Senior People Partner, Business Functions

About the role

This role is a hybrid position, allowing for a combination of remote work and in-office collaboration. Qualified applicants must live within commuting distance of our downtown Boston office and should expect to be in office a minimum of 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Partner to the Business: Build trust and credibility with leaders and managers across a global client group, becoming a genuine part of how their teams operate, not a resource they call when something goes wrong.
• Integrate into the rhythms of the business: staff meetings, planning cycles, and leadership conversations. Know the priorities, the pressures, and the people well enough to anticipate needs, not just respond to them.
• Translate business context into people strategies, knowing when to leverage existing Sonos frameworks and when to flag that something new is needed.
• Navigate organizational change with leaders, bringing clear thinking and steady judgment when the path forward is ambiguous.
• Manage executive and senior leadership relationships, ensuring leaders remain aligned with business priorities and build trust with key stakeholders.
• Execute with Excellence: Own the full range of people work for your client groups: performance management, PIPs, employee relations, resourcing, backfills, leaves, and internal mobility.
• Apply broad HR knowledge across the employee lifecycle, knowing when to act independently and when to bring in the right specialist, whether that's ER, Legal, or a COE.
• Bring data and org health insights into your leadership conversations, using what's in front of you to diagnose problems and recommend solutions.
• Navigate compliance and risk with confidence across a global client group, understanding that context and jurisdiction matter and knowing when to ask for help.
• Handle sensitive situations and confidential information with discretion and sound judgment, every time.
• Manage competing priorities across a complex, fast-moving client group without losing quality or accountability.
• Contribute to the People Team: Show up as a full member of the People team, bringing what you see in the business back to inform how we think and build, not just executing strategy handed down to your client groups.
• Partner with COEs, ER, and People Operations to bring the right expertise to your client groups and bring what you're seeing in the business back to inform how we evolve our practices.
• Champion and land company-wide People initiatives within your client groups with the same rigor and credibility you bring to everything else.

Requirements

• Seasoned People Partner with 10 or more years of experience in the People Partner space
• Global experience across all core HR functions; experience supporting Revenue & Sales organizations in a global environment is a plus
• Strong ability to work independently with minimal oversight
• Excellent understanding of HR workflows and operational best practices; knowledge of Workday and leading with Data is a must
• Expertise in managing risk and complex, global, sensitive situations
• Experience supporting a complex client group with diverse needs
• Ability to work from our Boston office 3+ days per week

Qualifications

• Strong business acumen, with the ability to align people strategies with business priorities
• Effective communicator with the ability to flex communication style and demonstrate executive presence
• Comfortable navigating conflict and facilitating difficult conversations to drive productive outcomes
• Results-oriented mindset with a focus on execution and continuous improvement

Skills

• Strong Judgement: Ability to remain steady and make sound decisions in periods of change and ambiguity
• Communication: Skilled communicator with the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences and influence effectively
• HR Expertise & Risk Mitigation: Strong foundation of Global HR knowledge, including legal compliance and best practices
• Operational Excellence: Ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail and effective prioritization
• Problem-Solving & Adaptability: Ability to navigate ambiguity, think systemically, and apply creative problem-solving approaches

Benefits

The base pay range for this role based off geographic location is: $117,000 and $146,200. The specific pay offered will depend on the candidate’s geographic location, as well as qualifications and experience. We apply geographic pay differentials based on the cost of labor in the market. Employees in high-cost locations may be compensated at the upper end of the range, while those in medium or low cost markets may be compensated at the lower end of the range.