Director, People Business Partnership

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. Partner with executives as a trusted people advisor across the business .

Posted 10/19/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep expertise in HR functions, including organization design, performance management, and leadership development, while leveraging data-informed approaches to enhance managerial effectiveness and employee relations. Proven ability to lead through high-growth moments and organizational changes, with a strong focus on coaching and developing talent.

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HR ExperienceEmployee Relations ManagementOrganization DesignLeadership DevelopmentData-Informed Decision Making

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Hard Skills

Performance ManagementChange ManagementCoachingSuccession PlanningWorkforce Data AnalysisEmployee Feedback SystemsOrganizational ChangeLegal ComplianceMulti-State Workforce SupportAI Fluency

Soft Skills

Emotional IntelligenceInitiativeCredibility with ExecutivesComfort with AmbiguityCommunication

Industry Keywords

FintechFinancial ServicesRegulated IndustryHigh-Growth CompanyExecutive Coaching

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with executives as a trusted people advisor across the business
Anticipate organizational needs and challenge people decisions with evidence
Define expectations for excellent management and coach managers using tools, data, and feedback loops
Combine employee feedback, team outcomes, and people data to identify leadership support or intervention needs
Help managers translate company priorities into clear individual expectations and standards of great work
Build rhythms of check-ins, recognition, direct feedback, and effective performance reviews
Support employee development through stretch opportunities, coaching, career conversations, succession, and internal mobility
Help leaders address overloaded teams, conflicting priorities, single points of failure, and resource trade-offs
Partner with leaders and Finance on team structures, spans and layers, organizational changes, and staffing plans
Lead change management and communication for reorgs, pivots, and strategy shifts
Use exit interviews, engagement surveys, and workforce data to identify root causes and measure results
Handle complex employee relations matters and investigations across California, New York, and other states with appropriate legal partnership

Requirements

What you’ll need

7-10+ years of HR experience, including significant experience partnering with senior executives in a high-growth or scaling company
Substantial experience handling employee relations matters and involuntary departures
Deep expertise in organization design, performance management, and leadership development
Data-informed approach using quantitative and qualitative evidence
Track record of improving how managers lead, including setting expectations, giving feedback, developing talent, and addressing unsustainable ways of working
Ability to earn credibility with executives, including technical leaders
Self-starter who moves with urgency and takes initiative
Proven ability to lead through high-growth moments, organizational crises, and company pivots
Exceptionally high emotional intelligence
Comfort with ambiguity and building useful structure
Practical AI fluency and curiosity about agents and automation in HR
Experience in fintech, financial services, or another regulated industry (nice to have)
Experience as an executive coach (nice to have)
Experience leading a team of HR Business Partners (nice to have)
Experience supporting a multi-state workforce, particularly in California and New York (nice to have)
Legally authorized to work in the United States
Willing to work from the New York City or San Francisco office 2-3 days a week

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and equity packages
Leading configured work computers of your choice
Flexible paid time off
Fully covered, high-quality healthcare, including fully covered dependent coverage
Access to One Medical
Option to enroll in an FSA
20 weeks of paid parental leave for the primary caregiver
8 weeks of paid parental leave for all new parents
Access to industry-leading technology across all business units