Founding People & Leadership Partner

HappyRobot; San Francisco (CA); In loco; USD 190.000 - 230.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Healthcare

Dental and vision

Equity

Descrizione del lavoro

HappyRobot is hiring an experienced People Business Partner to build and lead the HRBP function as we scale, partnering with leaders to develop managers, run performance processes, and keep the organization healthy. The role offers ownership, candor, and potential to hire and lead a team of partners.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10+ years in HR, 3+ as HRBP, and a track record in performance cycles, employee relations, and org design across US and EU.

Competenze

• 7-10+ years of HR experience, including 3+ years as an HR Business Partner in high-growth or complex environments, with deep knowledge of performance management, employee relations, and org design.
• Experience building HRBP programs from scratch, not only running existing ones.
• A track record of designing and running performance review cycles and manager development programs.
• Strong employee relations judgment. You’ve handled complex, sensitive situations and know how to balance employee care with business needs and legal risk.
• Credibility and executive presence. You build trust fast, coach with candor, and push back on leaders, founders included, when it matters.
• Experience supporting teams across multiple countries (US and EU strongly preferred).
• Interest in leading a team. People management experience is a plus.
• High ownership, comfort with ambiguity, and a bias toward building and simplifying.
• Comfort using AI tools and modern HR technology to work more efficiently.

Mansioni

• Build the HRBP function. Define how we partner with the business, set priorities as we scale, and grow into hiring and leading a team of People Business Partners.
• Coach and advise managers at every level, and build leadership training that helps new and experienced leaders give feedback, run effective 1:1s, and develop their people.
• Own our Impact Review program end to end, including calibration, and build lightweight goal-setting and continuous-feedback practices so nothing comes as a surprise at review time.
• Lead employee relations, guiding managers through performance issues, PIPs, and exits with good judgment, fairness, and discretion, in partnership with People Ops and Legal.
• Design and launch engagement and development programs that promote inclusivity, grow skills, and support career and leadership development.
• Build our leadership pipeline by assessing readiness for lead roles and supporting new managers through the transition.
• Keep a pulse on org health. Understand team structures, reporting lines, and how teams work together, spot risks early (attrition, burnout, team friction), and recommend changes to org design.
• Use people data to guide recommendations on performance, retention, and team health.

Conoscenze

HR experience

HRBP

Leadership coaching

People analytics

Executive presence

Multi-country support

Ownership

Ambiguity tolerance

AI tools in HR

Strumenti

HR software

Descrizione del lavoro

HappyRobot is hiring an experienced People Business Partner to build and lead the HRBP function as we scale, partnering with leaders to develop managers, run performance processes, and keep the organization healthy. The role offers ownership, candor, and potential to hire and lead a team of partners.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10+ years in HR, 3+ as HRBP, and a track record in performance cycles, employee relations, and org design across US and EU.