[Hiring] Senior HR Business Partner @Linnworks

Role Description

We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join a fast-growing, international scale-up at a critical stage of growth. Based in the US (East Coast time zone, fully remote), this role supports a globally distributed leadership team and our US workforce, as part of an international organization of approximately 200 employees. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments, combines strategic thinking with operational precision, and can confidently partner with senior global stakeholders. You will bring strong commercial acumen, act as a culture builder, and apply deep knowledge of US federal and multi-state employment law in a way that enables speed, clarity, and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Architecture & Organizational Design
  • Partner with Global VPs and Directors to ensure our structure supports our ambitions.
  • Lead organizational design sessions to ensure our teams are lean, high-performing, and structured for speed.
  • Act as a "thought partner" to leadership, offering honest conversations and data-driven insights needed to move the needle.
• The US Legal "Enabler"
  • Use deep knowledge of US federal and state employment law to create solutions that are legally sound and commercially & culturally agile.
  • Oversee the US employee lifecycle, from talent sourcing and onboarding to complex employee relations and investigations.
  • Partner with Payroll, Finance, and benefits providers on US benefits, open enrollment, and compensation benchmarking.
• Culture as a Competitive Advantage
  • Up-level our management layer, teaching them how to drive accountability without sacrificing empathy.
  • Use real-time data to identify friction points in the employee experience and solve them before they become "issues."
• Global-Local Bridge
  • Ensure that global initiatives land perfectly in the US context.
  • Be the voice of our US workforce in global HR conversations, bridging time zones and ways of working.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior HR Business Partner in a scale-up or fast-growth business.
• Strong exposure to international or globally distributed organizations, ideally supporting US teams within a business headquartered outside the US.
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of US federal and multi-state employment law and its practical application in business.
• Experience with US benefits administration, open enrollment, and compensation practices, including FLSA exempt/non-exempt classification.
• SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP or PHR/SPHR certification preferred.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and executives in high-pressure, fast-moving environments.

Requirements

• Commercially driven, with a clear understanding of how HR supports growth and execution.
• A data storyteller: you don't just report on turnover; you explain why it’s happening and what the ROI of the solution will be.
• Comfortable operating at pace while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
• Confident, credible, and able to influence and challenge senior global stakeholders.
• Pragmatic, adaptable, and solutions-focused.
• Excellent communicator in English, comfortable working across time zones, including regular overlap with European colleagues.
• Resilient, proactive, and energized by change & problem solving.

Benefits

• The Pace: We move fast. You’ll need to be comfortable with 80% certainty and 100% action.
• The Ambiguity: Not every process is written down yet. You’ll be the one writing the playbook while we’re playing the game.
• The Stakeholders: You’ll be dealing with high-IQ, high-drive global leaders who value directness, data, and commercial logic.