People Partner

Backlight Sweden - Onsite

The People Team is a strategic partner to Backlight and supports all people to accomplish their goals.  We strive to create an environment where every employee is treated with respect, can grow & develop, and feels a sense of belonging. 

We are a matrixed team with the goal of supporting a globally distributed organization, we need to focus both functionally and geographically to support it.

Mission of the role

Be a strong partner to our team, be able to manage volume and complexity while also supporting our people so that they can always do their best work. 

Be a champion and advocate of our mission, values, and culture by developing and implementing innovative ways to bring them to life and foster employee engagement in a global and distributed team environment.

This role is based on our Stockholm Office,  you will support the Backlight Sweden team plus additional European teams in all HR initiatives.

What you’ll do:

• Handle day-to-day HR operations of the business for all HR initiatives and programs, including  time off, contracts, local policies, HRIS administration, Performance review Process, OKRs, procedures and compliance.
• Partner with the Payroll and Benefits team to support with local information and be a liaison with local employees.
• Office Management for the Stockholm Office.
• Develop and deploy initiatives to drive employee engagement and a strong sense of team across the assigned territories.
• Be a steward of our culture through planning company events and employee engagement programs.
• Partner with local managers for all HR services for the teams and territories assigned working hand in hand with the function’s people partner.
• Onboard new hires in assigned territories and/or functions.
• Create all company People Ops material specific to assigned countries for Intranet and distribution (Benefits, specific policies and procedures).
• Partner with our People Team to cultivate our unique culture and implement innovative people development programs that support the local team.

You will bring:

• 3+ years of experience in a generalist HR role, were you have managed a broad spectrum of HR subject areas
• 2+ years of experience executing full recruitment life cycle for software development roles.
• Experience implementing and administering projects within HR (Performance Review, Onboarding, Training, Recruiting)
• Experience from Swedish labor law and how to build and maintain employee relations
• Developed interpersonal-, presentation, persuasion, and communication skills
• Ability to work in teams on a virtual basis and drive influence in a matrix organization
• Proficient in Swedish and experience in business English
• French business fluency highly preferred
• Experience using HRIS tools, UKG highly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools and or Google Workspace.

We look forward to your application with CV in English

About Backlight

Backlight is a media technology holding company that has acquired award-winning software businesses in video content ideation, production, post production, distribution and analysis.

Video-forward organizations rely on Backlight’s technology and team to solve their mission-critical business and operational challenges.

Backed by leading growth equity investment firm PSG, Backlight has scaled its revenue, team and solutions rapidly with the acquisition of five, fast-growing media technology brands: ftrack, iconik, Celtx, Zype and Wildmoka.