Strategic People & Org Builder (High-Growth Tech)

Crane Venture Partners; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Home office stipend

Learning and development budget

Free phone and international data plan

Job summary

Gigs, a fast-growing startup building the operating system for mobile connectivity, is hiring its first People Business Partner. You will partner with leaders to shape people strategy, org design, and talent decisions as the company scales.

This builder role emphasizes ownership from strategy to execution, with focus on leveling, performance, onboarding, and manager enablement. You’ll use data and AI to streamline People work while supporting growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of HR/People experience, including People Partner/HRBP experience in a high-growth technology company.
• Experience partnering closely with leaders and managers across functions and levels.
• Strong business acumen and genuine curiosity about how businesses operate, grow, and win.
• Deep experience across organizational design, talent, performance, manager coaching, and employee development.
• Experience building or evolving career frameworks, leveling, talent processes, or other People infrastructure.
• Excellent judgment, coaching, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to navigate sensitive and ambiguous situations.
• A first-principles, builder’s mindset: you’re comfortable creating from scratch, questioning existing playbooks, and rolling up your sleeves to get the work done.
• Strong analytical skills and an interest in using AI and automation to make People work more effective and scalable.
• Knowledge of employment law and employee relations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to build exceptional teams.
• Advise on talent, organizational design, performance, and team effectiveness.
• Translate business strategy and goals into thoughtful decisions about organization, roles, capabilities, and talent.
• Coach managers at all levels on leadership, feedback, performance, team dynamics, and employee development.
• Partner with leaders on talent reviews, development, promotions, succession, and retention of exceptional talent.
• Navigate employee relations and organizational change with sound judgment, empathy, and rigor.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to diagnose problems, identify trends, and proactively surface opportunities and risks.
• Design and evolve our leveling and career framework, creating clear expectations and meaningful paths for growth.
• Build and improve performance management, talent, and manager development programs.
• Shape key parts of the employee experience, including onboarding, engagement, and other People programs as the company evolves.
• Partner across the People team to turn business and employee insights into programs that meaningfully improve how we work.
• Use AI, automation, and better systems to eliminate repetitive work, create leverage, and rethink how People work gets done.

Skills

HRBP experience

Leadership partnering

People analytics

Builder mindset

Job description

Gigs, a fast-growing startup building the operating system for mobile connectivity, is hiring its first People Business Partner. You will partner with leaders to shape people strategy, org design, and talent decisions as the company scales.

This builder role emphasizes ownership from strategy to execution, with focus on leveling, performance, onboarding, and manager enablement. You’ll use data and AI to streamline People work while supporting growth.