HR Business Partner – R&D

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Engineering & Product leaders to enhance scaling, organizational structure, role clarity, and team effectiveness

• Recognize talent shortages, succession risks, and opportunities to enhance leadership behaviors

• Mentor engineering and product managers on providing feedback, managing difficult conversations, handling performance evaluations, and making decisions

• Develop leadership capabilities utilizing Fingerprint’s Leadership Rubric and FLIP+ principles

• Assess team dynamics, alignment challenges, and friction points; implement interventions that boost execution and trust

• Facilitate high-quality communication and collaboration throughout the organization

• Oversee calibration cycles, talent assessments, performance reviews, and compensation cycles for R&D

• Support leaders in thorough documentation, Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs), and talent actions as necessary

• Collaborate with leaders to implement new systems, processes, and cultural expectations as the organization scales

• Enhance communication clarity and speed within our globally distributed team

• Act as a functional lead for R&D employee relations, policy interpretation, and compliance in partnership with People Ops

⛳️ Requirements

• 6-10+ years of experience in an HRBP role supporting technical teams in high-growth SaaS or product-oriented companies

• Strong capability to influence without formal authority and establish trust with senior technical leaders

• Experience in diagnosing organizational challenges and crafting interventions that enhance execution

• Comfortable working with incomplete information and creating clarity in uncertain situations

• Extensive coaching experience with managers and senior individual contributors

• Ability to rapidly comprehend technical environments, role types, and R&D operational rhythms

• High judgment, composed communication, and a tendency to take action rather than engage in dramatics

• Role requires proficiency in macOS and comfort working entirely remotely using tools like Slack, Google Workspace, and Zoom

🏝️ Benefits

• We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all individuals.

• We celebrate and embrace the diverse experiences, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds that each employee contributes to our workplace.

• Fingerprint aims to cultivate an atmosphere where our employees feel respected, valued, and empowered.