Senior HR Business Partner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with R&D leaders on matters concerning performance, organizational design, employee relations, and overall people strategy while identifying risks early on.

• Provide guidance on international employee relations and organizational modifications in accordance with local laws.

• Engage external legal counsel for high-stakes issues such as redundancies and terminations.

• Assist in establishing UK employment infrastructure alongside Legal and Finance, covering aspects like contracts, probation and notice terms, right to work, statutory leave, policies, and benefits.

• Oversee EOR partnerships with Deel and Rippling.

• Strategize the transition from EOR to direct employment in key markets.

• Monitor regulatory developments in the UK and active EOR countries, including changes to the Employment Rights Act, and proactively highlight potential risks.

• Manage performance, compensation cycles, promotions, and leveling within the pod in collaboration with the HR Manager and Total Rewards.

• Develop replicable country playbooks for new markets.

• Ensure accurate international employee data is maintained in Rippling and Deel.

• Assist with audits and reporting tasks.

• Work together with a London-based Generalist and external UK counsel on the expansion of the London entity.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of HRBP experience, including employee relations, with significant exposure to UK and/or international contexts.

• In-depth understanding of UK employment law.

• Familiarity with EOR models and their constraints.

• Practical experience with Rippling and/or Deel.

• Ability to work autonomously across different time zones, ensuring early UK-hour overlap and occasional travel to the UK.

• Attention to detail to identify contract or compensation discrepancies before finalization.

• Strategic insight to determine when to escalate issues.

• Highly collaborative, working closely with teams based in the US and London.

• Preferred qualifications include SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent hands-on HR experience.

• Experience in supporting a company through the launch of a legal entity.

• Exposure to APAC or EMEA employment law beyond that of the UK.

• Background in partnering with engineering or R&D teams in a rapidly growing SaaS organization.

• Willingness to adhere to Coder's AI interview policy: no AI assistance during conversational interviews; AI tools may be used for take-home assessments if disclosed.

• Must indicate whether visa sponsorship will be necessary to work in the country of residence.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Bonus.

• Remote work flexibility.

• Occasional travel to the UK.

• A transparent, consistent, and enjoyable interview experience.

• Interview process aimed for completion within two to four weeks, contingent on scheduling availability.