HRBP Director, Engineering and Product in Toronto

About Index Exchange

Index Exchange is a globally trusted independent supply-side platform, powering intelligent decisioning that maximizes value for media owners. As a neutral, conflict‑free exchange, we help media owners connect more effectively with the world’s leading brands, enabling marketers to achieve stronger performance while advancing efficiency, transparency, and quality across the programmatic ecosystem. With more than 20 years of industry leadership, we continue to accelerate the ad technology evolution by applying intelligence closer to the impression and reducing waste across the supply chain. Through radically transparent practices and exceptional standards, we deliver long‑term value for media owners, marketers, and partners worldwide.

What’s it like to work at Index?

Index is an exciting and fast‑paced place to work. You'll be able to feed your ambition, lean into trust and transparency, and feel genuine support from your colleagues. We’re built on our core values and live them each day. They’re not just buzzwords. We pride ourselves on our independence and openness, not only in our technology, but in our teams, too. Our diverse and inclusive culture celebrates how we can leverage our unique differences to help drive Index forward. We have more than 550 Indexers around the globe dedicated to building a safe and transparent marketplace that provides a trusted experience for consumers, and we’re looking for talented professionals to help take us to the next level. Are you ready to join the programmatic evolution?

In this role, you will operate at a strategic level, enabling and empowering leaders to own their people agenda while providing expert guidance on the moments that matter most.

Here’s What You’ll Be Doing:

• Lead the people strategy for Engineering and Product, aligning talent priorities with business goals to enable performance, innovation, and sustainable growth.
• Partner with globally distributed senior leaders (VP/C‑suite) to shape org design, workforce planning, and leadership capability, while also supporting them through people decisions and trade‑offs.
• Act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders at all levels, strengthening leadership capability, decision‑making, and team effectiveness.
• Drive organizational effectiveness within high‑performing technical teams, enabling scalable structures, clarity, and accountability.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, providing risk‑based guidance, coaching, and resolution strategies while ensuring compliance with employment laws and company policies.
• Champion a high‑performance, inclusive culture by coaching leaders to build diverse, engaged, and high‑impact teams.
• Own and evolve the employee experience by identifying trends, diagnosing challenges, and implementing scalable, data‑driven solutions.
• Leverage people analytics and insights to inform decision‑making, influence strategy, and measure impact of HR programs.
• Partner with Engineering and Product leaders to deliver career development frameworks, capability building, and learning strategies for technical talent.
• Influence and lead change management initiatives, ensuring successful adoption of organizational and cultural transformations.
• Provide expert guidance on HR policies, practices, and governance, ensuring consistency, scalability, and compliance across global teams.
• Collaborate across the People team (Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, L&D, etc.) to deliver integrated, end‑to‑end talent solutions across the employee lifecycle.

What You’ll Bring:

• Significant experience as a senior HR business partner supporting Software Engineering and product leadership and organizations in a high‑growth, global environment.
• Strong knowledge of global employment law, labor standards, and HR best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels, balancing long‑term planning with hands‑on execution.
• Proven track record of influencing senior leaders and building credibility quickly in complex, fast‑paced environments.
• Deep expertise in organizational design, talent strategy, and leadership coaching.
• Data‑driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into actionable recommendations and measurable outcomes.
• Strong business acumen with a clear understanding of how people strategy impacts business performance.
• Extensive change management and transformation experience.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment.
• Self‑starter with a proactive, solutions‑oriented approach and strong sense of ownership.
• HR designation (e.g., CHRP, CHRL) or equivalent experience preferred.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents.
• Paid time off, health days, and personal obligation days plus flexible work schedules.
• Competitive retirement matching plans.
• Equity packages.
• Generous parental leave available to birthing, non‑birthing, and adoptive parents.
• Annual well‑being allowance plus fitness discounts and group wellness activities.
• Employee assistance program.
• Mental health first aid program that provides an in‑the‑moment point of contact and reassurance.
• One day of volunteer time off per year and a donation‑matching program.
• Monthly town halls and regular community‑led team events.
• Multiple resources and programming to support continuous learning.
• A workplace that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.

Equal employment opportunity:

At Index Exchange, we believe that successful products are built by teams just as diverse as the audience who uses them. As such, we are committed to equal employment opportunities. We celebrate diversity of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Additionally, we realize that diversity is deeper than any status or classification—diversity is the human experience. For those who show grit, passion, and humility—Index will welcome you.

Accessibility For Applicants With Disabilities:

Index Exchange welcomes and encourages individuals with disabilities to apply to work with us. If you require an accommodation, please share the details of your request and any information how we can assist you with the hiring recruiter when they contact you. Index Exchange will make reasonable efforts to ensure accommodation requests are met throughout the recruitment process.

Index everywhere, Index anywhere:

Our corporate headquarters are in Toronto, with major offices in New York, Montreal, Kitchener, London, San Francisco, and many other global cities. As a major global advertising exchange, we are committed to operating as a tightly knit global team and embracing and empowering talent wherever our colleagues may be.