Founding People Partner - Build HR & Shape Teams

PeopleOps Jobs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PeopleOps Jobs is seeking a founding People Partner to help us build effective teams and develop talent as we scale. You will partner with leaders across research, engineering, hardware and business functions to strengthen performance, development and how teams operate.

You will establish the People Partner function, delivering insights, informing priorities, and owning key initiatives to shape our broader People programs.

Qualifications

• Experience advising leaders as a People Partner, HRBP or in a comparable role in tech or hardware.
• Experience across early-stage startups and larger companies.
• Experience building practical People tools or delivering program components.
• Experience coaching managers through feedback, performance and development.
• Sound judgment in employee relations, including confidentiality and involving People leadership or counsel when needed.
• Experience using employee feedback and people data to recommend change and assess impact.

Responsibilities

• Partner strategically with leaders to understand priorities and advise on talent, organizational change and capabilities as we grow.
• Coach and develop managers with clear expectations, feedback, delegation, and leadership development resources.
• Guide performance and development by supporting reviews and turning feedback into actionable plans.
• Understand and improve team health using pulse surveys, exit themes and people data to identify concerns early.
• Advise on employee relations and change, handling sensitive situations fairly and involving leadership or counsel as needed.

Skills

People Partner experience

HRBP experience

Tech industry

Startup experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication excellence

Tools

Rippling

Ashby

Lattice

Deel

Notion

Slack

Job description

PeopleOps Jobs is seeking a founding People Partner to help us build effective teams and develop talent as we scale. You will partner with leaders across research, engineering, hardware and business functions to strengthen performance, development and how teams operate.

You will establish the People Partner function, delivering insights, informing priorities, and owning key initiatives to shape our broader People programs.