Manager Success Partner, People

The role

You will be a dedicated people advisor to managers across the organization. You will help them make people decisions on performance, employee issues, and team changes.

What you will do

• Guide managers through performance improvement plans
• Support probation extensions and performance-based terminations
• Manage the process and communication for involuntary terminations
• Review manager justifications for off-cycle promotions and salary adjustments
• Support performance and calibration cycles
• Identify common development needs and partner with Talent Development
• Coach managers on engagement survey results and action plans
• Act as a coach and sounding board for managers on conflict and grievances
• Conduct investigations on an as-needed basis
• Conduct exit interviews

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience in a generalist, HR business partner, or employee relations role
• Hands-on experience coaching managers through performance management, employee relations, and difficult conversations
• Strong communication skills
• Experience with PIPs, probation processes, conducting investigations and terminations
• Working knowledge of employment law
• Familiarity with compensation practices
• Strong judgment, discretion, and communication skills
• Comfort with HRIS and ticketing tools
• Ability to use data to support decisions
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• HR certification (SPHR, SHRM-SCP)
• Experience in a public company or a company scaling through significant growth
• Experience partnering with distributed or global teams
• Experience building playbooks, templates, or standardized people processes
• Familiarity with a modern HRIS and performance and compensation tools

Benefits

• Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
• Flexible time off
• Local team meetups
• Mental health and well being support
• Equity compensation

Before you apply

• You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period

About the company

DigitalOcean is a technology company that builds scalable cloud. They value winning together, learning, and having fun.