LATAM HR Business Partner Lead - TikTok Shop, E-Commerce (Sao Paulo)
Responsibilities
About The Team:
The E-commerce industry has tremendous growth in recent years and as become a hotly contested space amongst leading Internet companies, and its future growth cannot be underestimated. With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users. We aim to bring discovery, inspiration, and joy back to shopping by making TikTok the commerce channel of choice for merchants, creators, and affiliates. With millions of loyal users globally, we believe TikTok is an ideal platform to deliver a brand new and better e-commerce experience to our users. We are looking for passionate and talented people to join our HR team helps fuel TikTok Shop's growth worldwide. We are change agents who enable rapid expansion and bar-raising performance at scale. With colleagues located across the globe, we balance providing targeted support with broad, holistic solutions that inspire creativity across the employee lifecycle.
What You'll Do:
- Strategic Partnership: Act as the primary HR advisor to the LATAM E-Commerce leadership teams, aligning business objectives with talent strategies to drive commercial success.
- Partner with your assigned business unit(s) and ensure a deep understanding of business strategy and implement high-quality HR practices within the team.
- Partner with business team-leaders to help build a strong community that will improve the development of the business.
- Organizational Resilience: Champion change management and foster a culture of resilience, helping leaders and teams navigate ambiguity, rapid growth, and evolving market dynamics.
- Local Market Expertise: Leverage your deep understanding of the Brazilian talent landscape and local labor dynamics to adapt and implement global HR initiatives effectively within the local context.
- Talent & Performance Management: Drive core HR cycles including performance reviews, talent mapping, succession planning, and compensation planning.
- Cross-Border Collaboration: Serve as the crucial bridge between local Brazilian operations and regional/global HR Centers of Excellence, ensuring seamless communication and alignment across time zones and cultures.
- Employee Engagement: Design and execute strategies that foster an inclusive, high-energy, and engaging work environment for the sales organization.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least 5 years of HR experience, with emphasis on organizational development, talent management, management consulting, or as an HR Business Partner ideally supporting commercial, sales, or tech organizations in large, international organization.
- Experience leading or mentoring HR professionals.
- Deep local market expertise, including a strong understanding of Brazilian labor laws, commercial talent trends, and standard methodologies.
- Demonstrated resilience and agility; proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly ambiguous, and matrixed environment.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, particularly when working with diverse, global stakeholders and customers.
- Strong business acumen.
Preferred Qualifications:
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- Experience in HR related to culture and employment laws in other Latin American markets is highly desirable.
- Prior experience working within a global technology, media, or digital advertising company.
- Strong data fluency; ability to analyze HR metrics and translate them into actionable business insights.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive, "builder" mindset.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- HSA
- Life Insurance
- Fitness Subsidies
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- Pet-friendly Office
- Happy Hours
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Company Equity
Professional Development
- Promote From Within
- Access to Online Courses
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Mentor Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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