People Business Partner
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a People Business Partner based in the United States.
This is a strategic people leadership role focused on enabling high-performing teams in a fast-scaling, mission-driven, and highly distributed environment.
You will act as a trusted advisor to leaders and managers, helping shape organizational health, team effectiveness, and long-term workforce strategy.
The role blends coaching, organizational design, and employee experience work, ensuring teams have the clarity and structure needed to execute at a high level.
You will partner closely with leadership to strengthen manager capability, improve performance practices, and support career development across diverse teams.
A key part of the role involves diagnosing organizational challenges early and guiding leaders through thoughtful, practical solutions.
You will also play a central role in performance cycles, employee relations, and change management initiatives.
This is a high-impact opportunity for a people partner who thrives in complexity, autonomy, and fast-changing environments.
Accountabilities:
- Serve as the primary People Partner for assigned teams, advising leaders and managers on organizational health, team performance, and people strategy
- Partner with leadership on org design, workforce planning, role clarity, and team structure to support scaling and execution effectiveness
- Coach managers on feedback, accountability, communication, performance management, and employee development practices
- Support performance cycles including goal setting, calibrations, promotions, and career progression frameworks
- Identify and address team effectiveness challenges such as collaboration gaps, unclear ownership, or misaligned expectations
- Support change management efforts during reorganizations and structural transitions, ensuring clarity and stability
- Use people data and organizational signals to identify trends in engagement, retention, and performance and recommend actionable improvements
- Handle employee relations matters with discretion, fairness, and sound judgment
- Partner across the broader People team to improve lifecycle programs, onboarding, and manager development initiatives
- Proactively surface risks and opportunities within teams and drive scalable solutions to improve organizational effectiveness
- ~5+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner, People Partner, or equivalent role in a fast-growing, dynamic organization
- Proven ability to support leaders and managers in high-change, distributed environments
- Strong coaching and advisory skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive behavior change
- Experience with org design, workforce planning, team effectiveness, and change management initiatives
- Strong understanding of performance management systems including goal setting, feedback, calibrations, and promotion processes
- Ability to handle sensitive employee relations issues with discretion, empathy, and sound judgment
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people strategies to organizational outcomes and performance
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and building scalable practices in evolving environments
- Excellent communication skills across remote, cross-functional, and time-zone distributed teams
- Self-directed mindset with strong ownership and ability to independently drive initiatives forward
- Competitive compensation package with potential equity participation
- Fully remote work environment within the United States
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible time off and supportive work-life balance policies
- Opportunity to work in a high-growth, mission-driven organization
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic people initiatives
- Strong autonomy with ownership over meaningful organizational impact
- Collaborative, values-driven culture focused on trust, excellence, and continuous improvement.
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HR pay context
Based on 1,211 disclosed HR salaries on RoleSuite, the role pays a median of $121K/year, with most offers between $90K and $163K (10th–90th percentile: $71K–$198K).
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