Director of People Partnerships

Company DescriptionTurnitin has offices in Australia, India, Indonesia, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our diverse community of colleagues are all unified by a shared desire to make a difference in education. Come join us, and let's make change together.**Job Description**:Turnitin is seeking to hire a Director of People Partnerships to join our Global People Team. The People Team enables Turnitin to unleash the full potential of ‘One Team’ and culture which, in turn, enables it to deliver its business strategy and purpose.The People Team is split into four verticals:- Global People Partners- Centers of Excellence (COEs)- People Services / HR Shared Services- People Strategy & Operations (PS&O)This role will report to the Global VP, People Partnerships and serve as the regional leader of the People Partnerships Team, a function whose remit is key to our ability to attract, retain, engage and develop the best talent. The incumbent will primarily partner with designated Center Leadership Team members as direct business partner, but will interact (through its team) with all senior leaders across the company to provide strategy and thought leadership related to Employee Relations, Engagement, Inclusion and Acquisition activities. The incumbent will direct and manage a customer centric, proactive and capable team of People Business Partners and People Relations Specialists.- Creates a positive team environment, in which team members’ motivation is central to success. Ensures the team is nurtured, coached, given regular meaningful feedback and proactively developed in order to achieve their potential and deliver their best work. Works closely with the team to inspire innovation and continuous improvement.- Provides management information and summaries of the employee engagement and relations landscape - monthly and quarterly. Conducts reviews and course-corrects, as is needed.- Ensures and creates annual and bi-annual plans/OKRs using COE support with the team to ensure continuous improvements are realized in relation to key metrics like Turnover, Retention, Diversity, etc.- Ensures open flows of communication up, down and sideways, sharing news and information, holding regular team meetings and team events. Ensures that everyone is well informed and up to date with critical items for the People Team.- Develops open and enduring stakeholder relationships with Turnitin Leaders to assist the development and delivery of the People Strategy and link it operationally to business needs, providing personal coaching and guidance/development for Leaders personally and via team.- Works via People Team operating model to ensure Turnitin people at all levels get accurate advice and guidance regarding all aspects of the employee experience, enabling the right decisions to be made at the right time, in keeping with the core values/ spirit of the Company and its strategic aims.- Champions the Company Values and ‘All In’ Cultural Norms, - proactively seeking out occasions and opportunities to highlight Values oriented behaviors and actions and socializing these.- Acts as an escalation point for team and Business Leaders in Employee Relations situations, enables the sign off of organizational design and change plans and any local dismissal decisions by the Chief People Officer.- Drives People related acquisition activities, leading a cross functional team from diligence to onboarding, utilizing the appropriate resources across the business.- Via own team and in close partnership with Turnitin Leaders/Comms and wider People Team members, creates a strategy for employee engagement and relations. In service to this, creates memorable high impact employee engagement initiatives, communication sharing, team building events and social opportunities which support the overarching principle of making Turnitin a great place to work, encouraging open communication, social bonds and deep enduring connections. Actively takes part in driving the regular Employee Engagement measurements/reviews and the resulting proactive action plans (Culture Amp).- Drives positive outcomes toward the Company’s DEI and Social Impact programs, working with stakeholders to ensure all relevant targets and goals are achieved.- Works closely with Stakeholders, the Talent Acquisition Lead and via own team to forecast talent needs and to ensure that a pipeline of exceptional talent is flowing into the organization which meets forecasted needs.- Works closely with Stakeholders, the Talent Development & Culture Team and via own team to harness the L&D opportunities and solutions needed to drive continued improvement and motivation.- Via its own team and the People Relations Team, ensures all relevant contract documentation and innovative policies/ procedures/handbooks etc are in place to enable business needs in relation to employment (a