People Business Partner

Polymarket; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health, Vision, Dental coverage

401k match

MacBook Pro setup

Job summary

Polymarket is seeking its first HR Business Partner to serve as the primary people partner to a defined set of executives and their organizations. You will own decisions within those groups, advising on org design, performance, and talent while the company scales rapidly.

This foundational role will define how the HRBP function operates and partner with the Head of People Experience to build scalable manager enablement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as an HR Business Partner in a tech company.
• Experience coaching managers through performance management with proper documentation and plans.
• Experience advising senior or executive leaders on org decisions, and comfortable taking a stand.
• Strong diagnostic instincts to separate isolated issues from systemic ones.
• Experience with performance calibration and maintaining a consistent standard across teams.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where process supports the work.
• Plus: Experience at a crypto, fintech, or web3 company.
• Plus: Experience at a high-growth startup where the playbook was still being written.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary people partner to a defined set of executives and their organizations.
• Advise leaders on org design and headcount planning and provide actionable recommendations.
• Own performance management end-to-end for client groups, including calibration.
• Coach leaders to identify underperformance early and address it with proper documentation.
• Coach managers across business units and build trust for proactive problem escalation.
• Own employee relations, including intake, investigation, resolution, with proper documentation.
• Partner with leaders on succession planning and talent development.
• Serve as the change management partner for reorganizations and leadership transitions.
• Run engagement surveys and translate insights into leadership actions.
• Define how the HRBP function operates and scale manager enablement.

Skills

HR Business Partner

Executive coaching

Organizational design

Performance management

Employee relations

Diagnostics

Change management

Data-driven decisions

Crypto/fintech/web3 experience

High-growth startups

Job description

About PolymarketPolymarket

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized \"house,\" Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future. We're growing fast — both in terms of volume ($21B traded in 2025) and adoption as an alternative news source. Our ambition is to become a ubiquitous beacon of truth in global media and we need your help adding fuel to the fire.

About the Role

Polymarket is looking for its first HR Business Partner to serve as the primary people partner to a defined set of executives and their organizations. You'll own decisions within those groups rather than routing them upward — advising on org design, performance, employee relations, and talent while the company scales fast. This is a foundational role. You'll define how the HRBP function operates at Polymarket and partner with the Head of People Experience to build manager enablement that scales beyond your own client groups.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the primary people partner to a defined set of executives and their organizations, operating with the autonomy to own decisions within those groups rather than routing them upward
• Advise leaders on org design and headcount planning — including structure, span of control, role clarity, and leveling — while decisions are still being shaped rather than after they're made
• Own performance management end to end for your client groups, from cycle facilitation through calibration, holding a consistent bar across managers who assess talent differently
• Coach leaders to identify underperformance early and address it decisively, with documentation and process that hold up to scrutiny
• Coach managers across your business units — spanning new-manager onboarding, escalation support, and ongoing development — and build enough trust that they raise problems while they're still small
• Own employee relations for your groups, including intake, investigation, and resolution, escalating high-risk or cross-organizational matters with clear documentation and a recommended path forward
• Partner with leaders on succession planning and identification of high-potential talent, including where the org is one departure away from a real gap
• Serve as the change management partner for reorganizations, leadership transitions, and structural shifts within your client groups
• Run feedback cycles, engagement pulse checks, and stay interviews, then translate what you learn into recommendations leadership can act on
• Define how the HRBP function operates at Polymarket and partner with the Head of People Experience to build manager enablement that scales beyond your own client groups

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years as an HR Business Partner in a tech company, with clear experience owning a client group end to end
• Proven track record coaching managers through performance management, including documentation and formal plans, without letting cases drag
• Experience advising senior or executive leaders on org decisions, and comfortable holding a position when you disagree
• Strong diagnostic instincts — you can separate an isolated issue from a systemic one and recommend interventions that match the actual problem
• Experience running performance calibration and helping leaders hold a consistent bar across their teams
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where process supports the work rather than defining it
• (Plus) Experience at a crypto, fintech, or web3 company
• (Plus) Experience at a high-growth startup where the playbook was still being written

Benefits

• Competitive salary & equity
• Unlimited PTO
• Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
• 401k match
• Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories