HR Business Partner, Wattpad
WEBTOON
$70-100k
3 days a week in office
Platform for sharing original writing
Be an early applicant
Platform for sharing original writing
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$70-100k
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Wattpad's mission is to create a world where everyone's story can be heard, and anyone can belong.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree and at least 3 years as a Human Resources Generalist in increasingly responsible roles, or an equivalent combination of experience and education
- Experience as a talent partner to leaders, with the ability to understand role requirements and translate them to finding and hiring talented people
- Excellent stakeholder management and experienced in developing good work relationships across the organization
- Demonstrated change management and project management capabilities
- Strong judgment and experience in Employee Relations and workplace investigations
- Understanding of recruitment best practices and familiarity with nurturing talent pipelines
- Ability to work in an ambiguous, agile environment and apply good judgment to resolve problems
- Skilled HR professional with business acumen, client service orientation, and drive
- Ability to set up and track relevant metrics and KPIs and use them to drive business results
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in Google Workspace, HR Systems, Applicant Tracking Systems, and LinkedIn Recruiter
What the job involves
- The HRBP is a high-impact, integrated role responsible for driving exceptional business outcomes through the holistic management of our talent lifecycle
- This partner will serve as a consultant to a dedicated business unit, translating organizational goals into cohesive people strategies that span from initial talent acquisition through career development, performance management, and retention
- Success in this role requires a strategic mindset and hands-on capability across all critical HR functions
- The duties of this role are centered on the employee lifecycle's three core pillars: acquiring, developing, and retaining talent
- By ensuring a smooth transition across these phases, the role enables our workforce to effectively achieve our business goals
- Serve as the primary HR point-of-contact to employees and management on all organizational and people-related matters, acting as both an employee champion and a change agent
- Own and execute the full-cycle recruiting process for all roles within the assigned client groups. This includes developing compelling job specifications, deploying innovative sourcing strategies, conducting interviews, and managing offer negotiations
- Collaborate with the wider HR team to ensure all new hires experience an efficient and positive onboarding process that drives immediate engagement and productivity
- Provide proactive coaching and guidance to managers on performance management best practices, including goal setting, ongoing feedback delivery, and managing performance improvement plans (PIPs)
- Drive annual performance review and calibration processes. Develop and track internal talent pipelines, consulting with leaders on career pathing and succession planning to build internal capability
- Partner with our Talent Rewards team on effective compensation and recognition strategies, utilizing data to ensure pay practices are competitive, compliant, and drive employee retention
- Manage and resolve sensitive and complex employee relations issues, conducting thorough and objective investigations as required to maintain a fair and productive workplace
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to daily management of employees, ensuring adherence to all federal, state, and local labor regulations
- Analyze HR metrics (e.g., turnover, engagement scores, recruitment time-to-fill) to identify trends and develop proactive initiatives that promote a positive, inclusive, and high-performing culture
Our take
Content is king and Wattpad has managed to create a platform that aggregates the most loved original writing content in the world, turning the traditional publishing industry on its head.
Where authors used to submit drafts to dozens of publishing houses in the hope of getting some eyeballs on their work, Wattpad opened up the process to millions of young authors by letting them easily submit their work, and fostering a community around their software that offers feedback and help.
The e-reading platform is now looking to double down on its strategy of taking its user-generated fiction and turning it into successful intellectual property upon which original series and movies can be based. However a significant challenge for Wattpad is in producing original, marketable content from its platform given the popularity of fanfiction, stories which are based on existing intellectual property.
Another challenge for Wattpad is the current economic conditions which have affected much of the tech sector and are not sparing digital publishing. Having shelved bold plans for the future it also laid off 15% of its workforce in March 2023. Having realigned for its current business needs however, it is now well placed to weather the current market downturn.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2018
$51m
LATE VC
Apr 2014
$46m
SERIES C
Total funding: $117.8m
Company benefits
- Full health benefits
- Career development & Mentorship opportunities
- RRSP matching
- Generous parental Leave top-up
- Flexible hours
- Regular hackathons
- Healthy snacks & drinks
- Your choice of hardware
- Monthly work-from-home allowance
- Beautiful offices in Toronto and Halifax
- Easy access to transit
Company HQ
St. Lawrence, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Allen lau
(CEO)Lau attended University of Toronto where he earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering followed by a master's in the same subject. Thereafter he briefly worked as a software engineer for Brightspark before founding his first notable company, Tira Wireless, a mobile development startup. He is also the co-founder of Two Small Fish Ventures, a fund that invests in Toronto and Waterloo-based early-stage internet companies with strong network effects.
Ivan Yuen
(CSO)Prior to Wattpad, Ivan co-founded FeedM8 and served as the company’s CTO. Before that he was one of the first employees of Tira Wireless, where he helped grow the technical team and developed new and emerging wireless technologies. Ivan graduated from the University of Waterloo with a degree in Computer Engineering and also earned an MBA from the Rotman School of Management.
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