Senior People Business Partner
Partners strategically with Engineering and Product leaders to improve organizational health, manager effectiveness, leadership capability, and team design as technical organizations scale. Requires extensive People Business Partner or organizational development experience in a technical environment.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Diagnose the health of supported R&D organizations and identify trends, capability gaps, and organizational priorities.
- Coach engineering and product managers on performance management, expectations, feedback, and early issue resolution.
- Coach managers and senior leaders through growth, change, and complex organizational challenges.
- Lead organizational design, team-structure, and succession-planning initiatives.
- Design leadership-development programs and offsites with measurable learning outcomes.
- Measure program and process effectiveness and adjust based on data.
- Partner closely with the global HR team to provide a consistent employee-support experience.
- Use modern tools, including AI tools such as Claude, to improve organizational-health diagnosis and manager effectiveness.
Requirements
- 12+ years partnering with senior leaders as a People or HR Business Partner or in organizational development, or 8+ years with an advanced degree in a related field.
- Experience in infrastructure, security, developer tools, or a similarly technical product environment.
- Deep experience supporting Engineering and Product organizations and understanding how R&D teams operate.
- Experience supporting technical organizations through rapid scaling.
- Track record of developing senior leaders and coaching managers.
- Strength in organizational design, succession, change management, and program-effectiveness measurement.
- Ability to influence senior leaders and provide candid guidance without formal authority.
- Sound judgment regarding confidentiality, HR involvement, and aggregate team-health data.
Benefits
- Extensive health coverage
- Annual expense budget
- Rest and recovery policies
- Retirement savings plans
- Professional development opportunities
Skills
Organizational Design, Succession Planning, Change Management, Performance Management, Leadership Development, Manager Coaching, Organizational Development, People Analytics, Program Measurement, AI Tools
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