At Udemy, we’re on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we’ve helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others.
This hybrid position requires two days per week in our Denver Office office.
About You:
You’re a connector who puts people first and values the lasting partnerships you’ll build. You’re an active listener who cares about the stories people share, and you’re energized by communication and collaboration. You thrive in environments that require change leadership, and you’re skilled at guiding teams through transformation and growth. You demonstrate flexibility by moving seamlessly between strategic planning and operational execution, adapting to evolving business needs. You love learning new things and are known for bringing innovative perspectives and thought-provoking questions to the table. You’re deadline and results-driven, passionate about creating new processes, systems, and best practices that help your internal partners do their best work.
About This Role
As a strategic partner, you will bring deep expertise in People Partnering and thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments. You excel at thinking both strategically and operationally, partnering with senior leadership and front line employees to align people strategies with business goals. Comfortable working in a global, matrixed environment, you possess a strong understanding of employment legislation and best people practices across regions. You are a client- and stakeholder-focused professional with exceptional relationship-building skills, adept at partnering with stakeholders both remotely and in person.
As a Senior People Partner, you will play a key role in providing both strategic and operational support to leadership and individual contributor teams. You will work closely with business leaders to influence decision-making and drive business results through people-focused strategies.
What you’ll be doing:
Strategic People Partner Support: Act as a trusted strategic partner to leadership teams, aligning HR strategies with business objectives. Provide end-to-end People Partner support for multiple business areas to ensure the business is equipped to achieve its goals.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work cross-functionally and regionally in a global, matrixed environment. Collaborate with leadership teams to drive effectiveness and build management capabilities. Influence leadership through data-driven recommendations to improve performance, retention, and the employee experience.
Coaching and Leadership Development: Act as a coach and advisor to regional leadership teams. Enable leadership effectiveness by helping to set and manage expectations while promoting and developing management capabilities.
Employee Relations & Compliance: Provide expert guidance on employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with local employment legislation. Advise on and modify global policies and processes to fit local needs.
People Programs & Initiatives: Lead and participate in people programs and initiatives in partnership with the broader People Partner and People Experience teams. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration across the organization.
Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage HR data and analytics to influence strategic decision-making and improve business outcomes. Analyze trends to provide insights and recommend solutions for people-related challenges.
Change Management & Organizational Development: Lead organizational development and change management initiatives to enhance operational effectiveness. Ensure smooth implementation of changes that impact teams and the overall business.
What you’ll have
Experience: At least 8 years of experience as an HR Business Partner in a mid-to-large-sized multinational company, partnering with Sales teams. A total of 9+ years of overall HR or related work experience.
Coaching Expertise: Qualified coach or demonstrated experience in coaching leaders and managers to improve effectiveness.
Global Perspective: Demonstrated experience in scaling a business regionally or internationally, with a solid understanding of employment laws and best practices across different regions.
Project Management: Strong project and program management experience, with the ability to lead people-related initiatives in a fast-moving environment.
Educational Background: A Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Human Resources, Business, or related fields, or relevant experience that demonstrates your ability to influence business outcomes through people and leadership development.
About your Skills
Consulting: You see beyond the presenting problem and identify the fundamental ‘why’. You are a strong systems thinker and co-design potential solutions with the leader and people partner.
Influencing: You develop relationships effectively up, down, and across the organization and are able to strategically use these relationships to help move your work forward. You scope a solution that will “get to yes” and also are capable of pushing back on disagreement if they will not provide the outcome needed for the team or the business.
Decision Making: You use critical thinking to follow a defined decision making process and consider multiple perspectives. Upon making a decision, you are clear in your communication and ensure everyone is aligned in execution.
Coaching: You have strong coaching skills that allow you to actively listen and ask the kind of questions that will help you diagnose and effectively address issues.
We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!
Life at UdemyWe aspire to be as vibrant and dynamic as the communities we serve, as inquisitive as those who use our platform, and as revolutionary as the future we strive to open for everyone. Here are some of the things we love about life at Udemy:
We’re invested in creating an inclusive environment that welcomes a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. From creating employee resource groups, ensuring we’re a Fair Pay Workplace, and building a flexible work culture, our belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BEDI) initiatives always put our people first. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to work because when we all do, we’re better for it.
Learning is what we do – inside and out. Our Learning & Development team is second to none, helping ensure your journey is one of continuous progression. You’ll also have unlimited access to Udemy courses, monthly UDays (meeting-free professional development days), and a generous annual professional development stipend.
Our reason to exist is to revolutionize learning – that calls for taking risks and learning from failures. Whether it’s our hackathons (a company-wide effort to envision new possibilities for our product) or sharing our prototypes, we see experimentation as a crucial step on the path to success.
We’re committed to creating world-class employee experiences and are proud of the recognition of this by Great Place to Work.
Of course, the best thing about being part of Udemy is knowing your work makes a difference for people and organizations around the world. You’ve got the skills; why not use them to help others develop theirs?
At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our Benefits Start With UOur benefits package at Udemy “starts with U” and is grounded in mission-driven benefits that intentionally align with our core values. Here’s a sneak peek at just a few highlighted benefits if you’re a full-time Udemate based in the United States:
Core Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and disability coverage
HSA/FSA/Commuter: Pre-tax savings/spending plans, including HSA employer contributions
Transgender Benefits: Expanded medical coverage for gender-affirming care
Parental Benefits: Financial assistance for fertility (including egg-freezing), adoption, and surrogacy expenses; twelve weeks of paid family bonding for birth, surrogacy, adoption, and foster placement (plus up to six to ten weeks of paid disability leave for birthing parents) as well as a two-week “ease-back” program that enables parents to return part-time at full pay
Whole U: Fully paid memberships for meditation/mindfulness, therapy/coaching visits, financial planning, fertility and family building, maternity and newborn care, parenting and pediatrics, menopause care, breastmilk shipping, and caregiving support
Learning: Free access to Udemy and Udemy Business plus a yearly stipend to spend on professional development
Retirement: Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) plan with an employer contribution
Charitable Giving: Corporate charitable match for eligible nonprofits and charities
Vacation: Flexible vacation for salaried Udemates and fifteen days per year for hourly
Holidays: Twelve paid holidays throughout the year
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At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for benefits and equity.Hiring Compensation Range$116,000—$145,000 USD