People Business Partner - Product Engineering

Chainlink Labs; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainlink Labs is seeking an experienced People Business Partner embedded in business teams to enable leaders and drive end-to-end People disciplines such as performance, compensation, levelling, and promotions.

You will act as the Chief People Officer for your teams, gathering deep feedback and reporting to the Chief People Officer to accelerate issue resolution and workforce improvements. Roles are global and remote-based with EST overlap.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a top-tier PBP in a similar PBP model.
• 2+ years of experience in a fast-paced technology company.
• Experience supporting engineering and/or Product orgs.
• Deep expertise with, curiosity about, and true vision for AI and how it is changing work.
• A focus on business outputs and impact over anything else; data-informed with empathy.

Responsibilities

• Refining and guiding the development of People programs such as levelling and promotions.
• Driving workforce planning, organizational design, and change management aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate with People Operations, Technology, Talent Acquisition and Total Rewards to uplift People Team operations.

Skills

PBP leadership

People programs

Organizational design

Change management

Data-driven

Job description

About Chainlink

Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi.

Many of the world s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Lido, GMX and many others. Chainlink leverages a novel fee model where offchain and onchain revenue from enterprise adoption is converted to LINK tokens and stored in a strategic Chainlink Reserve. Learn more at chain.link.

About The Role

Our People Business Partners are embedded in business teams and expected to do anything and everything to enable the success of those teams and their leaders. This means that our PBPs must have end-to-end mastery of all People disciplines, including employee relations, performance management, levelling and promotions, and compensation.

Our PBPs are truly expected to be the "Chief People Officer" for their teams. They are also, in addition, expected to gather deep anecdotal feedback from their teams and report that back up to the team leader and the Chief People Officer, to enable the Executive Leadership Team to address team member concerns more rapidly and with greater.

The Chainlink PBP team follows a unique model - effectiveness and urgency.

Your Impact

• Refining and guiding the development of People programs that are necessary for our success, such as levelling, promotions, performance management/cycles, etc.
• Driving organizational strategies such as workforce planning, organizational design, and change management through a deep understanding of our business, market dynamics, and competitive landscape, to customize organizational structures and talent strategies that align Chainlink s capabilities with business demands.
• Collaborate with the other People Team members (People Operations & Technology, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards) to influence and uplift the execution of People Team operations

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a top-tier PBP in a similar PBP model
• 2+ years of experience in a fast-paced and demanding technology company
• Experience supporting engineering and/or Product orgs
• Deep expertise with, curiosity about, and true vision for AI and how it is changing
• A default orientation toward the following approaches/views of work:
  • A focus on business outputs and impact over anything else
  • An orientation toward data but a deep appreciation for actual on-the-ground anecdotes and experiences
  • Skepticism toward HR orthodoxy in every area
  • Analysis and logic over emotional appeals - but balanced by deep empathy and true care for all team members

All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).

We want to fully consider your experience and skills, and you will hear from us regarding the status of your application shortly after the closing date.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

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