# HRBP, Core Business

**Company:** [Cursor](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cursor)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Organizational Design, Performance Management, Leadership Coaching, Talent Strategy, Employee Relations, Headcount Planning, Team Structure, Calibrations, Promotions, Onboarding
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> Strategic HR Business Partner supporting Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations and People leaders. Focuses on org design, performance management, talent strategy, and building scalable People systems in a high-growth environment.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

### Partner Closely with Functional Leaders
- Act as a trusted advisor to leaders across Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations and People
- Coach managers and leaders on performance, feedback, team health, organizational changes, and leadership effectiveness
- Support high-stakes decision-making and help leaders navigate rapid growth and ambiguity
- Raise the bar on accountability, talent density, and leadership quality across the organization

### Drive Org Design and Talent Strategy
- Partner on org design, headcount planning, team structure, leveling, and mobility
- Help leaders build scalable, high-performing teams with clear ownership and accountability
- Identify organizational gaps and proactively solve for talent, structure, and execution challenges
- Support thoughtful scaling without introducing unnecessary process or complexity

### Own Performance and Employee Experience
- Drive and operationalize performance management, calibrations, promotions, onboarding, engagement, and development programs
- Navigate employee relations and sensitive situations with strong judgment, empathy, and pragmatism
- Ensure high standards are upheld consistently while maintaining a strong employee experience
- Help build lightweight, high-quality systems that scale with the business

### Build and Scale the Function
- Partner cross-functionally with Recruiting, Compensation, Legal, Finance, and People Ops
- Build People infrastructure and operating rhythms from the ground up
- Bring structure, urgency, and follow-through to a fast-moving environment
- Operate with high ownership and jump into tactical work when needed

## What We’re Looking For
- 8–15+ years of experience in HRBP, People Partner, or related leadership roles supporting high-growth organizations
- Strong expertise in organizational design, performance management, leadership coaching, and talent strategy
- Excellent judgment and ability to navigate complex, high-stakes situations
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal structure
- Pragmatic, direct, highly execution-oriented, and deeply collaborative
- Ability to influence senior leaders through credibility and partnership, not process

## You Might Be a Fit If You
- View HR as a core business function, not a support function
- Care deeply about leadership quality, accountability, and talent density
- Prefer simple, high-quality systems over heavy process
- Thrive in fast-moving, high-expectation environments
- Enjoy building from first principles and operating close to the business

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