Director, HR Business Partnership - Global Technology

About the role

The Director, HR Business Partnership, Global Technology at DraftKings serves as a strategic advisor to leaders across the company's global Technology organization. This role focuses on enhancing organizational effectiveness, workforce strategy, leadership development, and transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Consumer Engineering leaders across Sports, iGaming, Platform, and IT as a trusted advisor on organizational effectiveness, workforce strategy, and leadership development.
• Influence business decisions through organizational insight, workforce data, and market intelligence while helping leaders navigate growth, change, and evolving business priorities.
• Lead organizational design initiatives and evolve team structures, operating models, and ways of working to support business growth, innovation, and scalability.
• Develop workforce planning strategies aligned to business priorities, future capability needs, and long-term organizational health.
• Partner with leaders to build high-performing teams through talent strategy, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness programs.
• Assess workforce capabilities and identify critical skill gaps required to support DraftKings' technology roadmap and future growth.
• Advise leaders on the organizational, talent, and workforce implications of AI, automation, and emerging technologies.
• Help Engineering leaders evaluate, adopt, and scale AI-enabled ways of working that improve productivity, collaboration, innovation, and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead change management and transformation initiatives, including organizational redesigns, operating model evolution, and business growth programs.
• Leverage people analytics, engagement data, and workforce insights to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and drive informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Learning & Organizational Effectiveness, Total Rewards, People Operations, and Inclusion, Equity & Belonging teams to deliver integrated people strategies.
• Continuously improve people programs, processes, and team member experiences to support a high-performing and scalable organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; Master’s Degree preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, Workforce Strategy, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting Engineering, Product, Technology, or Digital organizations, preferably within high-growth technology environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, workforce planning, talent strategy, leadership development, and change management.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, navigate complex organizations, and drive business outcomes through people strategies.
• Experience supporting software engineering organizations and globally distributed technical teams.
• Experience leading organizational transformation initiatives, including digital transformation, operating model evolution, workforce transformation, or future-of-work programs.
• Demonstrated understanding of how AI and emerging technologies impact workforce planning, organizational design, capability development, leadership effectiveness, and ways of working.
• Ability to advise leaders on the people, organizational, and change-management implications of AI, automation, and technological change.
• Strong analytical, consulting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data and insights into actionable recommendations.
• Exceptional coaching, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong business acumen, systems-thinking capability, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field; Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field; An advanced degree is preferred.

Skills

• Strong analytical, consulting, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptional coaching, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong business acumen, systems-thinking capability.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Benefits

As a publicly traded company, DraftKings offers competitive benefits packages tailored to meet the unique needs of its employees. These benefits may include:

• Health insurance plans
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings plans
• Employee assistance programs
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements

Pay

Compensation details will be provided upon successful completion of the application process. Please check back for updates.

Schedule

Full-time position.