Principal Talent Management Partner

At Squarespace, we believe great talent experiences help people do their best work. We're looking for a Principal Talent Management Partner to shape how we support performance, growth, careers, and development across the company. This role owns our Talent Management portfolio end-to-end, including performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, career development, internal mobility, skills, and future talent initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Squarespace's Talent Management portfolio across performance, talent reviews, succession, careers, internal mobility, skills, and emerging talent priorities.
• Design connected, scalable experiences that support employee growth, manager effectiveness, and business performance.
• Evolve performance management toward a continuous experience centered on feedback, coaching, accountability, and development.
• Create practical frameworks, resources, and tools that help managers lead performance and career conversations with confidence.
• Use workforce insights, employee feedback, and program metrics to proactively identify opportunities, measure impact, and continuously improve the talent experience.
• Lead complex initiatives from strategy and design through implementation, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Manage roadmaps, project plans, stakeholder alignment, governance, and delivery across multiple priorities and programs.
• Serve as a trusted Talent Management partner to People Business Partners, leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders, providing expertise, guidance, and practical recommendations.
• Build strong relationships and influence through collaboration, thoughtful recommendations, and data-informed insights.
• Develop clear communications, presentations, toolkits, and enablement resources for employees and managers.
• Translate complex talent concepts and data into clear, compelling, and actionable insights tailored for different audiences.
• Build and experiment with AI tools, workflows, and automations to solve talent problems and simplify processes.
• Identify where AI can strengthen talent practices—such as skills, internal mobility, talent insights, and manager enablement—and turn ideas into scalable solutions.
• Apply sound judgment about AI use, balancing innovation with quality, privacy, bias, employee experience, and human judgment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Talent Management, Talent Development, Organizational Development, or a related People discipline.
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels—connecting Talent Management priorities to business objectives, shaping functional strategy, and driving execution.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from concept through implementation and adoption.
• Strong program management skills, bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to ambiguous and complex problems.
• Effective communicator and facilitator who can influence stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Skilled at building trusted partnerships across functions and sought out for expertise, sound judgment, and practical recommendations.
• Comfortable using data and insights to identify opportunities, measure impact, and inform decisions.
• Experience building or experimenting with AI tools, workflows, or automations to solve people or business problems.
• Proactively identifies opportunities to improve programs, processes, and ways of working with a focus on scalable, sustainable solutions.
• Passionate about creating simple, intuitive talent experiences that help employees grow and managers succeed.

Benefits

This is an opportunity to shape how Talent Management works at Squarespace. You'll have the autonomy to build, experiment, and improve experiences that influence how employees grow, managers lead, and teams succeed—while evolving our talent practices for the future of work.

Pay

Cash Compensation Range:

• Dublin, Ireland: €88,500 - €159,500
• New York, NY: $148,000 - $267,500

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, and location, among other factors. In addition to cash compensation, employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase Squarespace common stock.

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in over 200 countries and territories with tools to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale. Our suite of products includes Squarespace, Squarespace Payments, Tock, Bio Sites, Unfold, and Acuity Scheduling. The company is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Dublin and Aveiro.