People Partner at Canva

About the Role/Specialty As a Senior People Partner, you’ll operate as a trusted advisor to leaders across our CJKI teams in Beijing. You’ll balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution — supporting leaders through growth, change, and team development while ensuring operational excellence across the employee lifecycle. You’ll bring conceptual and practical expertise in People Partnering, applying sound judgement to complex situations and influencing across stakeholders with minimal guidance. This role requires a strong understanding of China’s employment landscape, cultural context, and compliance frameworks, alongside the ability to align with Canva’s global People strategy. You won’t just support the business — you’ll help shape it.   What you’ll do (responsibilities) • Define clear people strategies and initiatives that align with global people strategy pillars and local business dynamics • Lead and facilitate organisational design, workforce planning, and change initiatives • Partner closely with leaders to drive team performance, engagement, and organizational health. Actively navigate complexity with proper solution • Coach and advise leaders on performance management, employee relations, talent development, and team effectiveness • Contribute and champion global people program design and implementation with local adoption, ensure local nuances are embeded • Ensure compliance with Chinese employment laws and local regulatory requirements while aligning to Canva’s global People practices • Develop country specific policies and guidelines in the context of Global framework • Analyse people data and trends to provide actionable insights that support strategic decision-making • Support employee full lifecycle processes from onboarding, engagement, development, performance cycles, compensation reviews, and offboarding • Lead/own regional CJKI People projects with broader partnership across diverse people functions