Senior People Business Partner
About the role
This is an exciting time to join Remote as a Senior People Business Partner. You'll be embedded directly inside the business, working closely with senior leaders to drive performance, build high-performing teams, and own talent strategy execution within your client groups. This is a strategic, high-impact role - not a generalist support function.
Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders across your client groups - from org design and headcount decisions to talent strategy and leadership effectiveness
- Own and resolve complex employee relations cases with confidence, care, and commercial awareness
- Guide and coach Associate/People Business Partners as needed
- Lead talent strategy execution within your client groups - performance calibration, succession planning, high-potential and manager development, and internal mobility
- Serve as an escalation point on complex People Partner and employee relations issues
- Use people data and talent insights to identify trends, inform strategy, and drive proactive interventions
- Embrace and leverage AI tools - we're building the next generation of talent infrastructure at Remote, and we expect our PBPs to be curious, experimental, and comfortable working alongside AI-driven tools
- Partner with People Programs - contribute to the design of frameworks, toolkits, and programmes and drive their application within your client groups
- Drive People team initiatives - take ownership of high-value cross-functional projects that shape the Remote people experience; 70-80% of your time is dedicated to your client groups, with 20-30% assigned to priority projects
- Coach and mentor fellow People team members
Requirements
- Significant experience in a People Business Partner capacity, supporting a global organization at scale
- Deep expertise in employee relations, with the ability to navigate complex, multi-jurisdictional situations with confidence and sound judgment
- Proven ability to drive talent strategy — including performance management, succession planning, and career development
- Strong commercial acumen — you understand the business, not just the people function
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at senior leadership level
- Discretion and integrity when handling sensitive and confidential matters
- Fluent written and spoken English
Qualifications
- Experience working remotely is a plus
Skills
- Curiosity and experimentation with AI tools
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with discretion and integrity
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Benefits
This is an exciting time to join Remote as a Senior People Business Partner. You'll be embedded directly inside the business, working closely with senior leaders to drive performance, build high-performing teams, and own talent strategy execution within your client groups. This is a strategic, high-impact role - not a generalist support function.
Pay
The annual salary range for this full-time position is $62.10—$174.60 USD.
Schedule
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings).