HR Generalist

Responsibilities

• Provide HR guidance to team members and managers on behaviour and performance
• Partner with line managers on employee relations and global policies
• Process employee changes, joiners, and leavers accurately and on time
• Manage benefit programs across EMEA or AMER locations
• Liaise with finance on monthly payroll and related enquiries
• Support onboarding, benefit administration, and departures
• Automate and reduce administrative tasks through critical thinking
• Lead HR system development, integration, and advocacy
• Produce data-driven reports to inform HR initiatives
• Create and maintain corporate policies with global consistency and local application
• Support diversity and inclusion initiatives through internal resource groups

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record
• Relevant professional qualifications and certifications
• Practical insights into EMEA or AMER HR practices and employment laws
• Self-directed, organised problem solver
• Discretion, sound judgement, tact, and diplomacy
• Fearless and principled professional approach
• Commitment to confidentiality
• Willingness to travel up to four times yearly

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review and performance-driven bonus
• Annual holiday leave and maternity/paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the Company

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, publishing Ubuntu, a platform widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, and IoT. The company is founder-led, profitable, and globally distributed with over 1,200 colleagues in 75+ countries.