HR Country Manager - Canada (French Speaking)

About the Role

As a member of our HR team, you will play a critical role in delivering best-in-class HR solutions and consultation to leaders and associates across the enterprise, while also serving as the regional HR country manager for Gartner Canada.  Our HR professionals’ partner with business leaders to drive people strategies aligned with organizational goals, support change management initiatives, and ensure compliance with employment law and internal policies. You will also provide country and/or province-specific guidance regarding a variety of topics including compliance, employee relations, talent acquisition, performance management, and compensation and benefits.

Key Responsibilities

• Country Manager: Provide local expertise to guide best practices and ensure legal compliance in support of people programs and processes. Lead internal communications for Canada, acting as a focal point for people announcements, policies and procedures. Proactively manage legal risk and continually ensure compliance with local labor laws considering the whole life cycle of an associate, ensuring a consistent, compliant and effective associate experience. Build and maintain effective, credible partnerships to educate HR Partners, managers and associates on a variety of employee related issues. Be a partner for the HR Partner community on associate initiatives.

• Strategic HR Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders and associates, providing guidance on HR best practices and aligning people strategies with business objectives.
• Talent Acquisition & Retention: Partner with recruiting teams to attract and retain high-performing talent, leveraging data-driven strategies to minimize attrition and build robust talent pipelines.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure adherence to company policies and local legal requirements, proactively managing risk and supporting a culture of integrity and accountability.
• Performance Management & Succession Planning: Coach leaders on performance management, support talent review processes, and drive succession planning to ensure leadership continuity.
• Change Management: Guide leaders and associates through organizational changes, ensuring effective communication and smooth transitions.
• Employee Relations: Proactively address associate concerns, conduct thorough investigations, and provide recommendations to mitigate risk and foster a positive work environment. When requested, provide support for HR investigation where interviews and other processes must be conducted in French. (Canada and rest of world)
• Compensation & Benefits: Lead or support annual compensation planning, conduct market analyses, and collaborate with global partners to ensure competitive and equitable rewards.

Qualifications

• Language: Business level fluency in English and French (written and verbal) is required.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred; advanced degree or HR certification (e.g., CPHR) ideal.
• Experience:
  • 5 years of progressive HR experience
  • Familiarity with the nuances of multiple provincial employment practices and requirements strongly preferred
• Core Competencies:
  • Demonstrated HR skills and expertise (employee relations, talent management, compensation, recruitment, organizational development/design).
  • Strong business acumen and analytical skills.
  • Proven ability to deliver HR programs that address complex business challenges.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills.
  • Experience working in a matrixed, global environment is highly valued.
  • Ability to handle sensitive situations with professionalism and discretion.

Who You Are

• A strategic partner and trusted advisor with a passion for people and organizational success.
• A collaborative team player who thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• An innovative thinker who challenges the status quo and drives continuous improvement.
• A results-oriented professional with a track record of delivering impactful HR solutions.

What We Offer

• A seat at the table to help drive peak performance in a growing, people-centric business.
• Opportunities for innovation and professional growth.
• Access to industry-leading training and development programs.
• Performance-based recognition and rewards.
• A collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture.

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Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 95,000 CAD - 107,000 CAD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous paid time off policy, charity match program, and more. This posting is for a future vacancy.

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