People Partner

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HappyRobot is seeking an experienced People Partner to start and run the HR Business Partner function. The role collaborates with leaders on manager development, performance reviews, and employee relations, shaping people strategy in a fast-paced AI-driven environment.

A strong candidate has hands-on HRBP experience in scaling companies and can advise leaders, founders included, with sound judgment on sensitive situations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on HR business partner work in fast-moving settings.
• Built HRBP function from scratch.
• Ability to advise leaders including founders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders on manager development, performance reviews, and employee relations.
• Track review cycles, gather feedback, and read people data with AI tools.
• Advise on org design and skills as the company scales.

Skills

HRBP experience

Coaching & development

Advising leaders

Job description

This role asks someone to start and run a people partner function at a growing company, working closely with leaders on manager development, performance reviews, and employee relations. A strong candidate has years of hands on HR business partner work in fast moving settings and has built such programs rather than only maintained them. Sound judgment on sensitive people situations and the confidence to advise leaders, founders included, matter more than titles.

How it fits the AI era

Much of the routine side of people work, such as tracking review cycles, gathering feedback, and reading people data, can be sped up with AI tools, and the posting expects comfort with them. What stays human is the judgment: coaching a manager through a hard conversation, handling a sensitive exit fairly, and spotting team strain before it shows in numbers. The role sits close to a company that sells AI agents, so the people function itself becomes a place to show how AI fits into everyday operations.

How it builds AI experience

Working here gives direct exposure to a company whose product is AI agents for enterprise operations, which builds practical understanding of how such tools change how teams work. A candidate can prepare by using AI tools in HR tasks like review planning, feedback summaries, and people analytics, and by thinking through how AI changes roles and manager expectations. That grounding helps when advising leaders on org design and skills as the company scales.

Worth showing

• Built HRBP function from scratch
• Ran performance review cycles
• Handled sensitive employee relations
• Coached managers and leaders
• Used AI in HR workflows

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About HappyRobot

AI voice and email agents that autonomously handle the phone calls and operational busywork of supply chain and enterprise teams.