HR Business Partner

Energy Innovation Corp; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Change Institute in Palmdale, CA seeks an HR Business Partner who thrives on moving between data, stakeholders, and strategy to drive value. The role offers a clear growth path with a salary band of $79,000 to $114,000 per year, plus coaching and benefits, with a schedule that respects Palmdale.

The role is open and funded, with strong emphasis on trust, transparency, and steady momentum as the company partners with demanding teams across CA.

Qualifications

• Mid-level HR Business Partner experience in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong critical thinking and independent judgment.
• Ability to teach others and share knowledge.
• Hands-on familiarity with Learning and Development and People Analytics.
• Proven performance management expertise.
• Track record delivering results as an HRBP.
• Comfort owning numbers that vary with business needs.

Responsibilities

• Decide which business experiments graduate and which die.
• Keep project scope in check when a business expands.
• Keep leadership decks current and free of vanity charts.
• Spot when a mid-level initiative loses its sponsor.
• Pin down unit economics before growth initiatives.

Skills

HRBP

Learning & Development

People Analytics

Performance Management

Stakeholder Management

Change Management

Data-driven decision making

Job description

We need a HR Business Partner comfortable moving between spreadsheets, stakeholders, and the strategy that ties them together. Reduce it to essentials and you have $79,000 - $114,000, a CA HR Business Partner seat, 5 years asked, and a clear climb ahead.

Key Responsibilities

• Decide which business experiments graduate and which quietly die
• Hold the line on scope when a business project starts sprawling
• Keep the mid-level leadership deck honest, current, and free of vanity charts
• Spot when a mid-level initiative has quietly lost its sponsor
• Pin down the unit economics before Social Change Institute pours fuel on growth

What You'll Bring

• Mid-level-caliber judgment about when to escape and when to absorb
• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
• Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener
• Hands-on familiarity with Learning and Development, sharpened by People Analytics side projects
• Demonstrated Performance Management expertise in a fast-moving business environment
• Proven track record delivering results as a mid-level HR Business Partner
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you

Quietly, from Palmdale, Social Change Institute has become the values-led business partner that CA's most demanding teams refuse to replace. Trust, transparency, and steady momentum are the three things we protect above all else.

The offer is plainspoken: $79,000 - $114,000, coaching that grows you, benefits that cover you, and a schedule that flexes with Palmdale.

This is an open, funded role that we intend to fill in the coming weeks.