What You'll Do The Director, People Partner will be a strategic advisor and partner to senior leaders within Customer and Compliance Operations (CCO), driving a, scalable, and inclusive organization. Reporting to the Senior Director, People & Culture (India), you will develop HR strategies that align with our goals, including organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, and change management. You possess ability to challenge and Influence senior leadership. You will lead People team based in Pune and Noida locations, ensuring understanding of Avalara’s Go Global strategy while promoting a, people-first culture. What Your Responsibilities Will Be Strategic Partnership & Leadership Influence Be a trusted advisor to global and local CCO leadership, providing data-driven insights to enhance people and our decisions. Influence senior business leaders, ensuring proactive approaches to people-related challenges with a long-term, strategic focus. Assess organizational health, diagnose root causes of people challenges, and implement solutions. Advocate for a culture by creating unique talent strategies that strengthen Avalara’s values and goals.Organizational Design & Change Leadership Design and implement scalable organizational structures that help expand CCO, ensuring understanding of Avalara’s Go Global strategy. Lead organizational effectiveness programs, ensuring CCO remains, efficient, and prepared for sustained growth. Lead change management efforts, providing leaders with the tools and strategies to navigate business transformations and workforce shifts.Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning Shape comprehensive workforce planning strategies in collaboration with Talent Acquisition, anticipating future talent needs. Create diverse leadership pipeline within CCO by identifying important leadership positions and implementing leadership programs to promote management capabilities.Data-Driven Insights & HR Operational Excellence Develop HR analytics and dashboards to deliver proactive, data-driven insights to business leaders. Use HR technology and automation to enhance efficiency, refine HR operations, and improve the employee experience.People Team Leadership & Culture Development Lead a team of People Partners and HR Generalists, ensuring the delivery of HR support to CCO teams across India. Champion Avalara’s Success Traits, promoting an environment of collaboration, innovation, and learning. Promote a culture of inclusion, engagement throughout the organization. What You'll Need to be Successful 15+ Years of Experience HR leadership experience with global organizations. Expertise in HR business partnering, organizational design, and change management at a senior level. Use HR data and insights to inform decision-making. Challenge senior leadership while driving strategic HR programs. Experience leading and developing HR teams to ensure growth. Experience with workforce planning, talent development, and HR operational excellence. #LI-Onsite How We'll Take Care of You Total Rewards In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. Health & Wellness Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. Inclusive culture and diversity Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. What You Need To Know About Avalara We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech. We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world. We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too. We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.