Senior HR Business Partner, Affinity
Maternity Coverage
CA$83-124.4k
Relationship intelligence company
Job no longer available
Relationship intelligence company
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
CA$83-124.4k
201-500 employees
Company mission
Affinity's mission is to create a world where anyone can cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed, by building a new kind of infrastructure to power all relationship-driven industries and applications.
Role
Who you are
- 4 - 6 years of experience in an HRBP role
- Experience in a small to mid-size startup is ideal
- Strong knowledge of HR principles, practices, and employment laws
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and develop creative solutions to complex HR issues
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Integrity to maintain the highest level of confidentiality
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Demonstrates leadership skills, including coaching, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive work culture within the People team and across the organization
- Practices excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization
- Partners with managers to improve employee performance metrics including employee engagement, internal mobility, regrettable losses and manager capability
- Talent Management
- Knowledge of performance management, employee development, and succession planning to develop and retain top talent
- Experience in critical employee retention strategies and initiatives specific to upleveling talent
- Change Management
- Drives successful organizational change and coaches managers and teams to be successful at change management (planning, implementing, and guiding individuals, teams, and organizations through a period of transition or transformation)
- Adaptable & Flexible
- Adapts quickly to ever changing business needs and priorities
- Executes on projects when there's a level of ambiguity
- Sound Judgment
- Collects and evaluates all the necessary information/facts from all relevant stakeholders before making decisions
- Considers and escalates as necessary the potential risks/consequences as well the advantages/positive outcomes of decisions
What the job involves
- The Sr HRBP role is a contract position to cover a long-term maternity leave (14 months)
- While it is a temporary role, it’s a significant time period to make an impact and the right person will see this as an opportunity to join a great company and culture with the potential for a permanent role down the line
- This role serves as all-encompassing support for an assigned team/functional group
- The role supports their team by aligning HR strategies and practices with the overall business objectives
- A successful HRBP assesses and anticipates HR-related needs; leads the direct delivery of HR services to employees; supports managers to ensure their teams perform optimally; and proactively seeks ways to improve performance both within their own teams and cross-team with the peer Sr HRBP to enhance our culture and mission
- This role is also responsible for coordination of Learning & Development programs, in conjunction with external partners
- Strategy:
- Develop thoughtful approaches to the team’s employee lifecycle by evaluating team dynamics, performance and skill levels, bringing insight and best practices to managers in crafting strategies and executing on recommendations
- Act as a trusted advisor to managers and team members, based on mutual respect and trust, on a variety of matters including performance management, complex employee relations, and career development
- Assess Engagement Survey results with managers to determine key focus areas for improvement and education
- Operations:
- Drive our L&D programs to enhance our employee career development, manager capabilities, and key business objectives
- Proactively analyze data and trends to identify opportunities for operational improvement
- Guide and support managers with team member performance management issues, coaching conversations, investigations, and administration of progressive discipline (PIP)s
- Partner with the Talent Acquisition team on org planning and hiring expectations
- Support and execute programs for team member engagement
- Partner with peer Sr HRBP to align on supporting career paths, succession planning, compensation planning and retention strategies
- Support the semi-annual performance review process and partner with managers to identify next steps for employees based on scoring; evaluating next steps for high performers and assisting in coaching low performers up or out of the organization
- Effectively support change management initiatives by communicating new, changing, and existing policies and procedures while enforcing and ensuring understanding and compliance
- Culture:
- Demonstrate and maintain open and honest communication, creating an inclusive, engaging and high-performance culture that reflects our values
- Serve as an advocate for people, ensuring their concerns and feedback are heard and addressed in a timely manner
- Identify areas of opportunity to improve our remote work environment and organizational culture
- Collaborate with the People team to develop and implement initiatives and programs that support team-bonding and community engagement
- Process and Best Practices:
- Continuous education regarding best practices and legal requirements to ensure compliance
- Partner with managers and the People team on company initiatives to drive change, streamline processes and continue building on our people-first mindset
- Stay updated on the latest HR trends and best practices, and recommend innovative solutions to enhance HR effectiveness and elevate HR throughout the organization
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
Up to 90% of company profiles in traditional customer relationship management systems (CRMs) are incomplete or out-of-date, causing missed sales opportunities and wasted time. Affinity exists to change this state of affairs, using AI to analyse a company's communications and interactions to provide the most accurate profile possible, powering sales and excellent customer relationships.
While other modern CRMs exist, few of them are able to automate data input on the scale of Affinity, which has processed around 20 trillion emails and hundreds of thousands of calendar events to date. It also focuses on industries that are underserved in the CRM sector, including investment banking and real estate. This has grown it a client base of more than 1,800 customers including major enterprises such as Bain Capital Ventures, Nike and Twilio.
Affinity is focusing on expanding its sales, marketing, and engineering teams to grow its customer base and develop new products. As companies look to both improve the performance of their sales teams and reduce costs in manual data entry, Affinity's product is likely to remain extremely popular.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$80m
SERIES C
Feb 2019
$26.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $122.6m
Company benefits
- Daily lunches
- Commuter passes
- Flexible PTO
- Free events
- Tech pack
- Retirement options
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Grocery allowance
Company values
- We are playmakers - We are team players who empower our teammates to do their best work and are not afraid to step outside the scope of our roles
- We are obsessed with learning - We are dedicated learners and teachers and are always seeking new avenues to improve ourselves and to achieve our goals
- We care personally - We recognize that our teammates are people who have strengths, weaknesses, dreams and life stories
- We take pride in what we do - For all of us here at Affinity, our work is not just a means to an end: we derive tremendous fulfillment from doing our best
- We are radically open-minded - We value ideas over titles. We believe that the best ideas can come from anywhere, both within and outside our company
Company HQ
Jackson Square, San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Ray Zhou
(Co-CEO)Studied Computer Science at Stanford and was a Genomics Researcher at UC Davis.
Shubham Goel
(Co-CEO)Started out as a Software Developer at inoXapps and was a Partner at the Dorm Room Fund. Is one of Forbes's 30 Under 30.
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