HR Business Partner - Engineering

About the role

The HR Business Partner team supports scaling the organization and assisting its talented employees. Key responsibilities include:

• Respond to employee inquiries, questions, and complaints.
• Provide information, guidance, and direction on employee relations issues, performance management, and other core HR functions.
• Work closely with senior leaders and their teams on workforce analytics, organizational optimization, leadership development, and other strategic initiatives.
• Counsel and assist employees and managers, guided by the Company’s policies and relevant laws/regulations.
• Facilitate internal transfers, oversee and facilitate promotion opportunities, conduct exit interviews, and identify trends to support retention, career development, and minimize risk for the business.
• Implement key HR recommendations and change efforts.
• Create, document, and implement human resources policies, programs, and processes.
• Maintain employee files and process HR transactions in Workday.
• Uphold standards of strict confidentiality with respect to all matters and documents.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience as an HR Generalist or HRBP, with exposure across other HR disciplines.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth, dynamic business environment.
• Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Experience working in the tech industry/supporting engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success at building effective relationships.
• Ability to lead with a positive attitude and approach challenges head-on.
• Experience independently handling employee relations issues.
• Familiarity with Greenhouse, UltiPro, and/or Workday.
• Experience using independent judgment to make decisions and organize/prioritize work.
• Demonstrated excellence thriving in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

Skills

• Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Pay

$115,000 - $140,000 USD

Schedule

This is not a remote or hybrid position and will require relocation if not already local to the Palo Alto, CA area.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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