# HR Business Partner, EDP

**Company:** [Ashby](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/ashby)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $160k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** hr business partner, compensation frameworks, Performance Management, Employee Relations, us employment law, HRIS, training and development, talent management, people operations, strategic hr, Coaching, facilitation
**Posted:** 2026-07-16

> HR Business Partner supporting Ashby's Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) teams. Translate business goals into people strategies, scale compensation and performance management, coach leaders, handle employee relations, and build training programs in a high-growth, globally distributed startup environment. Requires ~8 years HR/People Ops experience with technical teams.

## Job Description

## Role Requirements

**EPD Partnership**
- Experience supporting Engineering, Product, and Design organizations in high-growth environments.
- Understand the unique dynamics of technical teams.
- Comfortable partnering with leaders on people and organizational challenges that come with scaling technical teams.

**Strategic HR Partner**
- Building strong relationships with functional leaders.
- Establishing credibility and trust as a strategic HR partner.
- Proactively assess team, manager, and company needs, provide recommendations, and implement solutions.

**People Operations Expertise**
- Deep knowledge of People Ops/HR functions, including compensation, benefits, performance management, employee relations, and compliance.

**Strategic Thinking**
- Ability to translate business objectives into actionable people strategies.

**Strong Communicator**
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Effectively convey information to all stakeholders.
- Ability to present and facilitate discussions clearly and confidently.

**Compensation Expertise**
- Proven track record of scaling compensation frameworks, including levels and bands across global teams.
- Use market data to ensure competitive and equitable compensation strategies.

**Performance Management**
- Deep experience building and evolving performance management practices.
- Comfortable coaching managers through difficult performance conversations.
- Help build scalable approaches that align with company culture and operating principles.

**Training and Development**
- Experience building and scaling internal training programs, specifically for management teams.
- Comfortable facilitating topics to all levels of employees.

**Employee Relations & Risk Management**
- Offer guidance to leaders in managing sensitive employee situations.
- Act as a mediator and investigate escalated issues as needed.
- Stay up to date on legal requirements related to employment and regulatory compliance.
- Partner with legal counsel as needed to mitigate risk.

## You Could Be a Great Fit If
- ~8 years of experience with HR/People Ops, including supporting EPD teams through periods of meaningful growth and change.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with emphasis in coaching, facilitation, and policy development.
- Strong business acumen and principled approach to decision-making, balancing business outcomes with employee experience, risk, and long-term scalability.
- Flexible in approach and avoid rigid adherence to past playbooks or overly process-heavy solutions.
- A fast-paced environment with a balance of strategic and hands-on execution energizes you.
- Can balance working both independently and in a team environment.
- Experience supporting a globally distributed and asynchronous workforce.
- Expertise in US employment law, compensation frameworks, and training and development programs.
- Continuous improvement is core; detail oriented and continuously look for ways to improve processes, procedures, and team effectiveness.
- Successfully managing complex employee relations issues.
- Experience using HRIS, compensation management tools, and other HR tools to drive operational excellence.

## Bonus Points
- Advanced degree in HR, business or organizational development.
- HR certification (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP).
- Experience working with globally distributed teams.

## Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- 10-year exercise window for stock options.
- Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year.
- Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave in the US.

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