# Senior Human Resources Business Partner

**Company:** [Axion](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/axion)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $140k – $170k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Performance Management, Manager Coaching, Employee Relations, Organizational Design, Workforce Planning, People Analytics, Feedback Systems, Compensation Alignment, Leadership Development, Cross-Functional Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> Senior HRBP to build foundational people programs, coach leaders across Product/Engineering/GTM, and establish performance, feedback, and management systems for a scaling AI startup.

## Job Description

## 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

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