Senior Manager, Human Resources Business Partner BC – Hybrid

For over 50 years, Life Labs has been Canada’s leading provider of laboratory diagnostic information and digital health connectivity systems, enabling patients and healthcare practitioners to diagnose, treat, monitor and prevent disease. We are passionate about empowering healthier Canadians through accessible, accurate, and innovative diagnostic services. We are committed innovators, operating Canada's first commercial genetics lab, and the country's largest online patient portal, with more than 8 million Canadians receiving their results online.

More than 112 million laboratory tests come through Life Labs’ laboratories annually, and our team of more than 6,000 passionate, caring, and diverse professionals works together as one to provide high quality testing and results that Canadians can trust.

We know that behind every lab requisition, sample being tested, or investment in technology is an individual and their family counting on us. At Life Labs, you can make a meaningful impact on Canadians’ lives every day.

Our teams are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Best Employers, reflecting our deep commitment to our core values of caring, agility, teamwork, and a customer-centered approach. As part of this commitment, Life Labs prioritizes the ongoing development of our diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program to better serve the needs of our diverse workforce and the communities we serve.

We continue to take steps to challenge ourselves to act with courage and integrity, and to create an environment where people can be their true selves.

We’re looking for a strategic and collaborative Senior Manager, Human Resources Business Partner to support Life Labs’ Lab Operations, Medical Science, and QRA functions.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted HR partner to senior leaders, providing strategic advice, coaching, and people-focused solutions to help the business achieve its goals. You’ll play a key role in driving organizational effectiveness, building leadership capability, and supporting a positive, high-performance culture. This is an opportunity to leverage your HR expertise, strategic thinking, business acumen, and change management skills to help solve complex people challenges and enable Life Labs’ success.

This posting is for an existing position.

As a Senior Manager, Human Resources Business Partner, you will:

• Strategic Partnership & Consultative HR: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing strategic insights, coaching, and recommendations on complex people matters. Translate business strategy into HR priorities, programs, and solutions. Identify emerging trends and issues to inform decision-making.
• Enable People Strategy & HR Plan: Partner with business leaders to implement the People and Culture strategy, including DEI, Performance, Talent, and Engagement initiatives. Drive continuous improvement and lead HR projects as needed.
• Employee & Labour Relations: Collaborate with the Employee and Labour Relations (ER/LR) team to manage complex employee relations matters, ensure investigations are understood and acted on, and support the implementation of solutions.
• Talent & Workforce Planning: Develop and implement integrated talent strategies, support succession planning and leadership development, and enable team performance to meet current and future business needs.
• Employee Experience & Culture: Champion a positive, inclusive, and high-performance culture. Partner with leaders to drive engagement and provide guidance on people leadership practices.
• Organizational Development & Change Management: Assess business impacts, design and lead organizational and work redesign initiatives, and implement change strategies that enhance adoption while minimizing disruption.

• 10+ years of progressive HR or HRBP experience supporting business leaders, ideally in unionized and/or national organizations.
• University degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with senior leaders, providing coaching, influencing, and actionable…