Senior HR Business Partner (Fixed-term Contract)
Deepgram · United States · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteHuman ResourcesContract
Employee Relations & Manager Support
- Serve as the primary point of contact for employee relations matters, including performance concerns, interpersonal issues, investigations, and complex workplace scenarios.
- Coach managers through difficult conversations, feedback delivery, performance management, and documentation.
- Provide consistent, fair, and legally sound guidance across key employee lifecycle moments.
Business & Leadership Partnership
- Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on people-related risks, decisions, and trade-offs.
- Partner with the Head of People to maintain alignment between company strategy and people practices.
- Identify patterns and systemic issues early and recommend practical, upstream interventions.
- Serve as a change partner to leaders, helping operationalize organizational changes to drive understanding, adoption, and trust.
Performance & Manager Effectiveness
- Support ongoing performance management processes, goal-setting, feedback cycles, and manager capability building.
- Partner with leaders on team structure, talent planning, and ways of working that enable strong performance.
- Help managers navigate underperformance, role clarity challenges, and organizational change.
- Reinforce a culture of high performance without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Process, Systems & Scale
- Maintain and apply existing People processes, templates, documentation, and manager resources.
- Partner on tools and workflows that improve consistency, efficiency, and employee experience.
- Balance compliance, speed, and sound judgment as the company continues to grow.
- Support change initiatives (e.g., policy updates, process shifts), including re-education, leader enablement, and reinforcement.
Compliance & Administration
- Partner with People Ops, Legal, and Finance to ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and international employment laws.
- Support leave administration, policy application, and complex employee situations.
- Help ensure People practices remain defensible, consistent, and aligned with company values.
Immigration & Mobility Support
- Serve as the primary HR point of contact for immigration matters, partnering with recruiters to assess visa needs and timelines during the hiring process.
- Manage the day-to-day relationship with the external immigration law firm.
- Support employees through immigration processes (H-1B, transfers, green card sponsorship, etc.), providing guidance on timelines and next steps.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, and People Ops to ensure immigration sponsorship decisions are consistent, compliant, and aligned with company policy.
Pay
$80,000 - $100,000 annually
Schedule
Remote-first (US-based required)