People Relations & Performance Partner

Brex Inc.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 181,000; Full time

Job summary

Brex, the intelligent finance platform, is seeking an Employee Relations Business Partner in New York City. This role blends coaching with rigorous performance processes to sustain Brex’s high-performance culture.

You’ll partner with frontline managers to ensure fair investigations, effective feedback, and compliant terminations while building scalable employee relations practices. The role is hybrid, with in-office days required.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of HR experience in high-growth organizations.
• Experience running employee investigations end-to-end.
• Hands-on experience supporting or executing employee terminations.
• Strong understanding of performance management practices in high-performance cultures.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with managers and influence outcomes.
• Clear and concise communicator, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Partner with front-line managers to ensure consistent, fair, and rigorous performance management across teams.
• Coach managers on how to set clear expectations, deliver effective feedback, and take action on performance outcomes.
• Serve as the first point of contact for manager questions on performance-related cases and processes.
• Build and maintain resources such as coaching plan templates, toolkits, and training to strengthen manager effectiveness.
• Run and document employee investigations end-to-end, escalating themes and risks as needed.
• Provide guidance and operational support on employee terminations, ensuring consistency.
• Own operational logistics for promotion and performance check-in calibrations.
• Partner with People Partners and Workplace Experience on RTO audits.

Skills

Employee investigations

Termination support

Performance management

Relationship building

Coaching managers

Communication

Organizational planning

Lattice

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Tools

Lattice

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Job description

Brex, the intelligent finance platform, is seeking an Employee Relations Business Partner in New York City. This role blends coaching with rigorous performance processes to sustain Brex’s high-performance culture.

You’ll partner with frontline managers to ensure fair investigations, effective feedback, and compliant terminations while building scalable employee relations practices. The role is hybrid, with in-office days required.