HR Business Partner V

Title: HR Business Partner (HRBP)
Location: Onsite - Menlo Park, CA or New York City, NY and Bellevue, WA
Duration: 12 months

Description:

• The client is seeking a senior HR Business Partner to serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership across one or more of the client’s product or functional organizations. This is a highly impactful individual contributor role that operates at the intersection of business strategy and people strategy, driving organizational health, talent effectiveness, and culture at scale.
• As an HRBP, you will be a trusted thought partner to Directors and VPs, shaping people strategies that enable client to build the future of human connection.
• You will bring deep expertise in organizational design, talent management, and change leadership — operating with significant autonomy, navigating ambiguity, and influencing outcomes across functions and levels.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Partnership

• Serve as a strategic advisor and thought partner to senior leaders (Director+ level), influencing business decisions through a people and organizational lens
• Develop and execute integrated people strategies aligned to business priorities, including workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy
• Translate complex business challenges into actionable people plans that drive measurable outcomes
• Proactively identify organizational risks and opportunities, and design interventions at scale

 
Organizational Effectiveness & Design

• Lead organizational design efforts to ensure teams are structured for speed, efficiency, and impact
• Diagnose organizational health issues using quantitative and qualitative data, and recommend solutions
• Drive change management initiatives for large-scale organizational transformations, restructures, or strategic pivots
• Coach leaders on building high-performing teams and fostering inclusive, healthy team cultures

 
Talent Management & Development

• Partner with leadership on talent strategy, including succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential identification
• Drive calibration and performance management processes, ensuring consistency, fairness, and differentiation
• Advise on career development frameworks and internal mobility strategies to retain top talent
• Influence compensation and rewards strategies in partnership with Total Rewards to attract and retain critical talent
   

Culture, Engagement & Inclusion

• Champion client’s cultural values and drive initiatives that strengthen employee engagement and belonging
• Analyze engagement survey data and partner with leaders to develop targeted action plans
• Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, embedding inclusive practices into all people processes
• Serve as a culture steward during periods of change, ensuring alignment between stated values and organizational behaviors
   

Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence

• Operate as a senior IC leader within the People organization — setting standards, mentoring other HRBPs, and contributing to enterprise-wide HR strategy
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional People team initiatives (e.g., performance cycle redesign, manager effectiveness programs, policy evolution)
• Build strong partnerships with Centers of Excellence (Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, L&D, People Analytics, Employee Relations) to deliver integrated solutions
• Represent the voice of the business to the broader People organization and vice versa

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive HR experience, with 8+ years in an HR Business Partner or strategic HR role
• Experience partnering directly with senior executives (VP/SVP level) in a fast-paced technology or similarly complex environment
• Deep expertise in at least three of the following: organizational design, talent management, change management, workforce planning, employee relations, or executive coaching
• Demonstrated ability to use people analytics and data to diagnose organizational issues and measure the impact of HR interventions
• Track record of operating independently with high autonomy in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments
• Strong business acumen — ability to connect people strategies to business and financial outcomes
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting engineering, product, or research organizations within a large-scale technology company
• Master's degree or advanced certification (e.g., MBA, MILR, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, ICF coaching credential)
• Experience working in a global, matrixed organization with distributed teams
• Familiarity with client’s people systems, tools, and performance philosophy
• Proven track record of leading large-scale organizational transformations or M&A integrations from a people perspective
• Experience coaching and developing other HR professionals

 

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's pay range is $72.22/hr – $80.00/hr.