Nordic HR Director

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Your development is central to us. We have a strong focus on the career and development opportunities of all our people. Everyone has a career advisor who works with you to create a plan and guides you in choosing from the many training opportunities we offer. We welcome you to an inclusive culture characterized by ambition and innovation.

About the job

As Business HR Director for the Nordic region (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland), you will provide overall Human Resources and Talent Management leadership and direction for all business units within your assigned region. You will be a strong business partner with the Nordic GM and the Nordic Leadership Team.

Day-to-day you will:

• Operate in assigned Region in the capacity of a senior and seasoned HR professional.
• You will lead and direct a team of 4 HR professionals, one in each country , ensuring that full scope HR services and support are provided to include, overseeing and coordinating the deliverables to the business units across the Nordic region.
• You will lead from the front, demonstrating strategic, operational, and tactical capabilities; leading business focused initiatives while being hands-on in implementing operational human resources support into action on a day-to-day basis.
• You will develop innovative, broad-based employee relations systems and employee engagement programs, policies, and procedures within a complex, sophisticated, high-paced environment in order to ensure a positive, well-motivated, and stable workforce.
• You will ensure that the people development and capability needs of the organization are provided for and satisfied in partnership with corporate based specialists.
• You will be a confidant to the Area Human Resources Lead and work closely with the European HR Leadership team, functioning as a strong contributor to support the company's growth strategy.
• You will be a business-person with a strong Human Resources background and a focused capability, earned in a highly progressive tech, consulting/professional services organization or high growth firm.
• Facilitate organization and leadership development efforts through working with employees and managers to address root causes of issues. Resolves employee relations issues through a systematic approach.
• Assist senior management in the development of solutions through cultural and process perspective organizational development. Viewed as a strategic business partner, change agent, and member of the line management staff.
• Select, develop, and evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. Specialized consultants will be utilized when necessary; the individual in this position will be expected to "wear many hats" and be project oriented rather than time oriented.
• This individual, through the power of his or her own personality and influencing abilities, will develop strong relationships of trust and confidence with all personnel and leadership.
• This professional will gather and analyze data and will manage performance systems to assure that Avanade is motivating and rewarding a top tier work force within a positive, supportive and rewarding environment.
• You will provide guidance and counsel on human resources matters to ensure that the appropriate human resources issues are understood, the appropriate organizational structures, processes and procedures are developed, and solid action plans are implemented to support the mission, operational plans and competitive strategies of Avanade.
• You will be involved in many senior level Human Resources duties including professional, executive, state-of-the-art employee development programs; diversity and sexual harassment awareness; succession planning, professional training and development; and employee problem resolution.
• You will build and nurture relationships with clients within the company by frequent interaction both in person and by other means of contact.
• Lead in HR Administration, Business Partner, Employee Relations, and Performance Management focus areas. Also, provide Strategic Direction in Creating and Implementing HR Programs

Is this you or could it be you with a little help from our unlimited learning?

You are a confident leader who can understand an entrepreneurial environment and can find commonality rather than differences in approach, needs, culture and practices, and then balance the cost of new ideas and programs. You likely are a "well-rounded" HR generalist, ideally with a broad background of progressive Human Resources experience covering most of the "chairs" of the function and you are comfortable in a role that is both strategic and operational.

Qualifications:

• Ability to be flexible, hardworking, and operations oriented.
• Possess outstanding communication skills supported by a high energy level and a drive to build the best HR environment possible.
• Track record for developing programs and systems that enable organizations to achieve greater performance.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced and ambiguous work environment.
• Conflict Management: steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at listening; can manage tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.
• Decision Quality and Timeliness: makes good decisions based upon a mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment in a timely manner.
• Organizational Agility: knowledgeable about how organizations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the culture of the organization.
• Problem Solving: uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
• Process Management: good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate combined tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can't; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.
• Specific Skill Sets Required Managing remote teams, including: ability to effectively coach and mentor staff; ability to effectively delegate, monitor, and measure results; ability to assess and leverage team member strengths; organizational design; employee relations/issue resolution; Employee Engagement and retention; compensation administration; Performance Management and Evaluation.

You likely possess an undergraduate degree in Business, HR, another related field, or have an equivalent combination of education and experience. An advanced degree is preferred.

A sneak peak of our benefits we offer:

• Management Limitless Learning - Pluralsight, real-time acces to technical and skilled resources globally
• Dedicated career adviser to enable your progression
• Engaged and helpful coworkers genuinely interested in you
• Opportunity to work for Microsoft's Global Alliance Partner of the Year 16 years in a row
• 24,000+ certifications in Microsoft technology
• 90+ Microsoft partner awards
• 19 Gold Competencies
• Flexible workhours, lunch at the office, lot's of social- and sports events.

Did we make you interested? Apply today!

What we offer you

Come for the distinctive experiences you have helping forward-thinking corporations, non-profits, and governments push the boundaries of digital innovation. Stay for the limitless learning opportunities that encourage you to master Microsoft and pursue big ideas. Enjoy ambitious growth for yourself as part of Avanade’s people-first culture with benefits like employee stock purchasing, flexible work arrangements, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and competitive pay