Senior International Business Partner

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Serve as the primary People partner to EMEA leaders, starting with our GVP of Sales and engineering leadership, coaching them through performance, org, and talent decisions
• - Own end-to-end employee relations across the region, including sensitive or cross-border cases and formal investigations — there is no separate ER team, so this sits with you
• - Lead performance management cycles (quarterly and annual) across multiple EMEA markets, adapting process to local norms while keeping a consistent bar
• - Partner with our Compensation Manager on region-specific comp benchmarking and guidance through hiring, promotion, and annual review cycles
• - Guide managers through country-specific employment requirements, including works councils, statutory notice periods, collective bargaining, and GDPR — partnering with Legal and outside counsel on jurisdiction-specific risk (redundancy, TUPE, co-determination)
• - Work closely with our People Ops lead (based in Poland) on onboarding and operational execution, and with our L&D team on leadership development and culture programming for the region
• - Stand up local-market infrastructure as we open new entities, starting with the UK and expanding to Germany
• - Use people data and analytics to surface trends by country and market, and turn that into recommendations leadership can act on
• - Support the wider EMEA footprint (UK, Ireland, and other EU markets, plus India), coordinating with the US-based People team on any APAC-adjacent needs

Required Skills

• - 5+ years as a People Business Partner or equivalent is a must, with real, hands-on exposure to multi-country EMEA employee populations — not just policy knowledge
• - Working fluency in employment law across key EMEA markets (UK, Germany, France, Ireland, Netherlands), including works councils and statutory employee representation, is a must
• - Experience owning employee relations and investigations independently — without a dedicated ER team to lean on — is a must
• - Background in a startup or high-growth technical company is a must; this role assumes ambiguity and building process from scratch
• - Based in the UK is a strong plus — most of the EMEA team sits there, and it's the anchor market
• - Experience working with an EOR (e.g., Remote) is a strong plus
• - Comfort operating with real autonomy across time zones, with senior enough judgment to make calls independently, is a must
• - Strong consulting, coaching, and facilitation skills, and the ability to build trust quickly with senior stakeholders, is a must
• - Willingness to travel across the region as needed

Benefits

• - Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• - Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• - 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• - ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• - 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.