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Senior Director, People Business Partner

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Remote, US

Our take: The real work here is being a trusted, candid strategic partner to C-level leaders while leading a team that reshapes how a fast-scaling remote org grows.

This is for someone who loves sitting beside C-level leaders, earning their trust, and telling them the true thing when it matters most. You will architect how a fast-scaling, fully remote technical org grows, and you will lead a team of seasoned partners while doing it. If you thrive in ambiguity, believe in candid coaching, and want your influence felt without needing the spotlight, this fits.

Needs

  • strategic partnering
  • leading change
  • coaching executives
  • people analytics
  • building a team
  • influencing without authority

Rewards

  • quiet influence
  • growing your people
  • shaping direction
  • earning executive trust

Demands

  • high stakes advising
  • difficult conversations
  • many time zones
  • fast changing pace
  • working in ambiguity

Grows

  • scaling teams
  • synthesising org health
  • org design skill
  • executive presence

Values

  • accountability culture
  • candour
  • mission driven
  • remote first
  • long term thinking

Drains

  • big org navigation
  • aligning competing priorities
  • review and planning cycles

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