People Business Partner - Engineering Leadership & Growth

True Anomaly, Inc.; Laguna Beach (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Generous PTO

Lunch provided

401(k) plan

Parental Leave

Sick Leave

Fitness reimbursement

Dog Fridays

Job summary

True Anomaly, Inc. is a strategic HR partner role designed to partner with engineering leaders and cross-functional teams. You will shape org design, talent planning, leadership development, and workforce strategy in a fast-growth space built from the ground up.

This position focuses on performance management, succession planning, employee relations, compensation data, and culture. Located near Denver or Long Beach, it offers equity, strong benefits, and a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of progressive HR experience, with 3–4+ years in a Business Partner or strategic HR role.
• Experience supporting engineering functions.
• Strong foundation in performance management, talent planning, ER, and compensation support.
• Able to build credibility quickly with operationally focused leaders skeptical of HR's value.
• Comfortable operating independently day-to-day while partnering with Director, PBP on complex decisions.
• Proven ability to manage ambiguity and competing priorities across multiple small teams.
• Bachelor's degree required; SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR preferred.
• Aerospace, defense, or high-growth tech experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnership: Serve as the dedicated PBP for engineer function leaders, providing counsel on org design, talent planning, leadership development, and workforce strategy.
• Talent & Performance: Guide managers on performance management, succession planning, and career development.
• Employee Relations: Own low-to-moderate complexity ER cases independently. Conduct investigations, advise managers, and ensure consistent, values-aligned resolution.
• Compensation & People Data: Partner with the Compensation Manager on comp cycles for corporate teams, including market benchmarking and data analysis for professional roles.
• Organizational Capability: Partner with Director, PBP to assess capability gaps, prioritize learning needs across lean teams, and identify cross-functional development opportunities.
• Culture: Model and embed True Anomaly's values — Be The Offset, What Would It Take, It's The People — through coaching, everyday practices, and intentional focus on teams that are often distributed or operating independent

Skills

HR experience

Strategic HR

Engineering support

Performance management

Talent planning

ER & compensation

Independent work

Credible with leaders

Education

Bachelor's degree

SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR

Job description

True Anomaly, Inc. is a strategic HR partner role designed to partner with engineering leaders and cross-functional teams. You will shape org design, talent planning, leadership development, and workforce strategy in a fast-growth space built from the ground up.

This position focuses on performance management, succession planning, employee relations, compensation data, and culture. Located near Denver or Long Beach, it offers equity, strong benefits, and a collaborative, fast-paced environment.