribute to the engagement and growth of the broader People team.
• Use your unique ideas and abilities to change the People Team in beneficial ways.

Our Benefits Program We’re proud to regularly be recognized for our team, product and culture. Our benefits program includes:

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families.
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance.
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment.
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team.
• Ongoing education and development opportunities.
• Growing corporate social responsibility program.
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Dublin’s city centre.

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