Senior People Business Partner
Anduril· People : People Business Partners
Costa Mesa, CA$167k - $222kfull-timePosted 10mo ago
About the role
Strategic HR partner focused on talent development, employee engagement, and performance enhancement across client groups in a high-growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic thought partner to business leaders on people-related strategies and employee engagement.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and execute people strategies aligned with anticipated hyper growth.
- Shape and drive company goals by aligning people strategy to business objectives applying knowledge in creative, practical, and forward-thinking ways.
- Coach and advise teams on best practices and foster deep relationships to cultivate trust.
- Provide guidance on business unit restructures, workforce planning, and succession planning.
- Offer HR policy guidance and interpretation while managing complex employee relations investigations.
- Conduct thorough and objective investigations, working closely with management to improve work relationships and morale.
- Role model employee advocacy, balancing their needs with business objectives.
- Serve as a thought leader and lead the design, implementation, and iteration of new people programs while enhancing existing cross functional high impact initiatives.
- Drive process improvements in a dynamic, often ambiguous, high-growth environment.
- Addresses complex, high-stakes challenges by evaluating nuanced and often intangible factors.
- Facilitate talent calibrations and compensation planning, utilizing people metrics for insights on growth and retention.
- Build data-driven processes to attract, develop, and retain top talent.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of HR Business Partner experience, preferably with engineering client groups.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience.
- Expertise across various HR/People channels, including compensation & benefits, compliance, employee relations, and learning and development.
- Proven ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure, outcome-oriented environments.
- Clear, empathetic, and effective communicator, adept at adjusting approaches based on audience needs.
- Strong collaborator and coach, delivering feedback that fosters trust and cooperation.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.
- Data-driven and detail-oriented, with a strategic mindset.
- U.S. Person status is required due to access to export-controlled data.
Skills
Required:HR strategy and consultingEmployee relationsOrganizational developmentTalent management and successionData-driven decision making
Benefits
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees (health, recovery, and more) included in compensation package.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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