Global People Partner & Strategic HR Advisor

Level.me; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Level is a learning technology company focused on helping students build real academic and life skills with confidence and joy. We’re seeking a Senior People Partner to act as a trusted, strategic advisor to leaders across multiple business groups and to support onboarding, coaching, feedback, and growth in a globally dispersed organization.

You will partner with managers to translate priorities into tailored people strategies, coach distributed teams across time zones, and lead important

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR business partner or generalist experience.
• Experience partnering with multiple business groups or functions.
• Hands-on experience supporting employees and managers across multiple countries and regions.
• Experience supporting distributed or remote teams across time zones.
• High emotional intelligence with trust-building and influencing without authority.
• Working knowledge of employment law in the U.S. and international jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated experience handling employee relations and investigations.
• Proven ability to coach and influence leaders across cultures and time zones.
• Experience with performance management and compensation cycles.
• Comfort using data to inform decisions and tell a clear story.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills.
• Ability to balance strategic advisory work with hands-on execution as an individual contributor.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted partner to employees and leaders, translating priorities into tailored people strategies.
• Support a globally dispersed workforce, adapting people practices to local laws, norms, and cultural expectations.
• Coach managers on performance, feedback, development, and leading distributed, cross-cultural teams.
• Build trust quickly with leaders and employees, serving as a steady, empathetic resource during growth, change, and difficult moments.
• Lead employee relations matters, including investigations, resolutions, and documentation, with fairness and discretion.
• Guide organizational design, role definition, and workforce planning as teams scale internationally.
• Drive core people programs such as performance cycles, compensation reviews, goal setting, and engagement initiatives with a global lens.
• Work with legal counsel, payroll, and employer-of-record or local partners to ensure compliance with employment regulations in each country where we operate.
• Use people data and employee feedback to spot trends across business groups, surface risks, and recommend actions.
• Support change management and communications through reorganizations, growth, and new initiatives.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring plans, leveling, offers, and onboarding for both U.S. and international hires.
• Strengthen a culture of trust, accountability, and growth, and help us evolve our people practices as we scale.

Skills

HR business partner

Cross-functional partner

People strategy

Coaching

Education

SHRM-SCP / SPHR certification

Tools

Ashby

Rippling

Job description

Level is a learning technology company focused on helping students build real academic and life skills with confidence and joy. We’re seeking a Senior People Partner to act as a trusted, strategic advisor to leaders across multiple business groups and to support onboarding, coaching, feedback, and growth in a globally dispersed organization.

You will partner with managers to translate priorities into tailored people strategies, coach distributed teams across time zones, and lead important