Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner

Full Time
8 months ago
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Why Mozilla?

Mozilla Corporation is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years. We make pioneering brands like Firefox, the privacy-minded web browser, and Pocket, a service for keeping up with the best content online. Now, with more than 225 million people around the world using our products each month, we’re shaping the next 25 years of technology and helping to reclaim an internet built for people, not companies. Our work focuses on diverse areas including AI, social media, security and more. And we’re doing this while never losing our focus on our core mission – to make the internet better for people. 

The Mozilla Corporation is wholly owned by the non-profit 501(c) Mozilla Foundation. This means we aren’t beholden to any shareholders — only to our mission. Along with thousands of volunteer contributors and collaborators all over the world, Mozillians design, build and distribute open-source software that enables people to enjoy the internet on their terms.

About this team and role:

The Mozilla People team is looking for a strategic Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner (PBP). This is an exciting opportunity to partner with the Design, Engineering, and Product leaders of Firefox, Mozilla’s signature privacy-minded web browser.

In this role you will develop a deep understanding of Mozilla’s mission, business, and products and partner with senior leaders on supporting people strategies. You will draw from your experience in organizational effectiveness, talent management, and leadership coaching to advise leaders and drive talent outcomes. 

The ideal candidate has experience working with technology teams in a dynamic, global organization and is a creative problem solver who can thrive in a collaborative and innovative culture.

What you’ll do: 

  • Establish relationships with senior leaders and their teams to be recognized as a trusted advisor and talent expert
  • Partner closely with business leaders to advise on people strategy and decisions, including talent management, employee engagement, performance management, compensation, organizational design, and change management.
  • Serve as a thought partner and coach for leaders to grow their leadership capability. Enable strong leadership teams, and as a result high-performing organizations supporting Mozilla’s mission.
  • Partner closely with colleagues in the Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Inclusion & Diversity, Total Rewards, and broader People Business Partnership teams. 
  • Deliver scalable, customer-centric people programs that drive talent outcomes (e.g. DEI programs, performance management, talent development, culture transformation initiatives, job architecture, etc.)
  • Work with legal counsel to address complex employee relations issues, including investigations and conflict mediation as needed
  • Collaborate with the People Science team to uncover insights and support leaders in making data informed decisions and improvement in key people metrics and outcomes.

What you’ll bring: 

  • 8+ years of dynamic experience in Human Resources with at least 5 years as an HR business partner working with senior executives, preferably in engineering, product, or other technology functions
  • Experience working with global teams operating in multiple countries, preferred if that includes experience partnering with teams across Canada, the United States, and Western Europe
  • Effective influence, communication, and interpersonal skills; great listener and able to influence without authority
  • Exceptional consulting, coaching and facilitation skills; balancing inquiry, facilitation, and strong recommendations when needed
  • Comfortable operating in a dynamic and evolving environment
  • Ability to flex between being strategic, analytical, and execution focused to drive solutions forward
  • Excellent problem solving capabilities and judgment; ability to make sound decisions independently
  • A solutions focused thinker, with the ability to see possibilities from constraints
  • Analytically driven; fluent with data-driven analysis and influencing through data
  • Commitment to our values:
    • Welcoming differences
    • Being relationship-minded
    • Practicing responsible participation
    • Having grit

What you’ll get:

  • Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees - we share in our success as one team
  • Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting (regardless of whether you contribute)
  • Quarterly all-company wellness days where everyone takes a pause together
  • Country specific holidays plus a day off for your birthday
  • One-time home office stipend
  • Annual professional development budget
  • Quarterly well-being stipend
  • Considerable paid parental leave
  • Employee referral bonus program
  • Other benefits (life/AD&D, disability, EAP, etc. - varies by country)

About Mozilla 

Mozilla exists to build the Internet as a public resource accessible to all because we believe that open and free is better than closed and controlled. When you work at Mozilla, you give yourself a chance to make a difference in the lives of Web users everywhere. And you give us a chance to make a difference in your life every single day. Join us to work on the Web as the platform and help create more opportunity and innovation for everyone online.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

Mozilla understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are crucial to and enrich the company’s core mission.  We encourage applications from everyone, including members of all equity-seeking communities, such as (but certainly not limited to) women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions.

We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, as appropriate. Please contact us at hiringaccommodation@mozilla.com to request accommodation.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hairstyle and texture), religion (including religious grooming and dress practices), gender, gender identity, gender expression, color, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, domestic partner status, disability, sexual orientation, age, genetic predisposition, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, or any other basis covered by applicable laws.  Mozilla will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics or any other unlawful behavior, conduct, or purpose.

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