Staff People Business Partner

Clio is the global leader in legal AI technology empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter faster and more securely.

We are transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice.

Were seeking a Staff People Business Partner to partner with Clios Finance organization and key frontline leaders across Product (Product Management and Product Design) and Content. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy operational execution and team performance during a period of continued scale maturity and transformation.

As a Staff level PBP you are not simply executing People strategy you are shaping it. You serve as a principal advisor to senior executive leaders across Finance Product and Content influence Clios People programmes at a company-wide level and set the standard for what exceptional People partnership looks like. You bring a multi-year lens to organizational health talent strategy and business transformation anticipating challenges before they surface and driving proactive lasting solutions.

This role is ideal for a seasoned People leader who has operated at the intersection of corporate and R&D functions who speaks the language of Finance and Product fluently and who brings enterprise-level thinking executive presence and deep practitioner craft to every engagement.

You are a senior-level People partner who operates seamlessly between the strategic and the structural capable of shaping system-level organizational thinking while remaining grounded in the realities of execution. You have a proven track record of advising executive and front-line leaders with confidence and you bring a point of view that goes beyond process and compliance to genuine organizational insight and business impact.

You understand how Finance enables scale discipline and financial accountability and how Product and Content leaders define strategy prioritize and deliver. You move fluidly between these contexts building trusted relationships at all levels while holding the organizational People perspective.

You are known for your strong judgment. You navigate the most complex organizational situations with clarity calm and principle. You are a trusted voice across both People and business leadership and you elevate everyone around you.

The People Business Partner team at Clio is responsible for enabling leaders and teams to do their best work while ensuring Clio scales sustainably equitably and compliantly. PBPs partner closely with leaders People Centers of Excellence (Talent Total Rewards TD&L People Ops) and cross-functional teams to deliver thoughtful data-driven people solutions that align with Clios business strategy and values.

Together we help Clio build human and high-performing teams and exceptional leaders.

• Serve as the principal People advisor to frontline and executive leaders across Finance Product and Content operating as a true thought partner on the most consequential organizational decisions.

• Drive the People strategy for your client groups with a multi-year lens connecting business trajectory organizational health and talent imperatives in a coherent integrated plan.

• Influence company-wide People priorities by surfacing patterns risks and opportunities from across your groups translating local insight into org-level recommendations.

• Anticipate second- and third-order organizational effects of strategic decisions before leaders see them and proactively shape plans accordingly.

• Lead complex multi-phase organizational design efforts including operating model transformation large-scale restructures and integration of newly formed or acquired teams across your client groups.

• Serve as the go-to expert on organizational architecture for Finance Product and Content advising on spans and layers structural interdependencies and team operating norms at scale.

• Partner with leaders to define and evolve their organizational models in anticipation of growth market shifts or strategic pivots.

• Apply a systems-level lens to organizational challenges identifying root causes and structural solutions rather than addressing symptoms in isolation.

• Partner with Talent Management and TD&L to support leadership development manager capability and team effectiveness programmes.

• Provide deep ongoing executive coaching to senior leaders up to and including VP and C-suite across Finance Product and Content on leadership effectiveness team dynamics stakeholder management and organizational impact.

• Identify leadership development needs at the senior-most levels and create tailored high-impact development plans in partnership with Talent Development.

• Lead or co-design senior leadership team effectiveness engagements including offsites team diagnostics and sustained effectiveness programs.

• Support succession conversations and contribute to executive talent assessments with depth and rigour.

• Model what exceptional coaching looks like for the broader PBP team sharing frameworks approaches and lessons from the most complex leadership situations.

• Advise on and lead sensitive high-complexity or high-risk employee relations matters across your client groups.

• Lead or oversee complex investigations ensuring outcomes that are fair legally sound and consistent with Clios values and obligations.

• Partner closely with Legal Counsel on matters of significant organizational risk executive conduct or legal exposure.

• Develop and champion ER frameworks investigation standards and escalation protocols that elevate practice quality across the People team.

