People Partner

The role:

The People Partner plays a key role in supporting the workforce to ensure employees are engaged, productive and happy.  This role supports employee situations with discretion and HR expertise, and coaches front-line managers on addressing employee escalations, developing high performing teams and managing performance.

What you’ll do: 

• Investigate escalated employee concerns and resolve employee relations issues; provide recommendations and guidance to the business


• Help identify training needs for individuals and managers working closely with L&D; provide training on HR-related topics


• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to management (e.g., coaching, counseling, performance improvement plans, disciplinary actions).


• Front-line manager coaching on various topics ranging from employee development to performance management to creating inclusive team environments. 


• Partners with PBPs on offboarding employees - conducting exit interviews and combining qualitative exit data with quantitative data to understand trends  in regrettable and non-regrettable attrition. Partner with PBPs and the business to drive change


• Advocate for employees’ success through end-to-end experiences that help employees feel fully engaged in the work they do and valued for who they are.


• Equitably exercise high-judgment, manage through ambiguity and serve as the first point of escalation for employee concerns.


• Promote adoption of technology, self-service, change management and continuous improvement.

What you’ll need:

• 2+ years experience of relevant HR experience


• Foundational understanding of talent and performance management processes and systems


• Ability to prioritize workload and self-manage projects; demonstrates initiative and manages multiple, competing priorities


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail


• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills


• Excellent time management skills and a proven ability to meet deadlines


• Experience coaching managers through performance management and employee relations matters


• Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, and policies


• Agility - the ability to be flexible, adaptable, and resilient 

Nice to have:

• Experience in HR within Tech or Financial Services companies


• Experience supporting exempt and non-exempt employee populations


• HRIS and Workday experience