People Business Partner - Product & Engineering

Chainlink; Toronto; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainlink is seeking a seasoned People Business Partner to act as the Chief People Officer for their teams, leading end-to-end HR initiatives across engineering and product.

The role focuses on levelling, promotions, performance cycles, and compensation, while gathering team feedback to inform leadership decisions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in PBP roles, 2+ years in a tech company, and a vision for AI's impact on work, with a data-driven, empathetic approach.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a top-tier PBP in a similar PBP model.
• 2+ years of experience in a fast-paced and demanding technology company.
• Experience supporting engineering and/or Product orgs.
• Deep expertise with, curiosity about, and true vision for AI and how it is changing.
• A default orientation toward business outputs and impact, data-driven but empathetic with team anecdotes; skeptical of HR orthodoxy.

Responsibilities

• Refining and guiding the development of People programs such as levelling, promotions, and performance management.
• Driving workforce planning and organizational design in alignment with business needs and market dynamics.
• Collaborating with People Operations & Technology, Talent Acquisition, and Total Rewards to uplift People Team execution.

Job description

About Chainlink

Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi.

Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Lido, GMX and many others. Chainlink leverages a novel fee model where offchain and onchain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve. Learn more at chain.link.

About The Role

Our People Business Partners are embedded in business teams and expected to do anything and everything to enable the success of those teams and their leaders. This means that our PBPs must have end-to-end mastery of all People disciplines, including employee relations, performance management, levelling and promotions, and compensation.

Our PBPs are truly expected to be the “Chief People Officer” for their teams. They are also, in addition, expected to gather deep anecdotal feedback from their teams and report that back up to the team leader and the Chief People Officer, to enable the Executive Leadership Team to address team member concerns more rapidly and with greater

Your Impact

• Refining and guiding the development of People programs that are necessary for our success, such as levelling, promotions, performance management/cycles, etc.
• Driving organizational strategies such as workforce planning, organizational design, and change management through a deep understanding of our business, market dynamics, and competitive landscape, to customize organizational structures and talent strategies that align Chainlink’s capabilities with business demands.
• Collaborate with the other People Team members (People Operations & Technology, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards) to influence and uplift the execution of People Team operations

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a top-tier PBP in a similar PBP model
• 2+ years of experience in a fast-paced and demanding technology company
• Experience supporting engineering and/or Product orgs
• Deep expertise with, curiosity about, and true vision for AI and how it is changing
• A default orientation toward the following approaches/views of work:
• A focus on business outputs and impact over anything else
• An orientation toward data but a deep appreciation for actual on-the-ground anecdotes and experiences
• Skepticism toward HR orthodoxy in every area
• Analysis and logic over emotional appeals - but balanced by deep empathy and true care for all team members

Chainlink Labs is a remote-first organization and employment eligibility is contingent upon residing in an approved hiring jurisdiction. Team members may work outside their primary country of legal residence for a maximum of 90 days per calendar year. Please discuss your current location, legal residence, and work authorization with your recruiter during your initial conversation. Unless otherwise stated for a specific role, we require working hours that overlap with Eastern Time (ET).

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