Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Operations, helping them navigate performance, feedback, and team development challenges.
• Partner with the executive team to shape Axion’s long-term people strategy — advising on culture, engagement, retention, and leadership effectiveness.
• Develop foundational people programs — including performance management, manager enablement, leveling frameworks, and feedback systems — to support scale.
• Establish consistent management rhythms such as goal setting, 1:1 frameworks, and review cycles that drive accountability and growth.
• Enhance end-to-end employee experience, from onboarding through offboarding, ensuring every touchpoint reflects Axion’s values and culture.
• Build scalable feedback loops and employee listening mechanisms (e.g., pulse surveys, stay interviews, exit feedback) that turn insight into action.
• Develop playbooks, training content, and toolkits that strengthen manager capability and drive consistency across teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Recruiting, Finance, and Operations on workforce planning, compensation alignment, and organizational initiatives.
• Use people data and qualitative insights to identify trends, flag leadership risks, and inform proactive retention and engagement strategies.

Requirements

• Experience operating as a People Partner or HRBP supporting multiple departments or leadership teams within a high-growth, fast-changing environment.
• Proven success building or formalizing people programs from scratch, such as performance reviews, leveling frameworks, or management training.
• Strong track record of coaching managers through sensitive employee relations, performance, or organizational challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to drive clarity and structure in environments with little precedent or process.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Recruiting, Finance, and Operations on organizational design and compensation reviews.
• Adept at using data and feedback to inform strategic people decisions and measure program effectiveness.

Preferred Qualifications

• Played a key role in helping a company scale from ~75 to 250+ employees.
• Experience building or modernizing performance management, feedback, or promotion processes.
• Exposure to technical and engineering teams, understanding their unique rhythms and leadership challenges.
• Comfort operating as the first or only embedded HRBP in a scaling organization.
• Based in NYC or open to working from our Williamsburg HQ at least 3 days/week.

What We Offer

• Work with cutting-edge AI technology making a tangible impact in manufacturing
• Collaborative, mission-driven team and supportive leadership
• Generous time off
• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits
• Lunch stipend