Senior HR Business Partner

The role

This person will support Commercial, Product/Design, and Finance organizations as a trusted advisor. They will translate business priorities into people strategies covering organizational design, talent management, and employee relations.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary HR Business Partner for Commercial, Product/Design, and Finance leaders and their teams.
• Develop people strategies based on business objectives and talent needs.
• Partner with leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, and organizational change.
• Coach and advise leaders on leadership effectiveness, team dynamics, and employee engagement.
• Use workforce data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead HR partnership for performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning.
• Coach managers on setting expectations, providing feedback, and addressing performance concerns.
• Provide guidance on employee relations matters including investigations and corrective actions.
• Support employee engagement initiatives.
• Partner with Finance and Total Rewards on sales compensation programs.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, including significant HR Business Partner experience supporting leaders and complex organizations.
• Ability to travel to California approximately one week per month.
• Experience supporting Commercial organizations, particularly Sales, Marketing, and/or Customer Success.
• Experience with sales compensation and incentive plan structures, including base/variable compensation and performance-based incentives.
• Strong experience across organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, performance management, employee relations, and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and influence leaders and navigate complex or sensitive people matters with sound judgment.
• Experience supporting geographically distributed and multi-state teams.
• Strong business acumen, communication, analytical, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and work effectively through ambiguity and change.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of California employment practices
• Experience in a high-growth technology, engineering, robotics, or similarly fast-paced environment

About the company

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity. They operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI to solve important societal problems.