Human Resources Business Partner

Stanford Reglab; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Reglab in Redwood City, CA seeks an HR Business Partner to provide day-to-day HR support to FMS managers and staff, blending transactional work with consultative advising on policy and processes.

You will help implement HR programs, maintain compliance, and support workforce planning with data insights, partnering with senior HR colleagues to address moderately complex issues.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to build credibility and trust with a diverse client group, including managers and senior leaders.
• Experience supporting employee relations matters, performance management, and recruiting in a client-facing HR role.
• Strong attention to accuracy and detail in HR transactions, recordkeeping, and compliance reporting, with the ability to manage a high volume of work to deadlines.
• Proficiency with HCM and applicant tracking systems, including running and explaining standard reports.
• Clear written and oral communication skills, and comfort training managers on HR processes and best practices.
• Experience operating in complex, decentralized, or higher education environments is preferred.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with interest in streamlining transactional processes.
• Experience supporting finance or other administrative and professional services organizations is valued.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the operational lead for specific HR processes and services in FMS, and as a day‑to‑day HR point of contact for managers and employees on HR policy and process questions.
• Provide guidance and consultation on general and fundamental HR issues. Advise on and interpret HR policies, practices, and processes, and make recommendations for successful implementation.
• Facilitate HR programming for FMS and share timely HR communications and best practices with clients.
• Support the implementation and ongoing administration of FMS HR programs (such as career architecture and talent development), and provide HR data to inform workforce planning.
• Assist with transactional improvement efforts, and audit and review the work of more junior HR team members as needed.
• Consult with the Associate Director, Human Resources and other senior HR team members, and subject matter experts on moderately complex matters as needed.
• Maintain consistency with and support UHR and Stanford policies, procedures, and requirements, and applicable local, state, and federal laws.
• HR service delivery and partnership
• Transactions: Process high-volume

Job description

The Human Resources team for Business Affairs is responsible for providing strategic HR guidance and consulting for the staff, management and leadership within the Business Affairs organization. Financial Management Services (FMS) is a part of the Stanford University Business Affairs organization, whose vision is “to work together to make administration seamless and efficient to enable and support teaching, learning, and research.” The Business Affairs HR team seeks a detail-oriented and service-minded HR Business Partner to provide day‑to‑day human resources support to FMS managers and employees. Using critical thinking and independent judgment, this role serves as the operational lead for specific HR processes and services in FMS, and as a day‑to‑day HR point of contact for managers and employees on HR policy and process questions. The role also supports FMS HR programs, such as career architecture and development pathways, and provides HR data to inform workforce planning.

This position is predominantly operational with a consultative component (approximately 60% operational and 40% consultative). It combines hands‑on HR transactions, records, and compliance work with direct consultation to managers, and escalates moderately complex matters to more senior HR colleagues and subject matter experts as appropriate.

This position reports to the Associate Director, Human Resources for FMS and works closely with the broader Business Affairs HR team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to build credibility and trust with a diverse client group, including managers and senior leaders.

• Experience supporting employee relations matters, performance management, and recruiting in a client‑facing HR role.

• Strong attention to accuracy and detail in HR transactions, recordkeeping, and compliance reporting, with the ability to manage a high volume of work to deadlines.

• Proficiency with HCM and applicant tracking systems, including running and explaining standard reports.

• Clear written and oral communication skills, and comfort training managers on HR processes and best practices.

• Experience operating in complex, decentralized, or higher education environments is preferred.

• A continuous improvement mindset, with interest in streamlining transactional processes.

• Experience supporting finance or other administrative and professional services organizations is valued.

Core Duties

HR service delivery and partnership

• Serve as the operational lead for specific HR processes and services in FMS, and as a day‑to‑day HR point of contact for managers and employees on HR policy and process questions.

• Provide guidance and consultation on general and fundamental HR issues. Advise on and interpret HR policies, practices, and processes, and make recommendations for successful implementation.

• Facilitate HR programming for FMS and share timely HR communications and best practices with clients.

• Support the implementation and ongoing administration of FMS HR programs (such as career architecture and talent development), and provide HR data to inform workforce planning.

• Assist with transactional improvement efforts, and audit and review the work of more junior HR team members as needed.

• Consult with the Associate Director, Human Resources and other senior HR team members, and subject matter experts on moderately complex matters as needed.

• Maintain consistency with and support UHR and Stanford policies, procedures, and requirements, and applicable local, state, and federal laws.

HR functional areas

• Transactions: Process high-volume