Founding People Business Partner

The role

You will build and lead the HRBP function as the company scales. You will partner with leaders to develop managers, manage performance and employee relations, and design engagement and development programs.

What you will do

• Build the HRBP function and define business partnership priorities.
• Coach and advise managers at every level.
• Build leadership training for feedback and 1:1s.
• Own the Impact Review program including calibration.
• Build goal-setting and continuous-feedback practices.
• Lead employee relations including performance issues, PIPs, and exits.
• Design and launch engagement and development programs.
• Build the leadership pipeline by assessing readiness for lead roles.
• Monitor org health, team structures, and reporting lines.
• Use people data to guide recommendations on performance and retention.

Required qualifications

• 7-10+ years of HR experience
• 3+ years as an HR Business Partner in high-growth or complex environments
• Deep knowledge of performance management, employee relations, and org design
• Experience building HRBP programs from scratch
• Track record of designing and running performance review cycles and manager development programs
• Strong employee relations judgment
• Credibility and executive presence
• Experience supporting teams across multiple countries
• High ownership, comfort with ambiguity, and a bias toward building and simplifying
• Comfort using AI tools and modern HR technology

Nice to have

• Experience supporting US and EU teams
• People management experience
• Experience scaling a company through hypergrowth, for example from about 200 to 500+ employees
• Background in workforce planning or org design
• Experience at an AI or fast-moving tech startup

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Vision coverage
• Equity

About the company

HappyRobot is the infrastructure for enterprises to build and orchestrate AI workforces. Born in Y Combinator (S23) and backed by a16z, Base10, Prysm Capital and Eurazeo, they power critical operations for global enterprises.