Senior People Strategist - Belfast, United Kingdom - Rapid7

Rapid7

Verified Company

Belfast, United Kingdom

2 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Senior People Strategist
A role with Rapid7 is not just another job opportunity.

It is the chance to work with a hyper growth company in the fast paced IT sector, where employees are empowered to impact how we operate as a business, gaining visibility and taking their career to the next level.

As part of our continued growth, we are looking for a high performing, people-focused individual to join our People Strategy team to join us in implementing and continuously improving our innovative people strategy programs.

About the Team

The People Strategy team is, at its core, obsessed with bringing out the best in our people to achieve transformational growth within themselves and for Rapid7 because we believe that our people are the lifeblood of our company and central to achieving our mission.

We do this through a proactive People Strategy partnership model that starts with a deep understanding of our business, our culture and our people.

About the Role

Reporting to the Director of People Strategy, the Senior People Strategist will act as a strategic business partner across the business to build key people initiatives and partner with leaders on both day-to-day people issues and strategic initiatives while working in a rapidly growing fast paced environment.

In this role, you will:

Be the primary People Strategy point of contact to the teams you support.
Be the people expert, working closely with leaders as they work on growing and developing their teams.
Partner with managers to proactively diagnose and communicate trends around people and team issues (ie engagement, retention, collaboration) and support the development of solutions to address them
Act as a coach and partner to managers to strengthen and support their skills in performance coaching, handling difficult conversations, get well plans and employee relations challenges (in compliance with local laws).
Partner with People Strategy leadership team to drive the execution of the employee lifecycle including performance management, merit and bonus planning, promotions and internal transfers and exits/terminations.
Deliver with a consistent focus on building a highperforming culture of growth and development through effective leadership, communication and feedback
Collaborate with People Strategy team and business leaders to ensure that employee initiatives are in line with and reinforce our company's culture and core values

The skills you'll bring include:

Incredible focus on reaching positive customer outcomes.
Proven experience working in People Strategy/HR, Organizational Development, Talent Consulting or a related field
Passionate about understanding and optimizing the day to day experience of our people, and are their to help guide our employees through their journey
Experience coaching managers, managing challenging team dynamics and building alignment through effective communication
A balance of business acumen, empathy, relationship building, and courageous dialogue with unquestionable integrity
Demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders
A natural influencer and problem solver. People are comfortable around you, want to follow your lead and hear your perspective
Approaches challenges with a learning mindset you are not afraid to try something different and learn from your mistakes
Proactive, selfmotivated and has a strong personal ownership of problem resolution.
Handles ambiguity well actually thrives in it
Experience working on a multinational/global level is highly advantageous.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation.

Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web.

We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research-using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attackers methods.

Trusted by more than 10,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what's next.

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