Human Resources Business Partner

ARC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ARC is seeking a hands-on HRBP in San Jose, CA to scale our AI infrastructure business. You will partner with leaders on workforce planning, tech recruiting collaboration, performance coaching, employee relations, compensation administration, and core HR operations.

You’ll help build practical people processes that balance business speed with fair, compliant employee practices across a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of HR experience with HRBP or generalist duties.
• Experience advising managers and handling lifecycle processes in tech/infra fast growth.
• Working knowledge of US and California HR practices; escalate issues as needed.
• Strong judgment, discretion, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Experience supporting recruiting for technical or specialized roles.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders on workforce planning, org design, headcount priorities, and talent needs.
• Coordinate recruiting lifecycle with hiring managers and support staff.
• Coach managers on performance, feedback, development, and employee relations.
• Maintain accurate employee records and lifecycle processes incl. onboarding and offboarding.
• Support compensation and benefits administration, benchmarking, and annual reviews.
• Develop HR policies, manager resources, and dashboards on hiring and turnover.
• Coordinate engagement and culture initiatives and support change management.
• Ensure compliance with US and California employment requirements.

Skills

HRBP partnership

HR generalist

stakeholder management

confidentiality

coaching managers

Tools

HRIS

ATS/recruiting tools

People analytics tools

Job description

Partner with leaders to build the teams, practices, and employee experience needed to scale an AI infrastructure business. This is a hands‑on HRBP role spanning workforce planning, technical recruiting partnership, performance and manager support, employee relations, compensation administration, and core HR operations. You’ll help build practical people processes that support both business speed and consistent, fair employee practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders on workforce planning, organization design, headcount priorities, and talent needs.
• Coordinate the recruiting lifecycle with hiring managers and recruiting support, including role intake, sourcing strategy, interview process, offer workflow, and onboarding.
• Coach managers on performance, feedback, development, retention, employee relations, and
• Maintain accurate employee records and support consistent employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, changes, and offboarding.
• Support compensation and benefits administration, benchmarking, annual review cycles, and employee communications.
• Develop and improve HR policies, manager resources, processes, and people dashboards covering hiring, headcount, turnover, and organizational health.
• Coordinate engagement and culture initiatives and support change management as the
• Work with HR leadership and outside advisors as appropriate to support compliance with applicable U.S. and California employment requirements.

Required Qualification

• 3–5 years of progressive HR experience, including HRBP or HR generalist responsibilities.
• Experience advising managers and supporting employee lifecycle processes in a technology, infrastructure, or fast‑growing organization.
• Working knowledge of U.S. employment practices and California HR operations; able to recognize issues that require legal or specialist guidance.
• Strong judgment, confidentiality, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• . Experience supporting recruiting for technical or other specialized roles and managing multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience in AI, cloud, data center, semiconductor, networking, or related technical industries.
• Experience building HR practices in a startup or scaling company.
• Exposure to compensation benchmarking, workforce planning, HRIS, people analytics, or