Director, Performance Management & Analytics

HarbourVest Partners; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HarbourVest Partners is seeking an Assistant Director, Performance Management to join our Human Resources team. This role focuses on annual performance cycles, calibration, promotions, manager enablement, and data integrity across global performance processes.

You will lead development of goal setting frameworks, oversee feedback cycles, and partner with Compensation and HRBPs to ensure sound governance and scalable, employee-centered programs. Hybrid work with structured remote days is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with performance management and talent processes.
• Strong project management, organizational, and follow-through skills.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Workday, Power BI, survey tools, or performance management platform experience ideal.
• Interest in scalable reporting solutions, refining processes, and practical implementation of HR technology.
• High degree of discretion, trustworthiness, and integrity, with outstanding attention to detail and a zero-defect approach to sensitive employee and performance data.
• Established interpersonal, verbal, and written communication talents, featuring the skill to prepare clear documents aimed at both employees and managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support performance management routines, including goal setting and development plan frameworks, as well as in-year and year-end performance review processes.
• Manage feedback collection efforts, covering twice-yearly feedback sessions, training, reporting, and follow-up with HR partners and business leaders.
• Support calibration and promotion processes, including process planning, meeting preparation, data validation, analytics, documentation, follow-up actions, and alignment with pay-for-performance governance and job leveling.
• Collaborate with Learning and HR Business Partners to assist in manager optimization, performance and development training, etc.
• Find opportunities to improve performance processes for clarity, scalability, efficiency, and user experience, including the use of HR technology, automation, improved analytics, and AI-enabled tools where appropriate.
• Partner with Compensation to support year-end pay for performance related activities, including performance and promotion data preparation, manager/HRBP support, validation, reporting, and process coordination. Help translate performance outcomes into clear inputs for pay decisions, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and defensibility across processes.
• Support special projects including engagement survey routines and change initiatives related to performance management, skills building and talent strategies, etc.

Skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Discretion

HR data

HR technology

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Workday

Power BI

Survey tools

Job description

HarbourVest Partners is seeking an Assistant Director, Performance Management to join our Human Resources team. This role focuses on annual performance cycles, calibration, promotions, manager enablement, and data integrity across global performance processes.

You will lead development of goal setting frameworks, oversee feedback cycles, and partner with Compensation and HRBPs to ensure sound governance and scalable, employee-centered programs. Hybrid work with structured remote days is offered.