Senior HR Business Partner San Francisco (San Francisco)

Join us on our mission to make a better world of work.

Culture Amp is the worlds leading employee experience platform, empowering companies of all sizes to transform employee engagement, performance management, and high-performing teams. Powered by people science and a comprehensive employee dataset, Culture Amp is trusted by many innovative companies.

How you can help make a better world of work

As a Senior HR Business Partner you are the strategic business partner to Culture Amps Go-to-Market (GTM) teams, including Sales, Customer Success, and related Customer functions. Youll build deep, trust-based relationships with GTM / Customer teams to deliver high-impact people and culture initiatives that drive business results and elevate the customer-facing employee experience.

In a high-impact, Lead-level remit, youll support designated executives and VPs, providing end-to-end partnership across the full employee lifecyclepartnering with talent acquisition and onboarding, through performance management, development, and exit. Youll work with executive stakeholders across regions, shaping people practices and elevating engagement, inclusion, performance, and retention.

You will

Build strategic, trust-based partnerships with assigned GTM executives and senior leaders, providing expert counsel on complex talent and people issues to mitigate risk and enable optimal outcomes for the company and our people.

Own and drive the people strategy for assigned GTM / customer-facing teams (Sales, CX, Revenue Operations, and related functions), ensuring alignment to business goals, performance, and OKRs.

Support the full employee lifecycle for your designated GTM group, including recruitment, onboarding, engagement, development, performance, exit, and transition.

Lead workforce planning, succession, and organizational design, advising on team structure and capability building as the business scales.

Use data and insight to shape and evolve the People agenda, tracking and reporting on key talent metrics and surfacing actionable recommendations.

Deliver and embed global people programs and policies to support our culture, compliance, and DEI commitments across geographies.

Design and facilitate talent planning activities to identify high-potential talent, leadership development priorities, and robust succession pipelines.

Advise on compensation and reward initiatives, interpreting internal frameworks and external benchmarking for market-competitive approaches.

Manage a broad spectrum of employee relations issues end-to-end, ensuring fairness, compliance, and best-practice resolution.

Be an advocate and champion of Culture Amps product and people philosophy, acting as a customer zero within our own organization.

You have

7+ years HR Business Partner experience in a fast-paced environment (SaaS / tech preferred, but not essential), with a strong track record of strategic business partnering for senior commercial leaders in customer-facing or GTM functions.

Demonstrated depth in performance management, employee relations, organizational design, and compensation practices, both globally and regionally.

Experience leading change management initiatives and building / rebuilding for sales or GTM teams, with a focus on driving engagement and performance.

A track record in supporting rapidly scaling go-to-market or customer-facing teams (global preferred; U.S. / NA regional expertise essential).

Proven ability to deliver Culture First people practices, balancing strategic priorities with day-to-day coaching and influencing through strong relationships.

Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to thrive in ambiguity and fast growth.

You are

Deeply curious and passionate about people, culture, and high-performing teams.

Comfortable driving change; you seek opportunities in evolving environments and strive to build inclusive, thriving workplaces.

Flexible and able to operate at both strategic and tactical levels, adapting quickly as priorities shift.

Empathetic and energized by influencing and coaching others to elevate outcomes.

Motivated to join a team where you can make a difference in the lives and careers of colleagues.

Compensation and benefits

For this role, the estimated base salary range is listed below. In addition to base salary, compensation includes equity and benefits. For sales roles, compensation may also include sales commission.

The actual base salary will vary based on factors such as market, skills, capabilities, and experience, objectively assessed during the interview process. If youre interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about total compensation and benefits.

We believe in fair and equitable pay at Culture Amp and build pay equity into our programs, with annual pay equity audits.

Base Salary Range (US)

$150,000 - $190,000 USD

Benefits

Employee Share Options Program

Programs, coaching, and budgets to help you thrive personally and professionally

Access to external wellbeing and coaching support

Monthly Camper Life Allowance

Team budgets for team building

Intentional quarterly wellbeing pauses

Extended year-end breaks

Excellent parental leave and in-work support from day 1

5 Social Impact Days per year

MacBooks and home-office budget

Medical insurance coverage for you and your family (US & UK)

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with Employee Resource Groups and ally communities in place. We have a strong commitment to anti-racism and transparent reporting of our commitments.

Please note : This posting contains standard disclosures and terms related to the role and the companys equal opportunity policy. If you decide to apply, you may be asked to complete voluntary diversity questions; participation is confidential and does not impact hiring decisions.

Culture Amp is a hybrid organization with a preference for candidates within commutable distance to our San Francisco office.

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