Senior HR Business Partner
About this role
About the Role
What you'll do
- Partner closely with Go-to-Market leaders on team effectiveness, organizational design, workforce planning, performance and compensation management, and employee development.
- Own and support key employee lifecycle processes, including leaves, offboarding, employee relations, and other People Operations initiatives.
- Lead and contribute to high-impact People programs such as manager development, career growth frameworks, engagement initiatives, and performance reviews.
- Use data, AI, automation, and operational excellence to streamline workflows, improve employee experience, and enable the People team to focus on high-value work.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of progressive HR experience, including experience as an HR Business Partner in a high-growth environment.
- Proven experience supporting Go-to-Market functions and a genuine interest in partnering with these organizations.
- Strong knowledge of Canadian employment law and HR practices
- A hands-on approach with the ability to balance strategic partnership and operational execution.
- Experience using AI, automation, and data to improve people programs and processes.
- Strong coaching, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
Why join us?
- We are mission-driven: we work collaboratively towards our shared vision of improving scientific communication and accelerating scientific discovery. BioRender figures have appeared in more than 54,000 publications!
- BioRender is loved by millions: We have a world-class NPS and a community of loyal fans and users in 200+ countries!
- Our company is backed by top investors and accelerators like Y Combinator, and we are on a growth trajectory comparable to many top-performing SaaS companies
- We’re remote-first with team members across Canada and the U.S., offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere.
Company at a glance
BioRender is a Toronto-based startup founded in 2017 by Shiz Aoki, Katya Shteyn, and Ryan Marien with a mission to accelerate science by empowering all scientists to quickly and easily communicate their research. The company has built a comprehensive library of icons and templates spanning over 30 fields of biology, positioning itself as the Adobe or Canva for science. BioRender is backed by Y Combinator and other investors, and has grown to serve users in over 100 countries worldwide. Led by CEO and Co-founder Shiz Aoki, who previously served as Lead Medical Illustrator for National Geographic, the company combines scientific expertise with design innovation to make scientific visualization accessible to researchers globally.
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