Global People Partner - Americas

Acast; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Acast in New York is seeking a People Partner to blend HR advisory with hands-on delivery across the Americas. You will guide managers through daily people decisions, manage employee relations, and ensure core HR operations run smoothly.

Reporting to the Americas People Lead you will translate global strategies into regional execution, maintain HRIS data, support onboarding and offboarding, and contribute to performance and compensation processes.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of progressive experience combining HR business partnering with core HR operations.
• Experience with US employment practices; broader Americas knowledge is a plus.
• Strong communication and advisory skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Structured, detail-oriented approach and comfort handling HR data across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advisory and hands-on operational delivery to leaders across the Americas.
• Manage Employee Relations cases, investigations, and exits.
• Support onboarding, offboarding, transfers, and promotions; maintain HRIS data.
• Assist with performance cycles, talent calibration, promotions, and compensation reviews.
• Own regional projects and guide managers through change to shape global People initiatives.

Skills

HR business partnering

HR operations

Employee relations

US employment law

HR data

Tools

Lattice

Job description

About Acast

Since 2014, Acast has been building the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, creating the technology that connects podcast creators, advertisers, and listeners. Its marketplace spans more than 140,000 podcasts, 3,300 advertisers, and one billion quarterly listens. Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen—across any podcast app or listening platform.

About The Role

As a People Partner at Acast, you will combine trusted HR advisory with hands‑on operational delivery to support our leaders, managers, and employees across the Americas. Working closely with the Americas People Lead and our global People team, you will translate global strategies into seamless regional execution. You’ll serve as a go‑to resource across the region, guiding managers through daily people decisions, managing employee relations, and keeping our core HR operations running smoothly.

What You’ll Do

• People Partnership & Coaching: Act as a reliable first point of contact for managers and employees. Provide clear, practical advice on performance, team dynamics, development, and organizational changes, while helping leaders apply People policies consistently.
• Employee Relations: Manage ER cases across the region (including investigations, performance concerns, and exits) constructively and early.
• Regional Operations & Compliance: Support the seamless delivery of the employee lifecycle (onboarding, offboarding, internal transfers, and promotions). Maintain accurate HRIS data (Lattice and other platforms), partner with Payroll, Finance, and Legal, and continuously improve regional processes.
• Performance, Talent & Reward: Support the regional rollout of performance cycles, talent calibration, promotion rounds, and compensation reviews. Enable managers with clear guidance on development and retention strategies.
• Projects & Initiatives: Own specific regional workstreams, guide managers through change management, and share feedback from the Americas region to help shape global People initiatives.

Who You Are

• Experienced HR Professional: You bring 4–6 years of progressive experience combining HR business partnering with core HR operations—ideally within tech, media, adtech, or a fast‑paced global environment.
• US & Americas Expertise: You have a strong working knowledge of US employment practices (broader Americas experience is a plus).
• Pragmatic Communicator & Advisor: You build trust quickly, communicate clearly, and balance strategic advisory work with hands‑on execution without missing a beat.
• Sound Judgment: You operate comfortably in a fast‑paced matrix, using strong discretion to resolve issues independently or escalation when appropriate.
• Detail‑Oriented & Operational: You are structured, reliable, comfortable working with HR data and platforms, and focused on driving continuous process improvement.

Salary Range: $100,000 – $110,000 per year

Location: SoHo, New York City (Hybrid)

While we operate with a high degree of trust and flexibility, this role requires working in our SoHo office 3 days per week. Candidates must live within a commutable distance to accommodate this schedule.

Culture

Acast is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin or any of the other wonderful characteristics that make us different.

Culture is our number one priority as a business. We believe people come first, and we work every day to enable autonomy, continuous improvement and bring out the best in people. We’re global and have remote teams, so it’s even more important that we strive for an open, inclusive and caring environment where everyone feels visible and welcome.

We consider ourselves a modern organization driven by strong values to create the best, most fulfilling and nurturing culture.

We very much look forward to finding the next great person to join our cause!