• Maintain knowledge of employment law across all relevant jurisdictions including cross-border and international employment contexts as Clio continues to grow globally.

• Shape the design and execution of Clios most critical People programs. This includes performance management talent calibration succession planning and total rewards alignment contributing an enterprise-level perspective in combination with Talent Development.

• Lead workforce planning for Finance Product and Content aligning talent supply and demand to multi-year business roadmaps and financial planning cycles.

• Serve as a key voice in talent reviews contributing senior-level assessments of leader readiness critical role risk and organizational capability gaps.

• Translate executive-level strategy into talent implications with precision defining what capabilities headcount and structures the organization will need 12 years out.

• Act as a senior practitioner role model within the PBP team setting the bar for quality of thinking depth of partnership and standard of execution.

• Mentor and coach Senior and mid-level PBPs sharing frameworks reviewing approaches on complex cases and actively developing the next generation of People partners.

• Contribute to the evolution of the People operating model by identifying gaps proposing structural improvements and piloting new approaches within your groups.

• Drive consistency in practice quality across the PBP team through the development of playbooks standards and shared tools.

• Serve as a connector between the People team and the business translating what Finance Product and Content leaders need into team capability and capacity investments.

• Use people data with sophistication moving beyond descriptive analytics to predictive insight proactively identifying organizational risk before it surfaces in leadership conversations.

• Synthesize multi-source data (engagement attrition performance DEI workforce trends) to construct a full picture of organizational health across Finance Product and Content.

• Develop and present executive-ready people insights that influence business strategy not just People programs.

• Establish and champion data standards and reporting practices across the PBP team.

• 10 years of progressive HR / People Business Partner experience with a substantial portion at a senior or Staff-equivalent level supporting complex cross-functional organizations specifically Finance and Product/R&D.

• A demonstrated track record of advising senior executive leaders ideally including C-suite with confidence and impact in high-growth SaaS or technology companies.

• Deep expertise across the full spectrum of People practice: organizational design executive coaching ER and investigations workforce planning talent strategy and performance management.

• Deep experience partnering across Finance and Product/R&D functions with the ability to credibly speak each functions language and understand the distinct operating cadences of both.

• Superior knowledge of employment law across multiple jurisdictions including cross-border and international employment contexts.

• Exceptional executive presence communication and influencing skills you are equally credible in a boardroom a sensitive employee conversation and a People team workshop.

• A systems thinker who sees organizational dynamics holistically not in siloed functional areas.

• Strong data fluency with the ability to translate complex people analytics into executive-level narrative and strategic recommendations.

• High tolerance for ambiguity and a proven ability to lead through organizational change and transformation.

• A collaborative values-driven approach combined with the confidence to challenge push back and hold a point of view when it matters.

• Demonstrated interest in and application of AI tools to elevate People practice and personal productivity.

• Background supporting companies through major inflection points pre-IPO scaling post-merger integration international expansion or significant workforce transformation.

• Experience aligning workforce planning with financial planning cycles in a disciplined high-growth environment.

• Experience building and scaling People practices across multiple geographies and employment jurisdictions simultaneously.

• Background supporting Finance and/or Product and Engineering functions in a pre-IPO SaaS or technology company.

What you will find here:

Compensation is one of the main components of Clios Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture.

Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:

• Competitive equitable salary with top-tier health benefits dental and vision insurance

• Hybrid work environment with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver Calgary Toronto Dublin London New York City and Sydney) to be in office min. twice per week.

• Flexible time off policy with an encouraged 20 days off per year.

• $2000 annual counseling benefit

• RRSP matching and RESP contribution

• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3 5 7 and 10 years

*Our salary bands are designed to reflect the range of skills and experience needed for the position and to allow room for growth at Clio. For experienced individuals we typically hire at or around the midpoint of the band. The top portion of the salary band is reserved for employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. Those who are new to the role may join below the midpoint and develop their skills over time. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

Diversity Inclusion Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility

Our team shows up as their authentic selves and are united by our mission. We are dedicated todiversity equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included valued and enabled to do the best work of their careers wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives skills backgrounds and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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