Senior People Business Partner: Strategy & Org Design

QuantumScape Battery, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU/Equity package

Health care

Job summary

QuantumScape Battery, Inc. is seeking a Senior People Business Partner to support senior leaders and operations through rapid growth.

This onsite role in San Jose will partner with executives to translate business priorities into effective people strategies, driving performance and workforce effectiveness across the organization. As a trusted advisor, you will analyze organizational health, guide talent processes, and lead change initiatives while managing complex employee relations and risk.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years in HR or People Business Partner roles; Master’s with 4+ years also acceptable.
• Strong expertise in employee relations, performance management, and employment law (California).
• Proven ability to influence without authority and operate with sound judgment.
• Strong analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor to senior leaders translating business strategy into people priorities.
• Apply systems thinking to organizational design, workforce planning, succession, and operating-model evolution.
• Proactively assess organizational health using data, leader insight, and employee feedback.
• Partner leaders through talent processes including goal setting, performance reviews, calibrations, talent assessments, and succession planning.
• Assist leaders on performance management, leadership effectiveness, and team dynamics.
• Support leadership capability-building through targeted interventions, feedback, and development initiatives.

Skills

HR degree or equivalent

Senior stakeholder partnering

Employee relations & CA law

Analytical & communication

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business

Master’s degree acceptable

Job description

QuantumScape Battery, Inc. is seeking a Senior People Business Partner to support senior leaders and operations through rapid growth.

This onsite role in San Jose will partner with executives to translate business priorities into effective people strategies, driving performance and workforce effectiveness across the organization. As a trusted advisor, you will analyze organizational health, guide talent processes, and lead change initiatives while managing complex employee relations and risk.