Senior Hr Generalist

Canonical Ltd.; Napoli; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Senior HR Generalist to deliver precise, scalable HR operations across the EMEA region. You will partner with leadership, drive compliance, data analytics, and employee life-cycle activities in a globally distributed team.

This role is based remotely in Europe, with occasional in-person meetings and a strong emphasis on global collaboration, policy implementation, and process improvement in a fast-growing tech environment.

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We require an HR function that thinks and acts globally. We're looking for a Senior HR Generalist to offer their expertise to our EMEA region. It's an exciting time to join with the opportunity to help shape and create an HR function for the future. The senior role will serve as a driver and practitioner in both regional and global HR initiatives. You will join a global team of HR professionals to provide precise, compliant and scalable HR operations to the business, advise and execute on HR issues across the whole employee life-cycle, and partner with leadership in your region. You will have an analytical approach, a keen eye for detail and the ability to interpret data trends and themes.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the E