Senior HR Business Partner

Vidyard; Canada; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Canada is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to create an engaging employee experience while ensuring compliance with HR standards. You'll coach leaders, manage performance cycles, and influence people practices using AI. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience and is passionate about fostering a supportive culture. Enjoy flexible hours, competitive pay, and a strong focus on wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible hours and unlimited vacation

Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits

Access to mental health resources

Enhanced parental leave benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HR/People & Culture experience in a business partner capacity.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian and US employment standards and HR compliance practices.
• Experience with coaching leaders and resolving employee relations matters with fairness and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Lead performance management cycles including goal-setting, feedback, and reviews.
• Act as a trusted advisor on employee relations.
• Work alongside the broader People team to drive initiatives.

Skills

Coaching leaders

Strong relationship-building

Problem-solving skills

HR compliance knowledge

Tools

HiBob

Kinfolk

CompAnalyst

Greenhouse

Sunlife

Fellow

Job description

About the Role

Vidyard is the leading provider of AI-powered video messaging, video hosting, sales prospecting, and buyer engagement solutions for modern revenue teams. We’re looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to report to our Director, People who is passionate about helping Vidyardians thrive in their work and careers. This role will partner closely with leaders and teams to drive performance management, provide coaching, nurture engagement, and ensure we continue to grow in alignment with Canadian and US employment standards.

If you enjoy building trusted, empathetic relationships, balancing people-first thinking with business priorities, creating environments where employees and leaders can do their best work, all while leveraging AI technology and processes to enable a more human experience - this could be the role for you!

What You’ll Do

• Performance & Growth: Lead performance management cycles including calibration (goal-setting, feedback, mid-year and year-end reviews) to ensure clarity, alignment, and continuous development.
• Coaching Leaders: Partner with managers and senior leaders, offering coaching and guidance to strengthen leadership capabilities and team effectiveness.
• Employee Experience: Act as a trusted advisor on employee relations, supporting fair, empathetic, and consistent practices that foster a strong culture of engagement and belonging.
• Compliance: Ensure all programs and practices align with Canadian/US employment legislation, balancing compliance with a supportive, people-first approach.
• Collaboration: Work alongside the broader People team to drive initiatives that support growth, inclusion, and engagement across Vidyard.
• AI Fluency in People Practices: Identify and integrate AI/automation into HR workflows (e.g., onboarding, engagement surveys, analytics, performance reviews) to streamline operations while enhancing employee experience.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of progressive HR/People & Culture experience in a business partner capacity.
• Strong knowledge of Canadian and US employment standards and HR compliance practices.
• Experience with coaching leaders and resolving employee relations matters with fairness and empathy.
• Proven ability to guide performance management processes and design engagement initiatives.
• Experience leading organization-wide initiatives, change management and proactively contributing to strategic direction.
• Experience driving adoption of new technologies, including AI tools, across teams, helping leaders and employees embrace change with confidence and ethical awareness.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Leadership Coaching certification preferable but not required.
• HiBob
• Kinfolk
• CompAnalyst
• Greenhouse
• Sunlife
• Fellow

Will You Thrive at Vidyard?

At Vidyard, success comes from individuals who align with our core values, embrace challenges, and contribute to our high-performing, customer-obsessed culture. You’ll thrive here if you:

• Put Customers First: You’re passionate about solving problems, delivering exceptional value, and ensuring our customers succeed with our products.
• Embrace Innovation: You think creatively, challenge the status quo, and continuously explore new ways to improve and grow—both personally and professionally—including how you leverage AI and emerging technologies in your work.
• Act with Urgency: You’re motivated, proactive, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where priorities can shift quickly and change is expected.
• Take Ownership: You own your work, take responsibility for outcomes, and are proud of delivering results that drive impact.
• Strive for Excellence: You maintain high standards, are goal-oriented, and continuously push yourself and your teammates to do their best.
• Use AI Thoughtfully: You’re curious and proactive about adopting AI tools to work smarter, increase impact, and scale results—while understanding the importance of human judgment, ethics, and continuous learning.

At Vidyard, we celebrate the intersection of creativity, ambition, AI-driven innovation, and meaningful impact. If you’re ready to contribute to our mission of transforming communication—and thrive in a workplace that champions experimentation, smart automation, and customer obsession—Vidyard is the place for you.

Why You’ll Love Working at Vidyard

At Vidyard, we’re passionate about creating an environment where you can succeed—both personally and professionally. Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Work-life Integration: Flexible hours and unlimited vacation, with programs that support working from anywhere—even while traveling.
• Competitive Pay & Benefits: Competitive salary and comprehensive, flexible benefits; RRSP match and stock options included following probation.
• Wellness Your Way: Flexible spending accounts.
• Mental Health Support: Access to digital mental health resources and annual mental health services allowance.
• Parental Leave Top-Up: Enhanced parental leave benefits.
• Make an Impact: Paid volunteer hours and Employee Resource Groups to champion inclusion and community impact.
• Invest in Your Growth: Regular performance reviews, individual development plans, and an annual development allowance.
• Your Perfect Workspace: Remote-first with optional in-person meetings and events at Vidyard spaces.

Equal Opportunity Vidyard is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should notify us at [e-mail]. Unsolicited resumes from Agencies will not be accepted.