Talent Business Partner Director

About the role

We're seeking an experienced Talent Business Partner Director (HRBP) to serve as the strategic people partner to Snyk's global R&D organization. This role will act as a trusted advisor on talent strategy, org design, and team building, while also coaching managers and addressing day-to-day issues.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a strategic thought partner to R&D's senior leadership on org design, workforce planning, and the people strategy that supports Snyk's product and engineering roadmap.
• Coaching and developing engineering and product managers at every level - from first-time managers to senior leaders - on team building, performance, and difficult conversations.
• Partnering with R&D leadership on organizational design, team scaling, and restructuring, bringing a clear point of view on how technical orgs should be structured to move fast without losing cohesion.
• Leading complex or sensitive employee relations matters within R&D, exercising sound judgment and maintaining in-depth knowledge of the legal and regulatory considerations across the regions where our R&D teams sit.
• Using people data and workforce analytics to spot trends across the R&D org - attrition, engagement, promotion velocity - and turning those insights into concrete recommendations for leadership.
• Driving R&D's participation in company-wide talent programs, including talent calibration, compensation reviews, and performance cycles, adapting the process where needed for a technical, global workforce.
• Identifying and developing high-potential talent within R&D, and partnering with Talent Acquisition on critical technical hiring and succession planning for key roles.
• Partnering cross-functionally with Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Growth, and People Operations to make sure R&D's people programs are cohesive with the broader Snyk people strategy.
• Mentoring other members of the People team and contributing a strong point of view to how the wider People function evolves as Snyk scales.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive HR/People experience, including several years supporting Engineering, Product, R&D, or another technical organization, ideally in a high-growth software or security company.

A track record of partnering directly with senior (VP/C-level) technical leaders as a trusted advisor, not just an execution partner.

Strong experience with organizational design and scaling - you have a real point of view on how to structure technical teams as they grow, and you've been in the room for reorgs, not just briefed on them.

Sound, consistent judgment on sensitive employee relations matters, with working knowledge of employment practices across multiple countries (Snyk's R&D org spans the US, UK, Israel, Romania, and beyond).

A genuinely analytical mindset - you're comfortable pulling apart people data to find the story in it, and you use it to influence decisions rather than just report on them.

The ability to operate at multiple altitudes in the same day: advising a VP on succession planning in the morning, coaching a first-time manager through a hard conversation in the afternoon.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the judgment to know when a message needs polish and when it needs to be direct and human.

Experience building or scaling people programs in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment - you're energized by building the plane while flying it, not just running a mature playbook.

Qualifications

Experience mentoring more junior colleagues across the people organization.

SHRM, HRCI, CIPD or equivalent HR certification.

Experience implementing AI into your daily work life.

Benefits

Annual Base Salary Range: $215,000 – $240,000 + 20% annual bonus

Snyk is committed to equal pay for equal work and carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors. Actual compensation may vary based on prior experience, skills, location, internal equity, and other job-related factors.

Our Total Rewards program includes, but is not limited to, a 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, and health, dental, and vision insurance.

We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’ve created and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech.