Senior Associate, HR Business Partner

PIMCO; Newport Beach (CA); On-site; USD 93,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

PIMCO is seeking an HR Business Partner Senior Associate in Newport Beach, CA to deliver proactive HR partnership across the employee lifecycle. You will manage onboarding, mobility, offboarding, and day-to-day inquiries with discretion and business sense.

Responsibilities include talent initiatives, performance cycles, and leveraging HR data to inform leadership decisions. The role emphasizes collaboration, technology adoption (Workday/ServiceNow), and delivering high-quality service in a

Qualifications

• Demonstrates integrity and discretion when handling confidential matters.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-expectation environment with strong prioritization.
• Strong client orientation with diplomacy and credibility.
• Tech-minded with curiosity for HR systems and digital solutions.
• Excellent critical thinking to identify root causes and practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across audiences and levels.
• Attention to detail with a strategic viewpoint.
• Highly collaborative and proactive in learning and information gathering.
• Able to manage multiple workstreams with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Serve as day-to-day HR support contact for assigned business areas.
• Independently manage core HR processes across onboarding, mobility, and offboarding.
• Respond to complex inquiries with sound judgment and discreet handling.
• Partner with HR teams to plan and execute talent initiatives and performance cycles.
• Provide guidance on managing employee performance issues.
• Act as a thought partner during key talent moments and project HR priorities.
• Translate HR data into narratives to inform leadership decisions.
• Contribute to process optimization and employee experience enhancements.
• Support technology-enabled solutions and platforms adoption (Workday/ServiceNow).
• Build trusted relationships with HR colleagues and business stakeholders.
• Synthesize inputs from stakeholders to deliver timely outcomes.

Skills

Integrity & discretion

Prioritization under pressure

Client orientation

Tech mindset

Critical thinking

Communication

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Multi-tasking

HR data/analytics

Tools

Workday

ServiceNow

AI initiatives

Job description

PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients’ capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world’s largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns.

Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.

Role Overview

The HR Business Partner Senior Associate will play a critical role in supporting assigned business areas by delivering responsive, high quality HR partnership across the employee lifecycle. This role is designed for a highly organized, solutions oriented HR professional who can independently manage core HR processes, respond to complex day to day inquiries, and partner closely with senior HR Business Partners to ensure business leaders and employees receive seamless support.

Success in this role requires sound judgment, discretion, strong execution, and the ability to synthesize inputs from multiple stakeholders into timely, high quality outcomes. The HR Business Partner Senior Associate will also contribute to broader HR priorities, including talent initiatives, process optimization, technology enabled solutions, and the use of data and analytics to support evidence based decision making.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a point of contact for day to day HR support for assigned business areas, partnering closely with the senior HR Business Partners to deliver seamless, high quality service.
• Independently manage and execute core HR processes across the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, internal mobility, and offboarding.
• Handle complex, high volume inquiries from the business with sound judgment, discretion, and a solutions oriented mindset, escalating strategically when appropriate.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and across HR teams to plan, coordinate, and execute business specific talent initiatives, including talent reviews, succession planning, and performance management cycles.
• Act as initial point of contact for providing guidance on best practices for managing employee performance issues.
• Act as an operational and thought partner during key talent moments, ensuring processes are well orchestrated, insights are synthesized, and outcomes align with business and firm priorities.
• Leverage HR data and analytics to generate insights, identify trends, and support evidence based decision making. Translate data into clear, compelling narratives that inform HR Business Partner recommendations and business leader discussions.
• Actively contribute to strategic HR priorities, including process optimization, workflow simplification, and enhancements to the employee experience.
• Play a hands on role in advancing technology enabled solutions, including adoption and continuous improvement of platforms such as Workday and ServiceNow, as well as AI and RPA initiatives.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with HR colleagues, Centers of Excellence, and business stakeholders through responsiveness, reliability, and professionalism.
• Effectively gather, synthesize, and align inputs from multiple stakeholders to drive timely and high quality outcomes.

Qualifications & Capabilities

• Demonstrates the highest level of integrity, sound judgment, and discretion; consistently handles confidential and sensitive matters with professionalism and care.
• Thrives in a fast paced, high expectation environment; able to prioritize effectively, manage competing demands, and maintain momentum under pressure.
• Strong client orientation with the ability to anticipate needs, connect the dots, challenge the status quo thoughtfully, and influence with diplomacy and credibility.
• Highly comfortable with technology and process driven work; brings a tech mindset and curiosity about leveraging HR systems and digital solutions to improve efficiency and scale.
• Exhibits strong critical thinking skills, with the ability to assess issues holistically, identify root causes, and recommend practical, business aligned solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; adapts messaging effectively across audiences and levels.
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail while maintaining a broader strategic perspective.
• Highly collaborative, resourceful, and intellectually curious; proactively seeks information and learning to deepen business and HR acumen.
• Results oriented, organized, and capable of managing multiple workstreams simultaneously with minimal oversight.

PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus. Base salary is the fixed component of compensation that is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors. The discretionary bonus is used to award performance and therefore is determined by company, business, team, and individual performance.

Salary Range: $ 93,000.00 - $ 112,500.00

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affifative Action Statement

PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws.

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