Key skills
AgileLeadershipChange ManagementCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
At Kabam, we’re constantly raising the bar of excellence in free-to-play gaming. We hire for passion and diversity so that we can triumph in our collective skill. Our teams are made up of a fusion of personalities and interests bound together by a collaborative nature, fun-loving culture, and a drive to do what it takes to make great games. And this is where you come in…
The role of the People Business Partner, is to build trusted relationships with leaders and employees at various levels of the organization. Through these relationships, the People Business Partner will provide advice to help the business achieve its goals. The People Business Partner is adept with change management, agility, and knows how to drive for results.
This role is a full-time, on-site position based 5 days a week at our Downtown Vancouver studio.
In this role, you can expect to:
- Proactively partnering with key stakeholders to identify and support business needs and goals via agile, human-centered, data-driven, innovative approaches .
- Supporting people & talent acquisition team members to initiate, project-manage, and execute improvements to existing programs.
- Navigating with agility, curiosity, and openness in a fast-moving, creative and technical environment.
- Driving organizational change, to enhance culture; and, create a healthy team culture.
- Acting as a trusted advisor on Canadian and U.S. employment law, attempts to resolve employee relations issues with a systemic approach.
- Supporting day-to-day employee relations and any acute escalations that may arise.
- Supporting people & talent acquisition team members to create new programs and projects that are aligned with your stakeholders’ people and business roadmap.
- Building an understanding of project scope, resource availability, road mapping, and timely stakeholder/cross-functional departmental communication.
- Drive and support company-wide programs and initiatives (e.g. engagement survey, talent review, and organizational change).
- Providing mentorship, coaching, and guidance to team members and helping us build a learning culture.
- Providing mentorship, coaching, and guidance to leaders and helping us build leadership capabilities across the organization.
- Approve referral bonus in Dayforce against supporting document.
Key Accountabilities
Responsible for establishing a trusted partner and being the primary point of contact for stakeholder groups:
Provides expertise on Employee Relations matters:
Leads People related projects:
Mentors and Coach:
Internal Control Related Financial Reporting Responsibilities:
Provides expertise on Employee Relations matters:
Leads People related projects:
Mentors and Coach:
Internal Control Related Financial Reporting Responsibilities:
To be successful in this role, your background includes:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Industrial relations, commerce or psychology or completion of a professional development program in personnel administration is usually required.
- PHR/SPHR/CPHR Certification or other industry credentials are preferred.
- 5+ years of Human Resources (HR) experience in a project-based, creative culture.
- 2+ years of People Business Partnership experience.
- Experience in building trusting relationships with stakeholders and leaders.
- Ability to partner strategically with department leaders to drive business strategy and operational goals.
- Experience in change management.
- Clear, concise, professional written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate with employees at all levels.
- Must have strong knowledge of Canadian employment law. Additional knowledge of U.S employment law is an asset.
Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:
Excited by this opportunity? Kabam is dedicated to growing our diverse and inclusive workforce, so if your past experience doesn’t perfectly match the listed requirements we encourage you to apply anyways - you could be a great fit for this or other positions.
We invite you to apply now and start the conversation with us. Together, we can create and support some of the best games ever made and entertain the world!
About Kabam
Kabam is a world leader in developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology, and revolutionary gameplay to players around the world.
Kabam’s games, Marvel Contest of Champions, Shop Titans, and more have generated hundreds of millions of downloads and have received multiple awards including Apple’s Editor’s Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.
Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver & Montreal in Canada, and Los Angeles & San Francisco in the United States. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Games.
Kabam is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and equitable workplace, and inclusive environment for all existing and potential employees. Employment decisions are based on candidate qualifications and business need, not race, color, ancestry, place of origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political belief, religion, creed, marital or family status, medical condition, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, prior criminal conviction or any other protected class in accordance with federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.