Senior People Partner

Level.me; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Level is a learning technology company focused on helping students build real academic and life skills with confidence and joy. We’re seeking a Senior People Partner to act as a trusted, strategic advisor to leaders across multiple business groups and to support onboarding, coaching, feedback, and growth in a globally dispersed organization.

You will partner with managers to translate priorities into tailored people strategies, coach distributed teams across time zones, and lead important

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR business partner or generalist experience.
• Experience partnering with multiple business groups or functions.
• Hands-on experience supporting employees and managers across multiple countries and regions.
• Experience supporting distributed or remote teams across time zones.
• High emotional intelligence with trust-building and influencing without authority.
• Working knowledge of employment law in the U.S. and international jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated experience handling employee relations and investigations.
• Proven ability to coach and influence leaders across cultures and time zones.
• Experience with performance management and compensation cycles.
• Comfort using data to inform decisions and tell a clear story.
• Excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills.
• Ability to balance strategic advisory work with hands-on execution as an individual contributor.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted partner to employees and leaders, translating priorities into tailored people strategies.
• Support a globally dispersed workforce, adapting people practices to local laws, norms, and cultural expectations.
• Coach managers on performance, feedback, development, and leading distributed, cross-cultural teams.
• Build trust quickly with leaders and employees, serving as a steady, empathetic resource during growth, change, and difficult moments.
• Lead employee relations matters, including investigations, resolutions, and documentation, with fairness and discretion.
• Guide organizational design, role definition, and workforce planning as teams scale internationally.
• Drive core people programs such as performance cycles, compensation reviews, goal setting, and engagement initiatives with a global lens.
• Work with legal counsel, payroll, and employer-of-record or local partners to ensure compliance with employment regulations in each country where we operate.
• Use people data and employee feedback to spot trends across business groups, surface risks, and recommend actions.
• Support change management and communications through reorganizations, growth, and new initiatives.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring plans, leveling, offers, and onboarding for both U.S. and international hires.
• Strengthen a culture of trust, accountability, and growth, and help us evolve our people practices as we scale.

Skills

HR business partner

Cross-functional partner

People strategy

Coaching

Education

SHRM-SCP / SPHR certification

Tools

Ashby

Rippling

Job description

Level is a learning technology company dedicated to helping students build real academic and life skills with confidence and joy. We combine proven curriculum principles with world-class interactive design to make meaningful practice something students want to come back to, not something they struggle through.

We support what teachers, schools, and parents are already doing by increasing student engagement with high-quality, standards-aligned practice that reinforces classroom learning. That’s why we’re building:

For students: Rewarding and motivating learning experiences that meet students where they are to build real academic proficiency.

For educators: Tools that fit naturally into instruction and help students stay engaged while reducing teacher workload.

For parents: Activities that help kids catch up or get ahead, build confidence, and minimize homework battles, whether learning at school or at home.

We are committed to helping every person maximize their potential and live a life of meaning. It’s a difficult problem that requires brilliant people and tremendous effort over time.

As our Senior People Partner, you will be a trusted, strategic advisor to leaders across several business groups at Level. This is an individual contributor role at the center of our People work. You will bring high emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and a strong point of view to the people challenges of a growing, globally dispersed company. You will help managers lead well, help employees thrive across regions and time zones, and help each business group build the organization it needs to deliver on our mission.

What You Will Do:

• Serve as a trusted partner to employees and a strategic advisor to the leaders and managers of your assigned departments, embedding in their team rhythms to understand their priorities, translate them into tailored people strategies, and support onboarding, coaching, feedback, and growth

• Support a globally dispersed workforce, adapting people practices to local laws, norms, and cultural expectations

• Coach managers on performance, feedback, development, and leading distributed, cross-cultural teams

• Build trust quickly with leaders and employees, serving as a steady, empathetic resource during growth, change, and difficult moments

• Lead employee relations matters, including investigations, resolutions, and documentation, with fairness and discretion

• Guide organizational design, role definition, and workforce planning as teams scale internationally

• Drive core people programs such as performance cycles, compensation reviews, goal setting, and engagement initiatives with a global lens

• Work with legal counsel, payroll, and employer-of-record or local partners to ensure compliance with employment regulations in each country where we operate

• Use people data and employee feedback to spot trends across business groups, surface risks, and recommend actions

• Support change management and communications through reorganizations, growth, and new initiatives

• Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring plans, leveling, offers, and onboarding for both U.S. and international hires

• Strengthen a culture of trust, accountability, and growth, and help us evolve our people practices as we scale

Qualifications

Need to Have:

• 7+ years of progressive HR business partner or generalist experience, including supporting leaders at a growth-stage company

• Experience partnering with multiple business groups or functions at the same time, and adapting your approach to each

• Hands-on experience supporting employees and managers across multiple countries and regions

• Experience supporting distributed or remote teams across time zones

• High emotional intelligence, with a track record of building trust, navigating sensitive situations, and influencing without authority

• Working knowledge of employment law and HR practices in the U.S. and international jurisdictions, and comfort partnering with local experts where needed

• Demonstrated experience handling employee relations and investigations

• Proven ability to coach and influence leaders at all levels across cultures and time zones

• Experience with performance management and compensation cycles

• Comfort using data to inform decisions and tell a clear story

• Excellent judgment, discretion, and communication skills

• Ability to balance strategic advisory work with hands-on execution as an individual contributor

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting various business groups

• Experience with employer-of-record models or building people programs in new countries

• Experience through periods of rapid growth or organizational change

• Experience in ed tech or mission-driven organizations

• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or similar certification

• Familiarity with HRIS and applicant tracking tools such as Ashby and Rippling