Senior People Business Partner

At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in...

The role of the Senior People Business Partner is to be a trusted advisor, partner and coach with senior leaders at all levels of the organization. The Senior People Business Partner brings a people lens to business decisions with confidence and sound judgement. This role is built for someone who is comfortable in ambiguity, moves fast, and knows how to turn insight into a drive for results.

This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.

In this role, you can expect to:

Key Accountabilities

Acts as a Strategic Partner:

• Proactively partnering with key stakeholders to identify and support business needs and goals via agile, human-centered, data-driven, innovative approaches.
• Driving Strategic Workforce Planning with senior leaders to bridge business strategy, organizational design, headcount and financial planning, and optimizing performance.
• Leading organizational transformation through change management best practices.
• Demonstrating leadership on all aspects of organizational effectiveness, including performance management, coaching, talent assessment & succession planning, & employee engagement.
• Developing people managers through coaching on leadership effectiveness, performance management, and career development to build a high performance culture.
• Collaborating with people & talent acquisition team members to initiate, project-manage, and execute improvements to programs with change management in mind.
• Driving enhancement in and shaping organizational culture and capability.

Provides Expertise on Employee Relations Matters:

• Acting as a trusted advisor for complex and high-risk employment matters (Canadian and US).
• Guiding and supporting day-to-day employee relations and any acute escalations that may arise.
• Leading and conducting investigations regarding violations of company's standards of conduct.
• Leading and ensuring compliance to employment laws for all terminations, determining legal exposure by verifying applicable legislation and making a recommendation to leadership on how to proceed.

Leads Talent Projects/Programs:

• Leading or contributing in company-wide programs and initiatives (e.g., salary review, strategic workforce planning, and organizational change).
• Advocating for and influencing new people programs and projects that support business needs.
• Building an understanding of project scope, resource availability, road mapping, and timely stakeholder/cross-functional departmental communication.

Mentors and Coaches:

• Providing mentorship, coaching, and guidance to People Team members, building a strong learning culture on the team.
• Evolving how the PBP team operates, driving consistency in practices and levelling up the impact of team.
• Providing mentorship, executive coaching, and development to senior leaders.
• Building up leadership capabilities across the organization through development plans and high-impact learning opportunities.

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, industrial relations, commerce or psychology or completion of a professional development program in human resources administration is required.
• Further education in conflict management, coaching, change management.
• PHR/SPHR/CPHR Certification or other industry credentials.
• Certified Coach.
• 8+ years of Human Resources (HR) experience in a project-based, creative culture.
• 3+ years of People Business Partnership experience.
• Experience with an organization going through cultural and business transformation.
• Experience in forging strong partnerships with executive leaders to shape short and long-term People Strategy to drive business strategy and operational goals.
• Experience in working with employees at multi-sites.
• Experience in change management and leading through organizational initiatives and changes.
• Clear and confident communicator who can flex across all levels of the organization.
• Must have strong knowledge of Canadian employment law. Additional knowledge of U.S employment law is an asset.

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

• Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
• DEIB Benefits: DEIB is important to us and to our people - that’s why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.
• RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.
• Commuter Benefit: we believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and want to support you in making it work for you! We provide a flexible, monthly cash allowance to help cover the costs of transit, parking, or even personal logistics like childcare and pet care.
• PTO and Parental Leave: we offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program: t his program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
• Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
• Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
• Pay transparency: We share with employees the pay range their role falls within and clear career maps to determine how they can grow within their role or level-up to a promotion.
• Cool spaces: Our offices are in Vancouver, Montreal, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Whether it’s summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, or watching the fireworks in Montreal’s South Shore - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile!
• Giving back: Kabammers have a dedicated paid day off every year to volunteer to a cause close to their hearts. Some teams even band together for group volunteer days off-site!