What You'll Do We are looking for a Senior people Partner for Pune Location.With a background in organizational and change management practices to help leaders design their organizations for scale and, You will be a champion for our amazing and unique culture to ensure that we are embodying the Avalara Success Traits. Your work will involve both strategic and tactical functions – assessing the needs of the business and translating those into actions that will help grow and develop the business, its leaders and employees. Reporting to Sr. Manager, People & Culture (India) Location: Pune ( Please note this is not a remote position) What Your Responsibilities Will Be You will identify development opportunities, working with leaders and high talent on career development and succession activities. You will work with the global business leadership team of Engineering to deliver full employee life cycle talent and people programs. Use analytics to educate leaders on the people measures in their business, helping to drive for improvements. Work closely with the talent acquisition team to identify talent and succession gaps and build talent bench. Deliver performance management coaching and provide guidance to employees and managers on communications and expectations setting, as we move to a more feedback model that focuses on contribution, and development, Partner with Engagement and Diversity leader. Lead India DEI initiatives and work with global teams. As a SPOC for India ERGS – WoA, PRISM, Ava-Moms etc. support the groups and help them drive programs. What You'll Need to be Successful 8 or more years of experience in Human Resources Experience in enterprise software (SaaS preferred) Working knowledge of compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, recruitment, performance management, federal and state respective employment laws Ease in working in different HRIS, including Workday 4+ years of experience as a Strategic Business Partner. Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience. #LI-Onsite How We'll Take Care of You Total Rewards In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. Health & Wellness Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. Inclusive culture and diversity Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. Learn more about our benefits by region here: Avalara North America What You Need To Know About Avalara We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech. We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year. Last year, we became a billion-dollar business, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world. We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too. We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.