Global VP, People & Employee Relations-Remote-First Leader

Affirm; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 340,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible Spending Wallets

Time off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Affirm is seeking a VP, People Business Partners & Employee Relations to lead the global PBP and ER functions, partnering with the CPO, PLT and XLT to align people strategy with business priorities and enterprise-wide decisions.

You will build and coach high-performing PBP and ER teams, design operating models, oversee sensitive investigations with Legal, and drive strategic workforce planning, organizational design, and leadership development in a remote-first, USA-wide environment.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive People leadership experience, including in complex, global technology organizations at scale.
• Significant experience leading a global PBP organization and building high-performing PBP teams.
• Experience leading Employee Relations, including sensitive investigations, executive-level matters, and complex employment decisions in partnership with Legal.
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with C-suite executives, building trust while maintaining independent judgment.
• Deep expertise in organizational consulting, organizational effectiveness, executive coaching, and strategic workforce planning.
• Strong business acumen and learning agility, with the ability to quickly understand complex businesses and form an independent point of view on organizational needs.
• Sharp talent judgment, with the ability to assess executive capability and advise on consequential talent decisions.
• A demonstrated ability to anticipate organizational and workforce risks and opportunities before they become obvious, connecting patterns across the business.
• Outstanding executive presence and emotional intelligence, with the ability to challenge constructively and navigate difficult conversations.
• Sound judgment and integrity in navigating sensitive people decisions, balancing business needs, employee impact, and legal/reputational risk.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategy, structure, and operating model for the global PBP and ER functions, challenging legacy assumptions and redesigning roles, capabilities, and ways of working where needed
• Build high-performing PBP and ER teams through talent decisions, development, coaching, and selective external hiring; set clear standards and accountability for how the teams operate and the impact they deliver
• Build independent, trusted relationships with each XLT member, serving as a strategic advisor on enterprise-wise and complex functional leadership, talent, and organizational decisions
• Develop a deep understanding of affirm's business, strategy, and operating model, and use it to anticipate enterprise-wide organizational, workforce, and talent implications ahead of need
• Partner with XLT on workforce strategy, including the size, composition, capabilities, and deployment of talent, and identify how technology, AI, and new operating models can increase leverage and effectiveness
• Help leaders design organizations and operating models that clarify accountability, increase speed, and align resources to affirm’s top priorities
• Raise the quality of leadership and talent decisions company-wide through talent planning, succession, executive assessment, and performance management
• Guide leaders through significant organizational change, building the alignment and execution discipline needed to sustain business outcomes
• Set the strategy and operating model for Employee Relations globally, ensuring a consistent, fair, and scalable approach
• Provide executive oversight on affirm's most complex and sensitive ER matters, including executive-level issues, investigations, and conduct matters
• Use ER data and case trends to identify emerging organizational risks and translate them into proactive action that strengthen leadership and management effectiveness, organizational health, and business performance
• Partner closely with Legal on employment practices, policy, and risk management

Skills

Global PBP leadership

Executive partnership

Organizational consulting

Executive coaching

People leadership

Change management

Strategic thinking

Talent planning

Leadership presence

Decision making

Job description

Affirm is seeking a VP, People Business Partners & Employee Relations to lead the global PBP and ER functions, partnering with the CPO, PLT and XLT to align people strategy with business priorities and enterprise-wide decisions.

You will build and coach high-performing PBP and ER teams, design operating models, oversee sensitive investigations with Legal, and drive strategic workforce planning, organizational design, and leadership development in a remote-first, USA-wide environment.