HR Market Consultant (English)

Google; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a Market Consultant in Toronto to transform HR practices, ensuring legal compliance and supporting organizational initiatives. The role requires extensive HR experience, leadership in managing local policies, and cross-functional collaboration while advocating for Google's culture and values within the organization. Ideal candidates should possess fluency in English, with French communication skills preferred.

Benefits

Equal opportunity workplace

Affirmative action employer

Qualifications

• 10 years of HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience.
• Fluency in English required; French is preferred.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage HR processes and ensure compliance with local laws.
• Work with teams to deploy HR programs tied to the country people plan.
• Drive HR recommendations and support stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Communication

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Toronto, ON, Canada; Waterloo, ON, Canada.Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration and drive decisions with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Experience in HR and local employment law.
• Ability to communicate in English fluently to work with internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with implementing HR projects, risk management, mitigation and supporting change management, business readiness, communications, and training activities.
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous priorities.
• Ability to communicate in French fluently to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving, analysis and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent project or change management skills.
  
  

About The Job

People Operations strives to revolutionize human resources the same way that Google has revolutionized search. We are helping to find, grow and keep the remarkable assemblage of talent who are our Googlers. You'll be an advocate of Google's culture and values, partnering with our business leaders to help them build their organizations and make sure all people decisions are based on data. Whether coaching our clients on how to lead their teams, navigating and resolving employee relations issues or managing programs that help develop our Googlers, you are exceptionally focused on putting them first, and being as clear and transparent as possible to help Googlers understand how people decisions get made.

As a Market Consultant, you will need to have knowledge of company and local programs, policies, compliance procedures and offer a compelling voice around HR matters as it relates to the market internally and externally. You will work across multiple People Operations partners (POps) and business stakeholders to collaborate effectively and use their influencing skills as needed to represent the needs of Google. You will manage multiple projects and country-specific initiatives effectively and understand when and how to appropriately escalate decisions or urgent matters. You will facilitate partner discussions and drive decisions that are good for Google and bring partners or stakeholders along with their change management skills. You will work closely with market delivery teams to develop subject matter or operational expertise within a variety of service areas and maintain resource documentation including governance, communications and general program management.

Responsibilities

• Work with the relevant teams to ensure end-to-end delivery for our HR processes in country while contributing to the deployment of priority country focused HR programmes and initiatives aligned to the country people plan.
• Manage local employment policy and practices to ensure legal and regulatory compliance while solving for compliance matters and reviewing local policies in the context of the market.
• Work with the HR compliance team, process ownership team, user support team and the relevant developer teams on prioritizing and mitigating market related risks.
• Provide local context and advice on HR related matters supporting local labor relations management including engaging with councils or work councils wherever applicable.
• Drive recommendations and prioritization to ensure work is in service at the end-to-end delivery of our Googler experience in the country.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .