Principal HR Business Partner

About the role

This role is part of Blue Origin corporate functions, providing centralized support across Blue Origin business unit teams, functions, and locations. It links business strategy, workforce architecture, and organizational performance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior operations leaders, helping build decisions related to workforce strategy, organizational efficiency, and leadership capability.
• Lead complex organizational development and workforce transformation efforts, including structural changes, capability development, and scaling of operational teams.
• Cooperate with leaders to formulate workforce strategies matching operational demand, such as workforce mix, shift scheduling, capacity planning, and talent pipelines.
• Provide leadership mentorship on organizational health, performance management, and team efficiency, helping leaders build high-accountability, high-performing organizations.
• Use workforce data and analytics to identify trends, diagnose organizational challenges, and guide strategic talent decisions.
• Influence cross-functional partners—including Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Talent Management, and Employee Relations—to deliver coordinated workforce solutions aligned to operational priorities.
• Act as a link between HR partner groups, guaranteeing alignment and uniformity in workforce initiatives affecting operations.
• Navigate complex employee relations matters with a balanced approach that reinforces fairness, accountability, and operational standards.
• Drive leadership alignment and execution during periods of organizational change, business growth, and operational transformation.

Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience as an HR Business Partner, ideally supporting technology, manufacturing, industrial, or operations client groups.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in the industry.
• Expertise across various HR/People channels, including compensation & benefits, compliance, employee relations, and learning and development.
• Proven ability to perform well in rapidly changing, challenging, performance-focused environments.
• Clear, empathetic, and effective communicator, adept at adjusting approaches based on audience needs.
• Strong collaborator and mentor, delivering feedback that cultivates trust and partnership.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.
• Data-driven and diligent, with a strategic approach.

Qualifications

• U.S. Person status is required due to access to export-controlled data.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and operational execution.
• Leadership mentorship and organizational development.
• Workforce data analysis and trend identification.
• Collaboration and communication across functional areas.
• Employee relations and conflict resolution.
• Organizational change management and leadership alignment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance.
• Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability.
• 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%.
• Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week).
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD