Senior People Business Partner
Serves as a strategic people advisor to go-to-market leaders, shaping organizational design, leadership effectiveness, performance practices, and change initiatives. Requires 7+ years in HR, People, or organizational development and substantial experience partnering with VP-level leaders.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Partner with executives on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and strategic people decisions.
- Diagnose team and organizational challenges and recommend actionable, systems-level solutions.
- Coach leaders and managers through performance management, development, and difficult conversations.
- Lead change management for organizational, strategy, and operating model transitions.
- Improve cross-functional alignment across Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Revenue Operations.
- Advise senior leaders, clarify expectations and roles, and build healthy, high-performing teams.
- Use AI tools to improve analysis, documentation, coaching preparation, and process design.
Requirements
- 7+ years in HR, People, or organizational development.
- At least 3 years working as a People Business Partner directly with VP-level or above leaders.
- Experience partnering with senior leaders across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and/or Revenue Operations.
- Proven ability to influence and build trust with complex or challenging stakeholders.
- Experience with organizational design, performance management, and change initiatives.
- Comfort operating autonomously in ambiguous environments.
- Hands-on use of AI tools to improve how people work, with a point of view on their appropriate use.
Nice-to-haves
- Agency or consulting background.
- Experience at companies with fewer than 1,000 employees.
- Exposure to complex, multi-team organizational change.
- Experience in tech-enabled organizations.
Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary range of $168,000-$208,000 annually.
- Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
- Unlimited and flexible paid time off.
- Generous paid parental and new-child bonding leave.
- Monthly mandatory self-care days.
- Fitness classes, meditation and mindfulness tools, virtual therapy, and family planning assistance.
- Coverage for management training, conferences, workshops, or certifications.
- Hybrid employees within 50 miles of Hover's San Francisco or New York City hubs are expected to work from the local office at least three times per week.
Skills
Organizational Design, Leadership Development, Performance Management, Change Management, Human Resources, People Operations, Coaching, AI Tools
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