Principal HR Business Partner, R&D

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate with R&D SVPs, VPs, and senior directors to design and enhance organizational structures that can scale; act as a trusted advisor during reorganizations and structural transitions, assisting leaders in managing personnel impacts with care and clarity.

• Lead organizational design projects from start to finish: diagnosing root causes, aligning stakeholders, communicating changes, and implementing solutions.

• Ensure consistent, high-quality performance evaluations across Engineering, Product Management, and Design — enhancing leadership capabilities and guaranteeing fair, differentiated results.

• Promote a culture of clear expectations and open feedback; assist leaders in understanding what "raising the bar" entails in practice.

• Utilize engagement data, pulse surveys, and qualitative insights to identify organizational health risks and collaborate with leaders on strategic action planning.

• Represent R&D in the design and implementation of company-wide people initiatives — ensuring that compensation cycles, leveling frameworks, and engagement programs are effectively executed.

• Apply an analytical perspective to your work — leveraging data to inform decisions, assess outcomes, and communicate a cohesive narrative to senior stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience as an HR Business Partner, with a minimum of 5 years supporting engineering, product, or design teams.

• Proven expertise in organizational design — you have led restructuring initiatives rather than merely supporting them.

• Experience as a trusted advisor to VP- and SVP-level leaders; recognized for your ability to influence and coach effectively.

• Strong analytical capabilities — proficient in using AI tools and handling employee data, engagement metrics, and headcount models to formulate recommendations.

• Excellent judgment: adept at knowing when to assert, when to listen, and when to escalate issues.

• High emotional intelligence and the ability to rapidly build trust within a diverse, technically proficient workforce.

• Background in a high-growth SaaS or fintech environment.

• Experience supporting a globally distributed R&D organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation cycles

• Comprehensive leveling frameworks

• Engaging initiatives for employee involvement