Senior HR Business Partner

About Lyra Health

Lyra is transforming mental health care through technology with a human touch to help people feel emotionally healthy at work and at home. We work with industry leaders, such as Morgan Stanley, Uber, Amgen, and other Fortune 500 companies, to improve access to effective, high-quality mental health care for their employees and their families. With our innovative digital care platform and global provider network, nearly 20 million people can receive the best care and feel better, faster. Founded by David Ebersman, former CFO of Facebook and Genentech, Lyra has raised more than $900 million.

Lyra is recruiting a Senior HR Business Partner role to assist with People / HR department for Lyra International. Reporting to the Group People Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the company’s period of growth and change and be a role model for the expected behaviours and attitudes.

This role can be based fully remote in Switzerland, Germany, France or Netherlands.

• Becoming the point of contact for all European integration related activities and building strong relationships with the local teams and the People Team to disseminate information and ensure due diligence is timely and issues raised and escalated where needed.
• With support from the management team, assist in the implementation of the People strategy, through various initiatives.
• Provide guidance, where needed, in a full range of people-centric activities including policies and procedures, terms and conditions of employment, absence management, talent development and retention, performance management, employee relations, employee reward, learning and development, health and welfare and compliance requirements.
• Lead talent development initiatives, succession planning, and leadership coaching to identify and nurture high-performing employees
• To head cases of dispute, disorder, discipline, performance and grievances in a timely manner in accordance with company values, policies and team values while being local governmental guidance abiding.
• Build and maintain close and effective working relationships at all levels of the organisation and subsidiaries, including the ability to support the communication of complex, sensitive and contentious information.
• To handle controlled data, always ensuring security in line with company policies and accreditations.
• Ensure the sharing of accurate and timely information within the team. 
• Support, where needed, the preparation and maintenance of online and hard copy personnel files in line with changes, and to ensure new employees have all HR documentation required, ensuring adherence to company policy and legislation.
• Responsible for providing timely and accurate reporting of data to Payroll, HR shared documents, Workday, Deel, In house trackers and 3rd party benefit schemes where necessary.
• Collaborate with the compensation team to ensure competitive salary structures, manage benefits programs, and advise on compensation decisions.
• To provide support and lead (where appropriate) various projects and events throughout the year to support the People Strategy. 
• Facilitate change management initiatives, design and implement organizational development programs to improve team effectiveness and engagement.
• To ensure adherence to local employment legislation in a multitude of countries by building relationships locally and seeking guidance from our employment counsel when appropriate.

• HR related degree or similar professional qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years working in a similar role with a complex business.
• Must have excellent IT literacy skills, particularly in the google stack.
• Practical experience of EU employee legislation is vital, especially Swiss employment regulations.
• Previous experience of HR systems – Workday, Sage and Deel are advantageous but not essential.
• Fluent in German, French, Italian and English.

• Will recognise that they are part of a wider team. Looks to understand how their role adds value to the whole of Lyra International.
• Is honest, loyal, and full of integrity.
• Takes ownership and is a pragmatic problem solver.
• Ability to ensure accuracy of data and maintain confidentiality, with a doubt-free attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to follow procedures accurately and record actions taken at all stages.
• Is passionate, enthusiastic, and excited about the opportunity, recognising where they can add value to the rest of the People Team and Lyra as a whole.
• Ability to work as part of a team and accept change readily.
• Ability to work independently whilst ensuring key issues are escalated as appropriate.
• Flexible and adaptable to a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work to deadline and under pressure.

"We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information or any other category protected by law.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed as per the Lyra Health Workforce Privacy Notice. Through this application, to the extent permitted by law, we will collect personal information from you including, but not limited to, your name, email address, gender identity, employment information, and phone number for the purposes of recruiting and assessing suitability, aptitude, skills, qualifications, and interests for employment with Lyra.  We may also collect information about your race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which is considered sensitive personal information under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and special category data under the UK and EU GDPR.  Providing this information is optional and completely voluntary, and if you provide it you consent to Lyra processing it for the purposes as described at the point of collection, for example for diversity and inclusion initiatives.  If you are a California resident and would like to limit how we use this information, please use the Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information form.  This information will only be retained for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described above. Please note that Lyra does not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the CPRA. Outside of the United States, for example in the EU, Switzerland and the UK, you may have the right to request access to, or a copy of, your personal information, including in a portable format; request that we delete your information from our systems; object to or restrict processing of your information; or correct inaccurate or outdated personal information in our systems. These rights may be subject to legal limitations. To exercise your data privacy rights outside of the United States, please contact globaldpo@lyrahealth.com. For more information about how we use and retain your information, please see our Workforce Privacy Notice."