Senior HR Business Partner & Workforce Strategist

About the role

Audible’s People & Places function is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner & Workforce Strategist — a hybrid role combining strategic HR partnership with workforce planning expertise.

You'll serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, diagnosing ambiguous organizational plans, translating business strategy into talent decisions, and driving data-informed planning that optimizes team size, structure, location, and capability.

This role is both strategic and hands-on. You'll shape people strategies alongside business leaders while leading workforce planning programs that ensure the right talent, in the right roles, at the right time.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders across tech and non-tech orgs, translating business strategy into people strategy that drives performance and sustainable growth
• Provide candid leadership coaching to help managers build high-performing, inclusive teams
• Lead org design and change management with empathy and rigor—finding creative paths forward when playbooks don't exist
• Anticipate challenges by staying close to the business, diagnosing root causes early, and delivering adaptive, lasting solutions
• Strengthen performance, engagement, and retention through lightweight, scalable processes aligned to how Audible operates
• Drive improvements to talent mechanisms—promotion, calibration, succession, and talent review—in partnership with HRBPs, COEs, and cross-functional leaders
• Partner on leading change management within AI transformation — helping teams embrace AI tools while maintaining a people-first approach
• Develop and execute 1- and 3-year workforce plans aligned to operational planning cycles, partnering with HR, Finance, and business leadership to ensure the right roles, levels, and locations to deliver on goals
• Lead end-to-end strategic workforce planning—headcount modelling, talent supply/demand analysis, scenario planning—to support multi-year business objectives
• Develop AI talent strategies and frameworks, forecasting AI skill needs
• Design and implement organization structures that optimize for speed, efficiency, and scalability across tech and non-tech functions, including spans & layers analysis, role ratio optimization, and cost modelling
• Conduct organizational assessments to identify structural gaps, span of control considerations, talent distribution patterns, redundancies, and opportunities to streamline decision-making and improve overall org health; present recommendations to Audible's C-Suite leaders
• Drive location strategy decisions—geographic expansion, consolidation, and distributed team design
• Leverage workforce planning analytics and behavioral insights to deliver data-informed recommendations that accelerate innovation and enhance customer experience at acceptable cost
• Define and track metrics that influence stakeholders, measure success, and surface workforce trends informing strategic direction
• Recognize when solutions require additional technical guidance and advocate for resources by influencing cross-functional teams

Requirements

• Experience working with large global teams
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 5 years as an HR Business Partner in high-growth or complex environments
• Experience supporting both technical and non-technical populations
• Experience partnering with senior leaders on workforce planning and organizational design at scale
• Analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, Psychology, or a related field
• Preferred: Master's degree in HR, MBA, or related advanced degree
• Experience supporting organizations of 500+ employees across 5+ countries
• Certification in org design methodologies (e.g., Galbraith Star Model, McKinsey 7S)
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal direction in ambiguous environments
• Experience in high-growth media, entertainment, technology, or creative industry environments
• Coaching and consulting skills with the ability to influence at executive levels of the organization
• The ability to think big while also rolling up your sleeves—managing multiple priorities simultaneously while continually moving initiatives forward
• High integrity: known for discretion, fairness, and trustworthiness when the stakes are high

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications:
• Experience working with large global teams
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 5 years as an HR Business Partner in high-growth or complex environments
• Experience supporting both technical and non-technical populations
• Experience partnering with senior leaders on workforce planning and organizational design at scale
• Analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Bachelor's degree or above in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, Psychology, or a related field
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in HR, MBA, or related advanced degree
• Experience supporting organizations of 500+ employees across 5+ countries
• Certification in org design methodologies (e.g., Galbraith Star Model, McKinsey 7S)
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal direction in ambiguous environments
• Experience in high-growth media, entertainment, technology, or creative industry environments
• Coaching and consulting skills with the ability to influence at executive levels of the organization
• The ability to think big while also rolling up your sleeves—managing multiple priorities simultaneously while continually moving initiatives forward
• High integrity: known for discretion, fairness, and trustworthiness when the stakes are high

Skills

• Strategic HR partnering
• Workforce analytics
• Organization design
• Collaboration

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Pay

$143,000.00 - $193,400.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time