Strategic Business Partner -- Technology & Product -- (Remote, United Kingdom)

This is a full time remote role for people in the United Kingdom only.

Reports to: Director, People Business Partnering

This is an exciting opportunity to join our already strong People Business Partnering function at Grafana Labs. You will report to our Director of People Business Partnering and form a critical part of our R&D Business Partnering team supporting the global design, implementation and drive of our People strategy, all while helping us maintain our culture as we scale. 

Our ideal candidate will comfortably drive the strategic people planning process for the R&D org and cross-functionally partner with our people managers on their priorities, needs and business goals. You will need to understand the interplay between talent, culture and business needs and have the experience to navigate and make an impact on those objectives.  If you love variety, a broad scope and have a passion to work with leadership to drive real change in the business, this role may be for you.

The responsibilities listed below are a sampling of the projects you would help to support and lead. 

What you will be responsible for:

• You will partner directly with our R&D management and leadership teams building trusted advisor status with key stakeholders
• You will design and lead the strategic talent agenda for the global R&D function in partnership with our CTO, VP Product and wider Leadership team
• You will identify needs, gaps and opportunities within current processes and policies as well as partner to ensure sustainable and scalable processes are created
• You will support the international People team by acting as the local expert for UK based projects and initiatives
• You will support new and experienced people managers across the R&D function to ensure we build a strong and consistent approach to people management 
• You will partner with our People team to deliver our annual People processes surrounding talent and performance, workforce management, attrition data, compensation analysis and learning & development initiatives 
• You will have the professional knowledge to actively contribute to the enhancement and delivery of these processes, as well as provide your experienced perspective on how to improve Grafana initiatives on an ongoing basis

What are we looking for?

• Ideally you’ll have done this before—you have experience in a high-growth scaling environment; you will also have experience partnering with R&D management teams at a strategic level
• You are process oriented and enjoy creating structure where there may be ambiguity and are skilled at finding creative solutions to non-obvious problems
• You will handle a wide range of complex and highly sensitive employee issues and will maintain confidentiality at all levels of the organization
• You are an excellent communicator in all channels (in-person, over Zoom, in Slack) and you’re able to garner strong working relationships as a result 
• You are a people-person and problem solver at heart - you are able to take your passion for helping others and identifying problems to ultimately define solutions and drive impact all via a high say/do ratio
• You appreciate working in a team through competing priorities and are able to use your initiative and creative problem solving to confidently manage decision-making  
• Ideally you have experience of working remotely and internationally coordinating with team members globally and understand the challenges and opportunities of remote work and communication
• You will be highly approachable while successfully being able to provide a customer service approach to your role ensuring that everyone, locally and internationally, views you as a “go to” person for your business and function

In the United Kingdom, the base compensation range for this role is £78,000 - £95,000.  Actual compensation may vary based on level, experience, and skillset as assessed in the interview process. Benefits include equity, bonus (if applicable) and other benefits listed here.*Compensation ranges are country specific. If you are applying for this role from a different location than listed above, your recruiter will discuss your specific market’s defined pay range & benefits at the beginning of the process.