Senior HR Business Partner

About Index Exchange:

Index Exchange is a global advertising supply-side platform enabling media owners to maximize the value of their content on any screen. As a trusted partner and ally, we connect leading experience makers with the world’s largest brands to ensure a quality experience for consumers.

We’re a proud industry pioneer with over 20 years of experience accelerating the ad technology evolution. With our radically transparent business practices and dedication to total market efficiency, we’re committed to upholding the integrity of the programmatic ecosystem at large.

What’s it like to work at Index?

Index is an exciting and fast-paced place to work. You’ll be able to feed your ambition, lean into trust and transparency, and feel genuine support from your colleagues. We’re built on our core values and live them each day. They’re not just buzzwords.

We pride ourselves on our independence and openness, not only in our technology, but in our teams, too. Our diverse and inclusive culture celebrates how we can leverage our unique differences to help drive Index forward.

We have more than 550 Indexers around the globe dedicated to building a safe and transparent marketplace that provides a trusted experience for consumers, and we’re looking for talented professionals to help take us to the next level.

Are you ready to join the programmatic evolution?

Index Exchange is looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join our team in our Toronto office. In this role, you will have an amazing opportunity to build within a rapidly growing business. You’ll be part of a driven and passionate Global People team who are striving to make a difference in the organization. This role will specifically support our Technology and Product teams.

What We’re Looking For:

The HRBP partners with globally distributed employees and managers on all elements of the employee lifecycle. From performance management, coaching and training, and employee relations to employee onboarding and off-boarding, succession planning and talent forecasting. You will have experience in HR and employment law, be passionate about diversity and inclusion, and culture development. You will work cross-functionally with the people team to develop best practices, communicate people-first initiatives, and will work to deliver any trend analysis and optimization recommendations to our team. Possessing strong business acumen, you should align yourself as a partner to managers and as a right hand to the senior Business Partners to ensure continued employee engagement.

Here’s What You’ll be Doing:

• Support the development and execution of the People team Roadmap plans

• Align with the senior HRBPs to support the employee lifecycle, including performance reviews, compensation, talent development, training, etc.

• Assist managers and employees with various HR needs and guide them to resources

• Help translate various policies and processes as the primary point of contact for managers and employees, as required

• Work with the assigned business groups to ensure initiatives and solutions have full support ahead of implementation

• Influence and support change management across the company

• Assist in research and groundwork for projects where market study and best practices are required to be evaluated

• Work with the People Operations team to support any operational needs as required (Onboarding, offboarding, benefits, etc)

• Partner with the various broader People teams to assist in the execution of employee engagement programmes with a specific focus on DEI

• Strive for continuous improvement on the team and suggest changes to programmes as appropriate

Here’s What You Need:

• 4–8  years of experience as an HRBP supporting globally distributed managers and employees

• Ideally, you have an HR designation

• Ideally, you have knowledge and experience with global employment law and labour standards in: USA, UK, Germany, France or other European countries

• Analytical and goal-oriented

• Proven ability to organize and prioritize workload in a fast-paced work environment

• Enthusiastic/driven, a self-starter able to take initiative with the ability to identify issues and find solutions

• Thorough/methodical with the ability to use data in decision-making and provide advice and direction to managers

• Previous experience in building effective relationships with stakeholders

• Strong influencing skills and able to build credibility quickly

• Commercially astute

• Ability to think strategically to look at the bigger picture

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents

• Paid time off, health days, and personal obligation days plus flexible work schedules

• Competitive retirement matching plans

• Equity packages

• Generous parental leave available to birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive parents

• Annual well-being allowance plus fitness discounts and group wellness activities

• Employee assistance program

• Mental health first aid program that provides an in-the-moment point of contact and reassurance

• One day of volunteer time off per year and a donation-matching program

• Bi-weekly town halls and regular community-led team events

• Multiple resources and programming to support continuous learning

• A workplace that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment – learn more here

Equal employment opportunity

At Index Exchange, we believe that successful products are built by teams just as diverse as the audience who uses them. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunities. We celebrate diversity of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Additionally, we realize that diversity is deeper than any status or classification—diversity is the human experience. For those who show grit, passion, and humility—Index will welcome you.

Accessibility for applicants with disabilities

Index Exchange welcomes and encourages individuals with disabilities to apply to work with us. If you require an accommodation, please share the details of your request and any information on how we can assist you with the hiring recruiter when they contact you. Index Exchange will make reasonable efforts to ensure accommodation requests are met throughout the recruitment process.

Index Everywhere, Index Anywhere

Our corporate headquarters are in Toronto, with major offices in New York, Montreal, Kitchener, London, San Francisco, and many other global cities. As a major global advertising exchange, we are committed to operating as a tightly knit global team and embracing and empowering talent wherever our colleagues may be.

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