Director, Human Resources Business Partner - Engineering and Product

About the role

We are seeking a strategic HRBP to partner with executives in our Product Organization. This role is a hybrid based in San Jose, CA, and involves collaborating three days a week. The HRBP will serve in a strategic advisory role, directly supporting defined product lines and their leaders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to understand business priorities and translate them into people strategies.
• Influence decision-making through data, insights, and organizational best practices.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on leadership effectiveness, team development, and change management.
• Partner across workforce planning and organizational design discussions to ensure the right structure, capabilities, and talent for the future.
• Leverage people analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities across the organization.
• Connect global design processes and go-to-market partnerships to practical, scalable people processes.
• Monitor organizational health metrics and implement action plans in partnership with leaders.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality HR delivery across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Human Resources or equivalent with Master's degree or relevant certification preferred.
• Extensive progressive HR experience, including significant time in a business partnering role supporting senior leaders (Sr. Directors and VP’s).
• Strategic Partnering Skills: Proven ability to align people strategies with business objectives, influencing leaders and driving outcomes.
• Global Mindset: Experience supporting international client groups – ability to adapt strategies across geographies.
• Executive Presence and Communication: Exceptional influencing, facilitation, and presentation skills; able to engage with senior executives confidently.
• Product Development: Knowledgeable about the product development and operations of the organization including roadmap, go-to-market, and enterprise delivery mechanisms.
• Proactive vs. Reactive: Looks around corners to proactively identify challenges on a global scale, recommends solutions, and drives solution to completion; translating work to direct business results.
• Prioritization and Execution: Ability to assess competing business needs, identify what matters most, and focus resources on the highest impact initiatives.
• Skilled at balancing strategic priorities with operational demand.
• Team Player: Always willing to roll up their sleeves, does not say “that’s not my job,” and collaborates to get results.