Senior People Business Partner

Juniper Square

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 102,000 - 158,000

Full time

11 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision care foryou

Life insurance and disability coverage

Mental wellness coverage

Fertility and growing family support

Flex Time Off and holidays

401k retirement savings plan

Healthcare FSA and commuter benefits

Home office setup allowance

Annual professional development

Job summary

Juniper Square is seeking a Senior People Business Partner to support our growth with hands-on execution in performance management, employee relations, and talent development. You will partner with leaders to implement people strategies and drive organizational effectiveness.

You will collaborate with Talent, People Ops, and Compensation to align resources, manage change, and ensure a high-performance culture across multiple client groups in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifications

5-8 years of experience delivering PBP or generalist HR support.
Experience supporting fast-growing technology or financial services teams.
Strong performance management, employee relations, and organizational effectiveness fundamentals.
Ability to translate engagement and attrition data into actionable guidance.

Responsibilities

Serve as trusted advisor to managers across client groups.
Lead performance management conversations, support PIP design and calibration.
Assist with promotion readiness reviews and calibrations.
Own employee relations casework and investigations as needed.
Analyze engagement and attrition data and translate into action plans for leaders.
Support onboarding, feedback, and career development practices.

Skills

People partner

HR generalist

Performance management

Employee relations

Data-driven HR

HRIS

Tools

HRIS

Job description

About Juniper Square

Private markets are one of the largest, most complex, and most underserved corners of global finance. Our mission at Juniper Square is to unlock their full potential. We’re the Operations Partner trusted by 2,300+ GPs, unifying technology, data, and fund administration services into a single platform that helps GPs move faster, make better decisions, and scale with precision. With $300B+ under administration and 700,000+ LPs on platform, we’ve built the scale to match our ambition. And with JunieAI, our purpose-built AI platform, we’re reimagining how private markets operate, embedding intelligence across every workflow. Founder-led since 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, we’re building a company designed to shape the future of private markets for decades to come.

About Juniper Square

Our culture is built for people who want to do ambitious, meaningful work alongside exceptionally talented teammates. We think like owners, move with urgency, and take pride in solving hard problems that truly matter to our customers and the future of private markets. We believe the best ideas come from open debate, deep collaboration, and diverse perspectives, which is why we believe transparency is the default and feedback makes us stronger. If you’re energized by high standards, rapid growth, and the opportunity to help define a category at a pivotal moment, come join us!

Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full‑time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital‑first operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.

About Your Role

Juniper Square is looking for a Senior People Business Partner to support our organization through our next phase of growth. Reporting to our Principal Business Partner, this is an individual contributor role that pairs strategic coaching with hands‑on execution: partnering with the leaders and managers of the client group(s) you support to advance our people strategy, while owning the day‑to‑day work of performance management, employee relations, and talent development for that business area.

What You'll Do

Serve as a trusted advisor and hands‑on partner to managers in your client group(s), helping them navigate people challenges and make sound decisions, especially in ambiguous situations
Support performance management for your client group(s): help managers run effective performance conversations, assist with PIP design and execution, and contribute to performance calibration
Support promotion readiness reviews and calibration discussions for the teams you partner with
Own employee relations casework within your client group(s), including conflict resolution and support for investigations, escalating complex cases as needed
Study engagement survey results, exit interview themes, and attrition data for your client group(s) and translate findings into concrete action plans for managers
Help managers build strong onboarding, feedback, and career development practices on their teams
Support organizational change (reorgs, headcount shifts) for your client group(s) by helping leaders think through the people implications and build communication plans
Partner closely with Talent, People Ops, and Compensation to connect your client group(s) with the right internal resources
Deeply understand the business, goals, and talent needs of the teams you support

Qualifications

5-8 years of experience delivering PBP or generalist HR support, ideally at a fast‑growing technology or financial services company
Demonstrated ability to build trust and influence with people managers and mid‑level leaders
Solid grounding in performance management, employee relations, and organizational effectiveness fundamentals
Comfortable working independently and prioritizing across a client group's competing needs
Skilled at translating data (engagement, attrition, exit interview themes) into practical, actionable recommendations
Experience with an HRIS; exposure to multiple systems a plus
Best‑in‑class verbal and written communication skills; able to explain HR concepts in a clear, employee‑friendly tone
Resilient, forward‑looking, and adapts quickly to change; maintains a growth mindset

At Juniper Square, we believe building a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture makes us a better company. If you think this job sounds like a fit, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the qualifications.

Compensation

Compensation for this position includes a base salary, equity, and a variety of benefits. The U.S. base salary range for this role is $102,000-$158,000 USD and the Canadian base salary range is $112,000 to $140,000 CAD. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate‑specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable.

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