Director, HR Business Partner (R&D)

Your career is an investment that grows over time!

Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology we take financial services that are often confusing opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

About the HRBP team

At Wealthsimple our HRBP team acts as trusted advisors to both employees and leadership ensuring that HR practices align with and support Wealthsimple’s overall goals. We are advocates for the Business and People Experience and our partnerships ensure that leaders are creating an impactful engaging experience for their teams.

In this role you will act as a strategic business partner with our technical portfolio (including Engineering Product & Data Science).

In this role you will:

• Lead the development and execution of HR initiatives that drive organizational excellence foster a culture of innovation and directly support business objectives

• Partner on executive level planning and strategy

• Support leaders in solving Employee Relations issues through effective coaching problem solving and ensuring adherence to appropriate employment laws and policies

• Partner with Technical functions (Engineering Product & Data Science) to foster conversations to promote career development training and development

• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance the employee experience and partner with management to develop and implement innovative and sustainable solutions

• Oversee HR policy creation and compliance to employment laws and regulations

• Work with all levels of leadership up to C-suite to develop effective organizational structures to drive organizational health

• Consult and coach all levels of management to build and serve high performing diverse and inclusive teams

• Analyze HR trends and metrics to develop solutions programs and policies

• Coach employees and people leaders to role model behaviours that support our company values and culture

• Provide interpretation and guidance for the application of HR policies and procedures

What you bring:

• 10+ years of progressive HRBP experience including managerial experience. Experience in a similar role within a client centric technology organization is highly desirable.

• Proven track record of leveraging extensive HRBP experience to guide long-term strategies and navigate ambiguous business landscapes.

• Exceptional strategic thinking and advanced problem-solving capabilities

• Resourceful and self-motivated with ability to work in changing environments

• Strong personal accountability for high quality work & actively finds opportunities for improvement

• Demonstrated experience with coaching leadership and employees through complex and difficult issues

• Demonstrated ability to effectively partner and collaborate with all levels of the organization and positively influence teams

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work

🌴 20 vacation days per year and unlimited sick and mental health days

📚 Up to $1500 per year towards wellness and professional development budgets respectively

🛫 90 days away program: Employees can work internationally in eligible countries for up to 90 days per calendar year

🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow Women of Wealthsimple Black @ WS)

💖 Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year

We’re a remote-first team with over 1000 employees coast to coast in North America. Be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status or disability status.

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond please let us know and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.