People Business Partner

Role overview

This opportunity is for a People Business Partner supporting a partner organization in the United States. Applications and the rest of the hiring process are handled by the partner company.

The position is a strategic people leadership role in a fast-growing, purpose-driven, and highly distributed environment. The person in this role will help leaders build strong teams, improve organizational health, and shape long-term workforce direction.

You will serve as a trusted partner to managers and senior leaders, combining coaching, organizational design, and employee experience work to create the clarity and structure teams need to perform well.

The role also involves strengthening manager capability, improving performance management practices, supporting career growth, and identifying organizational issues early so practical solutions can be implemented quickly.

This position is well suited to someone who enjoys complexity, independence, and working in environments that change rapidly.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the main People Partner for assigned groups, advising managers and leaders on team health, organizational effectiveness, and people strategy.
• Work with leadership on organizational structure, workforce planning, role definition, and team design to support scale and execution.
• Coach managers on feedback, accountability, communication, performance management, and employee development.
• Support performance management cycles, including goals, calibration discussions, promotions, and career progression frameworks.
• Spot and resolve team effectiveness issues such as collaboration breakdowns, unclear responsibilities, and misaligned expectations.
• Support reorganizations and other structural change efforts by helping teams maintain clarity and stability.
• Analyze people data and organizational signals to identify trends in engagement, retention, and performance, then recommend improvements.
• Manage employee relations cases with discretion, fairness, and sound judgment.
• Collaborate with the wider People team to improve onboarding, lifecycle programs, and manager development initiatives.
• Raise risks and opportunities proactively and help build scalable solutions that improve organizational effectiveness.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as an HR Business Partner, People Partner, or in a similar role within a fast-growing, dynamic organization.
• Proven experience supporting leaders and managers in distributed, high-change environments.
• Strong coaching and advisory skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive behavior change.
• Hands-on experience with organizational design, workforce planning, team effectiveness, and change management.
• Solid understanding of performance management processes, including goal setting, feedback, calibrations, and promotions.
• Ability to manage sensitive employee relations matters with discretion, empathy, and good judgment.
• Strong business understanding and the ability to connect people strategy with organizational outcomes.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and building scalable practices in evolving settings.
• Excellent communication skills across remote, cross-functional, and time-zone distributed teams.
• Self-directed working style with strong ownership and the ability to move initiatives forward independently.

Perks and benefits

• Competitive compensation with potential equity participation.
• Fully remote role within the United States.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible time off and policies that support work-life balance.
• Opportunity to contribute in a high-growth, mission-driven company.
• Direct access to senior leadership and strategic people work.
• Significant autonomy with meaningful organizational impact.
• A collaborative, values-led culture centered on trust, excellence, and continuous improvement.

Application and hiring process

This role is posted through a partner arrangement. The partner company oversees application review, interviews, assessments, and all next steps. A shortlist of the best-matched candidates is shared with the hiring employer for final consideration.

Data privacy and AI-assisted review

By applying, candidates acknowledge that personal data may be processed to evaluate suitability for the role and shared with the hiring employer where relevant. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws, including GDPR. Applicants may exercise rights such as access, correction, deletion, and objection at any time.

Artificial intelligence tools may be used to support parts of the recruitment workflow, including resume review, application analysis, and consistency checks. These tools assist the recruitment team, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.