Head of People & TalentLocation: Remote - Europe or Canada preferredType: About BrandBastionBrandBastion is a global AI-powered social media engagement platform helping some of the world's leading brands manage, understand, and engage with their audiences at scale. We work with global brands including Adobe, Sephora, Uber, and The North Face, combining advanced AI technology with deep expertise in social media engagement and brand safety. Founded in 2013, BrandBastion has grown into a profitable, international SaaS business with a globally distributed team.

We're entering an exciting new phase of growth, expanding our product capabilities and the markets we serve. Head of People & Talent This is not a traditional HR role. We're looking for someone who is passionate about identifying exceptional talent, building high-performing teams, and creating the people strategies and infrastructure that enable a business to scale.

Talent acquisition will be at the heart of your role. You'll take ownership of our recruitment strategy, partner with leaders across the business to define what great talent looks like, and personally drive hiring for critical positions. Beyond recruitment, you'll help shape our organizational structure, compensation strategies, performance management, onboarding, and international employment practices.

Someone who is equally comfortable developing a global compensation framework, interviewing a senior candidate, or figuring out the best way to hire someone in a new country. Lead talent acquisition and build exceptional teams Own BrandBastion's global recruitment strategy and hiring processes, from workforce planning through sourcing, assessment, offers, and onboarding. Personally lead recruitment for strategic and senior positions, including proactive sourcing, interviewing, and closing candidates.

Build strong talent pipelines across Sales, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, AI, Marketing, and Operations. Continuously improve how we source and evaluate candidates, leveraging AI, automation, data, and contemporary recruiting tools.



Act as a trusted advisor on organizational design, leadership capabilities, succession planning, and team effectiveness.

Help leaders make better decisions about team composition, seniority, responsibilities, and reporting structures. Bring market intelligence and an external perspective on talent availability, organizational practices, and compensation. Challenge assumptions constructively and help us maintain a high-performance, accountable organization.

Build and manage our international people operations Develop scalable processes for managing a globally distributed workforce across different countries, employment models, and time zones. Work closely with Finance and external partners to manage international employment arrangements, including direct employment, Employer of Record (EOR) solutions, and independent contractors. Help determine the most effective and appropriate hiring structures when entering new markets.

Oversee people processes across the employee lifecycle, including contracts, onboarding, performance management, role transitions, and offboarding. Ensure appropriate coordination with local legal, payroll, and employment experts to maintain compliant and effective operations. Develop compensation, performance, and career frameworks Design and maintain competitive, commercially sustainable compensation structures across international markets.

Partner with leadership on salary benchmarking, incentive plans, commission structures, and performance-based compensation. Establish clear frameworks for performance reviews, career development, promotions, and compensation adjustments. Help managers set expectations, provide meaningful feedback,



and address performance challenges.

Build thoughtful and consistent practices that support fairness, accountability, and high performance. Build onboarding experiences that help new hires become productive, connected, and successful quickly. Support managers in developing, retaining, and motivating high-performing teams.

Help maintain a strong, collaborative culture across our distributed organization. spanning talent acquisition, people operations, and/or people leadership, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or technology business. A strong track record of personally recruiting exceptional talent, including senior and hard-to-fill roles. Familiarity with different employment models, including EOR providers, international contractors, and direct employees.

Experience designing or improving compensation structures, recruitment processes, performance frameworks, and onboarding programs. Strong commercial judgment and an understanding of how people decisions contribute to business performance. Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the confidence to challenge, influence, and advise senior leaders.

Comfort working with modern HR and recruiting technology, including AI-powered tools and automation. Excellent written and spoken English. You've built or significantly improved the talent and people function at a fast-growing international company.

You started your career in recruitment or talent acquisition and expanded into broader people leadership. You've worked in a globally distributed, remote-first company and understand the complexities that come with it. You care deeply about hiring outstanding people and believe that building an exceptional team is one of the most important drivers of company success.

International scope: Join a profitable, growing SaaS business at the forefront of AI-powered social media engagement. Remote-first flexibility: Help shape our next chapter of growth and develop a people function that can scale with the company. #

📌 Head Of People & Talent (Winnipeg)
🏢 BrandBastion
📍 Winnipeg