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# Senior People Business Partner (Remote Canada) at Optro

- **Company:** Optro
- **Location:** Canada
- **Compensation:** $128k–$176k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/optro/67cc4b92-62d7-4e6c-9028-724f600d9fb2

## Job description

## Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on [G2.com](http://G2.com) and Gartner Peer Insights.

At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!

## Why This Role is Exciting

As a member of the People Business Partner team, you’ll have the opportunity to partner with leaders, managers, and employees in our Customer Advisory Services, Finance, and Legal organizations to align our people strategy with our business strategy. In this role, you will act as a resource and advisor to employees, fostering trust through the application of clear HR processes, developing leadership capability, and offering coaching and support through all phases of the employee lifecycle. You will partner across the broader People team and with internal stakeholders to guide activities including performance and talent reviews, compensation planning, performance management, career development, leadership coaching, organizational design, headcount planning, and employee relations to support a growing and dynamic organization.

Attributes to a Successful Candidate This is an ideal role for someone who is excited about driving high-performing teams and contributing at both hands-on and strategic levels, fostering an inclusive and engaging culture where all employees are empowered to do their best work. A successful candidate:

- Demonstrates a deep customer obsession, earning the role of a trusted, reliable partner for the leaders and employees of their client organizations.
- Has a proven ability to coach, partner with, and influence senior leadership, including stakeholders with varying needs.
- Embraces collaboration and believes that the best work is done when we win together - communicates often with peers, socializes work with key stakeholders, and manages change with empathy.
- Values constant innovation - is resourceful, execution-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced environment, all while handling multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Is excited by the opportunity to roll up their sleeves and balance strategy with execution.

Required Skills

- 8+ years of HR experience, including at least 5 years as a People Business Partner supporting senior leadership in fast-paced, scaling organizations.
- Deep HR expertise with a strong working knowledge of state and federal employment laws and best practices.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to distill complex, ambiguous situations into simple, clear, and actionable strategies.
- Data-driven mindset, with experience leveraging people metrics and insights to design and execute impactful talent strategies that align with business goals.

## Preferred Skills

- Experience supporting global, matrixed teams within the technology or SaaS sector.
- Prior experience partnering with Customer Success, Support, and Professional Services organizations.

## Perks (Canada)

- Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!
- Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo (USD) for anything that enhances your life
- Comprehensive employee health and life insurance coverage
- Competitive compensation & bonus program
- Statutory vacation + Flexible vacation
- Time off for your birthday & volunteering
- Employee resource groups
- Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!

*perks may vary based on eligibility/location

Our Company Values

- Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.
- Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.
- Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.
- Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.
- Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.

We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.

Privacy Notice for Candidates When you apply for a role at Optro, we collect and process personal data including your contact details, resume, work history, and application responses to evaluate your candidacy. For full details on how we collect, use, and protect your data — including your rights under GDPR, UK GDPR, and US state privacy laws and other applicable data protection laws — please review our [Candidate Privacy Notice](http://optro.ai/candidate-privacy-notice).

- Use of AI in Recruitment: Optro may use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to assist in the screening and evaluation of applications, including resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make final hiring decisions — all assessments are reviewed by our human recruitment team. You may opt out of AI-assisted screening at any time without impact to your candidacy by contacting privacy@optro.ai.
- Interview Recording: Optro may use recording and transcription technology during interviews. You will be notified before any recording begins and may opt out at any time without affecting your candidacy.
- Background Checks: Background checks are required for this role. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.

Optro does not sell candidate personal data. Questions? Contact Optro's Privacy Team at privacy@optro.ai.

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## About Optro

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Optro is an AI-powered GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) system of action that unifies audit, risk, infosec, and compliance into a single, connected platform, trusted by over 50% of the Fortune 500.
- **Entity Type**: Public Company (ticker not specified in available sources)
- **Headquarters**: Cerritos, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Not publicly available in the provided sources (known previously as AuditBoard)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software, serving audit, risk management, infosec, and compliance teams.
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large enterprises and regulated industries; over 50% of the Fortune 500 are customers.
- **Mission or purpose**: "To redefine GRC through a single, AI-powered system of action." [optro.ai](https://optro.ai/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **Optro Platform (GRC System of Action)**: A unified SaaS platform that integrates internal audit, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, IT/cyber risk, and AI governance into one shared workflow environment.
  - **Audit Module**: Tools for audit planning, documentation, evidence collection, and reporting.
  - **Risk Module**: Enterprise and operational risk tracking, threat landscape visualization.
  - **Compliance Module**: Regulatory requirement monitoring, control management, SOX compliance.
  - **Infosec Module**: Cybersecurity framework management and autonomous testing.
  - **AI Governance Module**: Guardrails and oversight for responsible AI adoption. [optro.ai](https://optro.ai/) [optro.ai/blog/what-is-optro](https://optro.ai/blog/what-is-optro)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in available sources.
- **Key Metric**: Trusted by over 50% of the Fortune 500; named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for GRC Tools, Assurance Leaders and a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q2 2026.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed in the provided search results; the company is public.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 637 employees with a monthly growth rate of +5.1% (LinkedIn). Recognized on the Deloitte Fast 500 for seven consecutive years. Active job postings: 39, with monthly posting growth of +5.4%. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/optro) [optro.ai/careers](https://optro.ai/careers)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified platform** replacing fragmented point solutions for audit, risk, and compliance, reducing redundant controls by 64% and risk assessment completion time by 33%.
- **AI-native architecture** (agentic GRC) that moves beyond static record-keeping to real-time risk intelligence and autonomous testing.
- **Deep enterprise penetration** (over 50% of Fortune 500) creates a strong switching cost and network effect in the GRC ecosystem.
- **Industry recognition**: Top-rated on G2 and consistently named a Leader by Gartner and Forrester. [optro.ai](https://optro.ai/)

## Strategic Focus
- **AI governance and agentic GRC**: Building guardrails and autonomous capabilities to help enterprises adopt AI responsibly while managing new risk vectors.
- **Connected risk intelligence**: Shifting from siloed oversight to a dynamic, decision-ready view of enterprise risk across all governance functions.
- **Expanding platform capabilities** to deepen integration between audit, risk, infosec, and compliance workflows. [optro.ai](https://optro.ai/) [optro.ai/blog/what-is-optro](https://optro.ai/blog/what-is-optro)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture and values**: Core values guide decisions and shape culture; employee resource groups (ERGs) include Women of Optro (WOO) and Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging (DIBs). A Culture Committee drives engagement and community impact.
- **Work model**: Hybrid and remote roles available (e.g., "Remote USA" positions in engineering and GTM automation). Global presence across 10 countries including US, UK, Canada, Germany, Poland, and Netherlands.
- **Benefits and perks**: Competitive salary, health and wellness benefits (including hormonal and family-building support), mental health support via Headspace, retirement plans, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off, parental leave, monthly wellness stipend, and professional development programs (workshops, mentoring).
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on innovation in AI and GRC technology; roles include Senior Software Engineer II (AI Developer Experience) and Engineering Manager (AI Applications). Technical team makes up ~16% of workforce.
- **Growth trajectory**: Fast-growing public company with consistent recognition on Deloitte Fast 500, offering opportunity to work on cutting-edge risk and compliance challenges at scale. [optro.ai/careers](https://optro.ai/careers) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/optro)

## Sources
1. [Optro Website](https://optro.ai/)
2. [Optro About Us](https://optro.ai/about-us)
3. [Optro Careers Page](https://optro.ai/careers)
4. [Optro LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/optro)
5. [What is Optro? Blog Post](https://optro.ai/blog/what-is-optro)

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