People Partner - Engineering, Product, Design (EPD)

Job summary

Responsibilities

You'll be deeply embedded with Engineering, Product, and Design as a strategic partner and operator: someone leaders trust for candid coaching, clear judgment, and pragmatic execution.

• Strategic People Partnership — build deep partnerships with EPD leaders and act as a trusted advisor on the people decisions that shape the business: team design, leadership…
• AI-Native People Operations — rethink how work gets done in an AI-native company: experiment with AI-enabled workflows to increase velocity and craftsmanship (e.g., manager…
• Org Design & Headcount Planning — partner with Eng Leads, Finance, Recruiting, and People Ops to bring clarity and discipline to workforce planning, reporting lines, role…
• Performance Reviews — Run EPD's quarterly Signal Review cycle end-to-end, including manager prep, calibration, monitor/at-risk categorization, level corrections, follow-through…
• Talent Insights & Retention — use qualitative signal and people data to identify hot spots, flight risks, manager gaps, and team-level patterns early; translate those insights…

What they're looking for

• 10+ years as an HRBP or People Partner, with meaningful experience directly supporting Engineering, Product, Design, Research, or similarly technical organizations.
• Experience at an AI-native, developer tools, product-led, or high-growth technology company.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to connect people decisions to company priorities, product velocity, leadership effectiveness, and team performance.
• Excellent judgment in employee relations, including sensitive performance, conduct, probation, resignation, and termination situations.
• Comfortable giving hard feedback to senior technical leaders while maintaining strong relationships and discretion.