Senior People Business Partner

• Serve as a trusted advisor and hands-on partner to managers in client groups, helping them navigate people challenges and make sound decisions
• Support performance management, including performance conversations, PIP design and execution, and performance calibration
• Support promotion readiness reviews and calibration discussions
• Own employee relations casework, including conflict resolution and support for investigations, escalating complex cases as needed
• Study engagement survey results, exit interview themes, and attrition data and translate findings into concrete action plans
• Help managers build strong onboarding, feedback, and career development practices
• Support organizational change, including reorganizations and headcount shifts, and help build communication plans
• Partner with Talent, People Ops, and Compensation to connect client groups with internal resources
• Understand the business, goals, and talent needs of supported teams
• Report to the Principal Business Partner as an individual contributor

Requirements

• 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
• Ability to work in the United States or Canada

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in performance management, employee relations, and organizational effectiveness, with a strong ability to translate data into actionable recommendations. Proven track record in building trust and influencing managers while supporting organizational change and talent needs.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Performance Management
• Employee Relations
• Organizational Effectiveness
• HRIS Experience
• Data Translation Skills

Hard Skills

• Performance Conversations
• PIP Design
• Performance Calibration
• Conflict Resolution
• Engagement Survey Analysis
• Attrition Data Analysis
• Onboarding Practices
• Career Development Practices

Soft Skills

• Trust Building
• Influencing Skills
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Adaptability

Industry Keywords

• Technology
• Financial Services
• People Management
• Organizational Change
• Talent Needs

Tools & Technologies

• HRIS