Senior People Operations Partner

Role Overview

Join a People function with a strong foundation and help shape what comes next. You’ll bring fresh thinking to systems, processes, and programs that support employees and managers, helping make them more thoughtful, consistent, and scalable as Shakepay grows.

What You Will Do

Take responsibility for the day-to-day operation of core People processes across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, leave, benefits, employee data, documentation, and People systems.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You’ll work across the employee lifecycle, contribute to key People programs, and partner with managers and cross-functional teams on People-related decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive experience in People Operations, HR business partnering, HR generalist work, or a related People role.
• Experience working independently across multiple People workstreams in a fast-paced, changing, or lean environment.
• Hands-on experience supporting the employee lifecycle and working with People systems, employee data, documentation, and operational processes.
• Experience contributing to performance management, compensation, onboarding, offboarding, policy work, manager enablement or other company-wide People programs.
• Working knowledge of Canadian employment practices and good judgment about when to involve Legal or external advisors.
• A track record of improving processes, creating clearer ways of working, and turning recurring problems into better systems.
• Strong judgment, discretion, communication, and follow-through, including when handling sensitive employee matters.
• The ability to prioritize competing needs, make practical tradeoffs, and move work forward without close supervision.

Benefits

• Stock options as part of total compensation
• Yearly salary assessments
• Health and dental coverage
• Health and wellness spending accounts
• Remote-friendly work arrangement
• Optional access to office spaces in Montreal and Toronto
• $2,000 annual budget for courses, certifications, and training
• 20 days of vacation per year
• Parental leave top-up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks
• Quarterly team-specific or company-wide offsite