People Business Partner, Employee Relations & Performance

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As an Employee Relations Business Partner, you’ll play a key role in developing manager capability while driving accountability and performance management standards company-wide. You’ll coach managers to apply performance management with consistency, deliver actionable feedback (verbal and written), and determine appropriate next steps, advancing our high-performance culture where people can perform at their best. In this role, you’ll also run investigations end-to-end, surfacing insights and themes to the People Business Partner and Legal teams and oversee calibration logistics for our bi-annual promotion cycles.

What it asks for · 8

• 5-8 years of experience in HR, ideally in high-growth organizations.
• Demonstrated experience running employee investigations end-to-end, including documentation and recommendations.
• Hands-on experience supporting or executing employee terminations.
• Strong understanding of performance management practices in high-performance cultures (feedback, coaching, calibration, documentation).
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships with managers and influence outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple workstreams.
• Clear and concise communicator, both written and verbal.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and sound judgment.

Also a plus

• Experience supporting customer-facing or fast-scaling teams.
• Familiarity with performance management systems like Lattice or HRIS tools like Workday.
• Experience with manager enablement or training programs.
• Strong interest in building scalable People processes and improving operational efficiency.

What the job covers

• Partner with front-line managers to ensure consistent, fair, and rigorous performance management across teams.
• Coach managers on how to set clear expectations, deliver effective feedback, and take action on performance outcomes.
• Serve as the first point of contact for manager questions on performance-related cases and processes.
• Build and maintain resources such as coaching plan templates, toolkits, and training to strengthen manager effectiveness.
• Run and document employee investigations end-to-end, escalating themes and risks as needed.
• Provide guidance and operational support on employee terminations, ensuring consistency.
• Own operational logistics for promotion and performance check-in calibrations.
• Partner with People Partners and Workplace Experience on RTO (return-to-office) audits.

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Words the posting leans on

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• partner9×
• performance9×
• experience6×
• people6×
• performance management5×
• business partner4×
• calibration3×
• coaching3×
• feedback3×
• investigations end-to-end3×
• logistics3×
• office3×
• operational3×
• people business3×
• processes3×

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