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Remote, Long Beach, CA, US

Job Term

Full-Time

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About The Role and About You

We are looking for a Senior People Business Partner. You will be responsible for fostering a progressive, professional, and fun people experience, supporting the delivery of the business strategy. You will be responsible for building, creating, and implementing our programs, policies, and procedures to support our dynamic growth business to scale. You must demonstrate balancing the practical, operational, and tactical elements to get things done. You will be a cultural steward and champion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging leading by example. 

This is a new role in an expanding people function to help build Zwift’s infrastructure, programs, and processes for scale. This critical position will provide functional expertise, partnership and coaching to business leaders. Creative and operational know-how and high EQ is needed to achieve the best outcomes, while leveraging honest, direct and inclusive communications.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll be personally responsible for several of these key responsibilities and will partner with other People Team members to ensure the delivery of all of these items:

  • Facilitate effective implementation of new people management initiatives in different departments and levels of the business as appropriate
  • Help define the strategy, capabilities and processes necessary to serve as the primary People Partner to the client group that you support
  • Partners  with stakeholders to ensure that best practices are being adopted
  • Ensure delivery of projects as required and ensuring key deliverables are met
  • Assist with the hiring & onboarding process, including coaching managers on how to shape job descriptions, how to interview for fit and how to onboard to ensure fast acclimation to our culture.
  • Track and monitor the effectiveness of our people practices and programs; Ensure that our systems work, our org is operating effectively, and that we are delivering great service to the business
  • Develop and implement proactive Employee Relations strategies that preserve a fun, engaging environment

What You’ll Need:

  • About 5 years of People experience with a fast paced, growing tech company
  • A progressive outlook (People Function over HR mindset) with an engaging and fun personality (not the “policy police” stigma of HR) and demonstrated delivery of the Art & Science of People leadership
  • A reputation of unquestionable integrity
  • Solid understanding of small company dynamics which includes being able to thrive in an environment of ambiguity, adaptability and flexibility
  • Strong problem solving skills and business acumen. There is a lot of work ahead and we need someone who excels at building something from nothing, but is strategic and knows how to scale
  • Attention to detail with quick execution. We need to do things quickly and we need to do them well. Balancing those can be challenging, and this should be a strength
  • Analytical mindset with proven experience using data and data-driven insights to support decisions
  • Subject matter expertise, with demonstrated experience in coaching and development, change management, and overall talent management
  • Strong change management skills - comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, able to methodically work through complex problems, set priorities and execute on commitments
  • Outstanding program and project leadership and delivery experience; overseeing high impact talent programs across the business
  • Excellent understanding of local employment law and international employment customs and practices
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills & high EQ
  • Experience with M&A is a plus

Bonus Points:

  • Experience in video gaming or health & fitness industries
  • Passion for cycling, running and/or fitness
  • Experienced Zwifter

How to stand out among the rest:

Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too.

Values:

Of course, we are nothing without our values. Our values ground us. They ensure we run and build a company where people love to work, feel like they are welcomed, included, and belong.  Only then can they thrive and do their best work.  The values we strive to live every day are:

  • Make It Fun
  • Elevate Teammates
  • Cultivate Our Community
  • Always Level Up
  • One Zwift for All
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