Senior People Business Partner, R&D

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About The Role

As a Senior People Business Partner (PBP) supporting the R&D organization, you have the opportunity to align business objectives with people strategies, in partnership with leaders and managers. These initiatives will enable the company's overall business strategy, culture, and values, and will directly contribute to the scaling of an inclusive, results-oriented, and high-performance work environment. With past experience working in fast-paced tech companies, the ideal candidate will recall a history of success leveraging deep HR subject matter expertise and growing business acumen to deploy the relevant manager coaching, manager/team enablement, and organizational development initiatives to assist in enabling the business to meet mission-critical deliverables. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with leaders building a whole new category of data streaming.

This position reports directly to the Senior Director, People Business Partners - R&D and will be based in Canada.

What You Will Do

• Partner with managers and leaders across the R&D (Product & Engineering) organizations to assess business goals, and deploy talent strategies that advance priorities and drive scale
• Analyze data to ascertain key insights that anchor and inform talent strategies to advance business objectives
• Support full-scale People programs and processes for client groups, including performance management, compensation program administration, talent management, workforce planning, talent & leadership development, employee engagement & retention, org culture, and diversity & inclusion
• Collaborate with team members across the people team, including compensation, recruiting, learning & development, benefits, and mobility, to help design and implement people programs and initiatives, which attract, develop retain, engage industry-leading talent
• Design and lead efforts to evolve and strengthen our culture, including openness and inclusion
• Develop trusting, value-add, credible relationships with business leaders, HR, and stakeholders
• Act as a cultural steward to scale the Confluent culture as we grow our teams and locations
  
  

What You Will Bring

• BA/BS degree or equivalent working experience
• 5+ years of Business Partner experience with accountabilities that include direct support of VPs
• Experience partnering with R&D organizations
• Prior experience in a different HR specialism (Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, L&D, HR Programs, etc.)
• First-hand experience working within an international, fast-growing organization with progressive HR practices
• Demonstrable experience engaging managers on thoughtful deployment of compensation programs, such as bonus, stock, and merit to help recognize and reward top talent
• Demonstrated competence in the various HR functional areas, especially career development, performance management, manager enablement, and change management
• Demonstrated competence in managing complex employee relations and in training managers on handling these sensitively
• As a thought partner to leaders at all levels, you have a consultative mindset and have demonstrated your ability to think critically
• You also have a good grasp of different coaching and influencing practices to help your leaders think through challenges and associated solutions
• You have excellent written and verbal communication which help you build your executive presence
• You have a strong balance of IQ and EQ with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
  
  

Ready to build what's next? Let’s get in motion.

Come As You Are

Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

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