HR People Partner

TL;DR: Cloudsmith is seeking an additional HR People Partner, providing proactive HR support to employees and managers across the business, building the policies and practices that give the business clarity and consistency, and owning key projects that shape the employee experience as we scale.

About Cloudsmith

Cloudsmith is the world’s most powerful artifact management platform. Software organizations of all sizes rely on Cloudsmith to control and secure their software supply chains. Cloudsmith allows customers to manage curated private repositories that proxy public open-source software registries. Developers use these repositories as their trusted source for build artifacts. We support over 30 formats, including the most popular languages, package managers, operating systems, and AI and container protocols.

We’re aimed at the enterprise, with built-in comprehensive security and advanced features for policy enforcement, integrations, and observability. Customers consider Cloudsmith critical infrastructure, a central part of their software build chain.

Cloudsmith is built by developers, for developers. We treasure the developer experience. The Tao of Cloudsmith expresses the values we live by every day. This is a special company, and now is a great time to join us.

The Role

Reporting to the Director of HR, you'll act as the first point of contact for day-to-day people matters, working alongside our HR Administrator, who handles administrative support so you can focus on partnering-level work.

The Operations team, of which the HR function is a part, works in person at our HQ in Belfast at least one day per week to collaborate face-to-face with colleagues and the HR People Partner will need to be flexible in their approach to office attendance.

Key Responsibilities

Manager Partnering & Employee Relations

• Meeting with people managers regularly on team performance, new hire progress, and ad hoc issues; acting as the primary day-to-day HR contact for managers; advising on performance, conduct, conflict, and sensitive conversations; coaching managers through difficult conversations and team dynamics

• Administering maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave from notification through to return, and keeping HRIS and payroll records accurate throughout

• Coordinating onboarding alongside the HR Administrator to ensure a consistent new hire experience, delivering new hire inductions, and owning offboarding including exit interviews and actioning feedback

Compensation, Benefits & HR Operations

• Day-to-day management of employee benefits across NI, GB, RoI, and the US (pensions, private medical, life assurance, income protection, and more), leading the annual benefits review cycle, and supporting compensation benchmarking alongside Talent Acquisition

• Managing the L&D request and approval workflow, overseeing the Go1 platform at a programme level, and reporting on completions, spend, and impact

Policy, Systems & Analytics

• Supporting the Director of HR in writing and maintaining HR policies across NI, GB, RoI, and US jurisdictions, owning the HR Notion workspace, and leading the annual policy review cycle

• Owning defined HR projects from scoping through delivery, including employee engagement surveys and the US employer portal (planned 2027), and driving continuous improvement of HR processes

• Tracking and reporting on absence, turnover, engagement, and probation outcomes; supporting statutory reporting including Equality Commission / Article 55 returns; maintaining BambooHR data integrity

Who Should Apply / What Skills & Experience You Need

You don't need to tick every box, but the following skills and experience will help you thrive in this role:

Required Experience, Qualities & Skills

• 3-5+ years' experience in a generalist HR role, ideally within the tech sector

• HR-related qualification (CIPD or equivalent) desirable

• Solid knowledge of employment law across NI, GB, and RoI

• Familiarity with US employment and benefits

• Experience with hybrid and asynchronous work practices, and using tools such as Slack in this environment

• Track record of advising managers on employee relations, performance, and conduct issues, including sensitive or escalated cases

• Experience owning benefits administration and/or a benefits review cycle across multiple jurisdictions

• Confident writing and maintaining HR policy, with an eye for clarity and practical usability

• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and competing stakeholders with attention to detail and discretion

• Familiarity with HRIS platforms (we use BambooHR), and comfortable working in a range of platforms such as Notion, Google Workspace

Cultural Values We're Looking For

• Highly organised, proactive, and self-motivated

• Discreet, trustworthy, and dependable

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to coach and challenge managers

• A team player who is easy to work with

• Passionate about improving how things work and confident to be vocal about suggesting changes

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, hybrid environment

• Detail-oriented and accurate in all tasks

• Adaptable and solution-focused

Benefits, Location & Work Environment

Note: You must be based in Northern Ireland, within easy commute to our Belfast City Centre office, and have the right to work independently without requiring sponsorship.

Headlines

• A highly competitive compensation package, including pre-IPO equity.

• Comprehensive private healthcare plans.

• Generous annual leave and flexible working practices to suit your lifestyle.

• A professional development budget for conferences and training.

• Regular (monthly-ish) travel may be required for team meetings.

• Regular (quarterly-ish) travel may also be required for events and customers.

Health and Wellness

Regardless of your location, we deeply care about the health and wellness of our staff and their families; a sustainable pace is important to us. In addition to generous annual leave (PTO), we offer health and well-being benefits and flexible, family-friendly work policies.

Personal Growth

You will have an enormous scope to learn new skills alongside your colleagues, and your continued professional development is essential to us because it's important to you. We will support you with budgets for equipment, training, books, conferences, travel, and certifications. The more powerful you become, the better for all of us.

Facilities

Cloudsmith is headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with fully-equipped office space that’s open 24/7. We use our H.Q. regularly for onboarding new hires, collaborative working and team gatherings. We also hold company off-sites in Belfast twice a year, featuring guest speakers and team activities. Many Cloudsmithers work remotely, so we rely on our online collaboration tools; Slack, Google Docs, Linear, and other popular collaboration tools are how we work.

About Equal Opportunity

Cloudsmith is an equal opportunity employer, proud to nurture a diverse workplace that welcomes applications from individuals of all races, genders, and ethnic groups. We do not discriminate based on age, religion, sexual orientation, citizenship status, military service, or health conditions. We will not tolerate discrimination of any kind within our workforce.