Senior HR Business Partner

The Opportunity.

We’re evolving how we deliver People & Culture and building a stronger business partnering model to support our next chapter of growth. As our first Senior HR Business Partner, you’ll play a foundational role in shaping how strategic people partnership shows up across the business.

The Opportunity.

We’re evolving how we deliver People & Culture and building a stronger business partnering model to support our next chapter of growth. As our first Senior HR Business Partner, you’ll play a foundational role in shaping how strategic people partnership shows up across the business.

Who We Are.

While technically we’re an operational consultancy, we don’t like to call ourselves consultants. We’re a collection of engineers, innovators and creators who work with companies across industries to simplify the complex, realize untapped potential, and uncover opportunities. We know that our people are our superpower and loving your Monday to Friday is important to us. We’ve been recognized as one of the top 10 Best Places to Work in Canada for the past 7 years, and number 1 in 2022, which we know has something to do with our culture of rewarding great work with great experiences, fostering rapid career growth, and sharing the success of the business with the whole team.

What You’ll Own.

Strategic Leadership Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on all people, team, and organizational matters
• Translate business priorities into thoughtful, practical people strategies
• Coach leaders to strengthen performance, leadership effectiveness, and accountability
• Anticipate talent risks, succession gaps, and capability needs before they become issues
• Bring perspective and challenge where needed to raise the leadership bar

Build & Scale the HRBP Function

• Help design and establish a modern HRBP model at Isaac
• Create scalable frameworks, tools, and rhythms for high-quality business partnering
• Set the standard for what strong HRBP support looks like across the company
• Partner with HR Operations to ensure strategy translates into seamless execution
• Over time, support development of more junior HRBP capability as the team grows

Talent, Performance & Leadership Development

• Drive clarity, consistency, and rigor in performance management
• Drive proactive talent conversations
• Support succession planning and leadership development
• Identify high-impact interventions to improve performance

Organizational Effectiveness & Change

• Support leaders in designing effective team structures aligned to business goals
• Diagnose team and leadership challenges and implement practical solutions
• Support leaders through periods of ambiguity, transformation, and scale

Employee Relations (Senior / Sensitive Matters)

• Lead complex employee relations matters with integrity and sound judgment
• Balance legal, people, and business considerations thoughtfully
• Coach leaders to manage issues proactively and confidently
• Ensure a fair, high-integrity employee experience in difficult moments

What You Bring.

• 8-12+ years of progressive HR experience, including strong business partnering exposure
• Proven ability to influence and challenge senior leaders
• Experience building or shaping HR approaches, not just executing existing ones
• Strong business acumen - you connect people strategy to business outcomes
• Confidence operating in ambiguity and creating structure where none exists
• Sound judgment in complex or sensitive situations
• Ability to move seamlessly between strategy and execution

What Sets You Apart.

• You don’t wait for a playbook, you build it
• You bring a point of view, not just options
• You balance being challenging and supportive with leaders
• Simplify complexity into clear, actionable direction
• You care about building something that scales and lasts

Why work for us?

• We offer competitive pay with a clear path to partner
• We offer a future fund bonus of 2-4% on top of your compensation, which you can use however you choose.
• You can enjoy 25 days paid vacation
• You’ll do really meaningful work that makes a strong impact for our clients
• You’ll have the opportunity for rapid learning and career growth with our training and development programs
• You’ll work with amazing people who genuinely love to spend time together
• You’ll get to partake in really fun company sponsored activities & trips
• No weekend work
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package 100% covered by Isaac
• We’ve been named #1 Best Workplace in Canada by Great Place to Work for companies with under 100 employees (2022)
• We’ve been named Top 10 Best Workplace in Canada by Great Place to Work 9 out of the last 10 years and recognized for Best Workplace for Mental Health, Inclusion and Young Talent

Life at Isaac.

We push ourselves, in all aspects of our lives. You will be given a lot of responsibility early on in your career. You will be challenged beyond your comfort zone, but we’ll be there to support you - every step of the way. We value work-life balance, and part of this is a rule that we don’t work on weekends. As of 6pm on Friday, your only job is to make the most of the weekend.

Additional Information.

At Isaac our business is delivered by our people, and we are proud to say that we are an equal opportunity workplace that doesn’t discriminate in employment on the basis of any protected grounds. Including, but not limited to, age, ancestry, colour, race, citizenship, ethnic origin, place of origin, creed, disability, family status, marital status (including single status), gender identity, gender expression, sex (including pregnancy and breast feeding), and sexual orientation. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please contact us.

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization - an opportunity to step into a role where your talents will make a meaningful difference.

Every application is reviewed by a member of our Talent team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans.

Learn more about the Isaac Operations and the work we do by checking out our Instagram @isaacoperations.

Compensation Range: CA$135K - CA$150K

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