HR Business Partner, Engineering & Product Organization

Temporary full-time role based in Menlo Park, CA (onsite). Estimated duration: 13 months. Hourly rate: $75–$85.

About the Role

Seeking a senior HR Business Partner to serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership across one or more of our product or functional organizations. This is a highly impactful individual contributor role that operates at the intersection of business strategy and people strategy, driving organizational health, talent effectiveness, and culture at scale.

As an HRBP, you will be a trusted thought partner to Directors and VPs, shaping people strategies that enable us to build the future of human connection. You will bring deep expertise in organizational design, talent management, and change leadership—operating with significant autonomy, navigating ambiguity, and influencing outcomes across functions and levels.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior leaders (Director+ level), influencing business decisions through a people and organizational lens.
• Develop and execute integrated people strategies aligned to business priorities, including workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy.
• Translate complex business challenges into actionable people plans that drive measurable outcomes.
• Proactively identify organizational risks and opportunities, and design interventions at scale.
• Lead organizational design efforts to ensure teams are structured for speed, efficiency, and impact.
• Diagnose organizational health issues using quantitative and qualitative data, and recommend solutions.
• Drive change management initiatives for large-scale organizational transformations, restructures, or strategic pivots.
• Coach leaders on building high-performing teams and fostering inclusive, healthy team cultures.
• Partner with leadership on talent strategy, including succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential identification.
• Drive calibration and performance management processes, ensuring consistency, fairness, and differentiation.
• Advise on career development frameworks and internal mobility strategies to retain top talent.
• Influence compensation and rewards strategies in partnership with Total Rewards to attract and retain critical talent.
• Champion cultural values and drive initiatives that strengthen employee engagement and belonging.
• Analyze engagement survey data and partner with leaders to develop targeted action plans.
• Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, embedding inclusive practices into all people processes.
• Serve as a culture steward during periods of change, ensuring alignment between stated values and organizational behaviors.
• Operate as a senior IC leader within the People organization—setting standards, mentoring other HRBPs, and contributing to enterprise-wide HR strategy.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional People team initiatives (e.g., performance cycle redesign, manager effectiveness programs, policy evolution).
• Build strong partnerships with Centers of Excellence (Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, L&D, People Analytics, Employee Relations) to deliver integrated solutions.
• Represent the voice of the business to the broader People organization and vice versa.

Requirements

• 12+ years progressive HR experience, with 8+ years in an HRBP or strategic HR role partnering directly with senior executives (VP/SVP level) in fast-paced tech or complex environments.
• Infrastructure, core business, or technology experience across multiple areas.
• Deep expertise in 3+ of the following: organizational design, talent management, change management, workforce planning, employee relations, or executive coaching.
• Strong business acumen and people analytics—ability to connect people strategies to business/financial outcomes and use data to diagnose organizational issues and measure impact.
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting engineering, product, or research organizations within a large-scale technology company.
• Experience in a global, matrixed organization with distributed teams.
• M&A integration or large-scale organizational transformation experience.

Skills

• Analytics
• Change Management
• Talent Management

Pay

Hourly rate: $75–$85.

Schedule

Full-time, onsite. Estimated duration: 13 months.