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Job Summary:

We are seeking a strategic, business-oriented Senior People & Culture Business Partner (PnCBP) to join our high-impact team. This senior-level role is designed for a trusted advisor who thrives at the intersection of business strategy and people strategy—partnering directly with senior executives and leaders at all levels to drive performance, accelerate transformation, and shape a future-ready workforce.

As a core member of the People & Culture team, the Senior PnCBP will serve as the lead partner to one or more key business units, bringing a deep understanding of organizational needs and applying data, insight, and empathy to enable growth. This role will also play a key part in advancing D2L’s AI and people transformation—helping to embed AI acumen into leadership, talent practices, and the overall employee experience.

You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues in Talent Acquisition, Learning & Leadership Development, Total Rewards, and People Operations to deliver integrated, forward-looking people solutions that elevate our impact across the company.

How Will I Make an Impact?

• Strategic Business Partnership:
  • Serve as a key advisor to senior leaders, aligning people strategies with business priorities.
  • Influence organizational design, talent planning, workforce optimization, and strategic decision-making.
  • Build deep understanding of the business, functioning as a proactive thought partner and coach to executive and senior-level leaders.
• Employee Experience:
  • Foster an inclusive, engaging, and purpose-driven employee experience.
  • Use insight and feedback to influence programs that enhance belonging, wellness, and employee connection
• Performance Talent & Leadership:
  • Lead performance enablement processes, including feedback, calibration, and succession planning.
  • Partner with leaders to develop high-potential talent, strengthen leadership capability, and support career development
• Employee Relations:
  • Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations issues, ensuring fair and consistent application of policies and practices.
• Data-Driven Insights:
  • Leverage people analytics to uncover trends, anticipate challenges, and guide action across the people lifecycle.
  • Translate data into compelling narratives that influence leaders and improve decision-making.
• Culture and Change Leadership:
  • Embed D2L’s cultural evolution toward performance, talent density, and innovation through role modeling, coaching, and systemic influence.
  • Drive adoption of enterprise-wide change frameworks and support major transformation initiatives across the organization.
• AI & People Transformation
  • Champion the integration of AI into workforce practices—identifying opportunities to increase productivity, enable new ways of working, and support leaders through change.
  • Act as a translator between people strategy and emerging technology trends to ensure D2L remains competitive, human-centred, and future-ready.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Competencies:

• Working with and influencing at the senior leadership level.
• Natural ability to establish relationships and understand what motivates and engages teams.
• Expert communication skills with an ability to consider impact of actions beyond immediate organizations.
• A solution-based approach to problems. Bonus points for innovation and resilience.
• An ability to extract the story behind metrics and reporting to enable the business to deliver awesome outcomes.
• Experience thriving in a fast-paced, busy, and team-oriented environment.

Skills

• Proven experience as a Senior People & Culture Business Partner, talent leader, or People & Culture advisor in high-growth, transformation-oriented environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence at the executive level and operate with credibility across all levels of leadership.
• A strong business acumen and an instinct for identifying the people levers that drive growth and performance.
• Exposure to or passion for AI tools and digital transformation, with an ability to assess impact and enable adoption across teams.
• Experience designing or deploying people strategies across organization design, culture, leadership, engagement, and change.
• Adept at navigating ambiguity and scaling impact through collaboration, storytelling, and systems thinking.
• A high level of emotional intelligence, resilience, and curiosity to thrive in a dynamic and evolving organization.

D2L Leadership Competencies

• Leads by Example with personal and professional integrity, high accountability and say/do ratio
• Boundaryless collaboration and influence skills both within team, peer group and broader organization. Effective communicator with a proven track record of success.
• Delivers Awesome Outcomes: Strategic mindset and business acumen, with strong prioritization skills and a focus on organizational outcomes vs. team tasks. Effective problem solver, able to achieve results individually and through others, in fast paced, deadline-driven environments.
• Talent Magnet: Talent-focused leader, with demonstrated ability to coach, build and lead a high performing, diverse team.
• Better, Smarter, Faster: An agile learner, with a growth mindset, attention to detail and organizational skills. An operationally minded leader, with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Wins Hearts and Minds: An effective communicator, with the ability to connect the why and the what. A change agent, with proven delegation, motivation, and team building skills.

Suggested Qualifications/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or equivalent HR Management Certificate or the equivalent of 7+ years experience

D2L operates in a Hybrid work-style, with an expectation of 3 days per week in the office