Tech Talent Strategy Manager (Hybrid)

Wayfair; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayfair seeks a Seattle-based, hybrid full-time HR leader to translate tech priorities into executable people plans. You will guide org design, workforce planning, and manager capability while partnering with Legal, Talent Relations, and Finance to drive performance and engagement for technology teams.

You will leverage GenAI responsibly to synthesize trends, draft materials, and scale impact, maintaining confidentiality and human judgment at the core of decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HRBP, People Strategy, Talent Business Partner, Talent Relations, or related People experience.
• Demonstrated success advising and influencing Director-level leaders and managers in a matrixed, fast-paced environment.
• Experience building and executing people plans for a defined business area with limited oversight, including clear milestones, stakeholder alignment, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical acumen, including the ability to interpret people data, build hypotheses, identify trends, and translate insights into leader-ready recommendations.
• Working knowledge of core HR disciplines, including employee relations, performance management, compensation/Total Rewards, talent acquisition, workforce planning, and inclusion practices.
• Working knowledge of U.S. and Canadian employment law considerations, with judgment to partner with Talent Relations, Legal, and other experts when needed.
• Demonstrated ability or strong readiness to use GenAI responsibly to improve work quality, speed, synthesis, and decision support.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own people execution strategies for Technology teams: Translate business priorities, org health needs, and talent signals into quarterly plans that define workstreams, sequencing, stakeholders, risks, success measures, and leader enablement.
• Turn employee and talent trends into action: Use engagement, performance, attrition, talent movement, employee relations, workforce, and manager effectiveness data to identify patterns and recommend practical interventions.
• Advise leaders on org and talent decisions: Guide leaders through org design, workforce planning, succession, role clarity, manager capability, team effectiveness, and change management within a defined Technology remit.
• Raise manager effectiveness: Equip managers with actionable, data-informed guidance to coach, develop, differentiate, and hold teams accountable in a high-growth, matrixed environment.
• Navigate complex employee matters: Lead or support nuanced employee relations, investigations, performance, accommodations, and organizational change matters in partnership with Legal, and business leaders.
• Execute core Talent rhythms with excellence: Drive performance, compensation, talent review, engagement, succession, workforce planning, and other cyclical processes for supported Technology teams, while improving adoption and outcomes.
• Use AI to scale TBP impact: Apply approved GenAI to compare solution options, synthesize listening themes, draft leader-ready materials, scenario-plan communications, accelerate manager enablement, and identify repeatable workflows that improve speed and quality.
• Practice responsible AI and data stewardship: Protect confidential employee and business information, use only approved tools and data sources, validate AI outputs, check for bias or unsupported assumptions, and keep human judgment at the center of talent decisions.
• Create repeatable playbooks and share learnings: Codify effective approaches, AI prompts or workflows, leader enablement materials, and lessons learned so the broader Tech Talent team can deliver faster and more consistently.

Skills

Execution Strategist

Talent Advisor

AI-Enabled Operator

Data-Driven Influencer

Systems Thinker

Trusted Coach

Cross-Functional Collaborator

Mentor and Culture Carrier

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Psychology

Tools

Workday

Visier

Job description

Wayfair seeks a Seattle-based, hybrid full-time HR leader to translate tech priorities into executable people plans. You will guide org design, workforce planning, and manager capability while partnering with Legal, Talent Relations, and Finance to drive performance and engagement for technology teams.

You will leverage GenAI responsibly to synthesize trends, draft materials, and scale impact, maintaining confidentiality and human judgment at the core of decisions.