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Senior HR Business Partner

Cursor· People / HR
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Hybrid (New York, NY)full-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior HR Business Partner to support a rapidly scaling Go-to-Market organization. Partners with senior leaders across Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, and Recruiting to build high-performing, durable teams in a fast-moving environment. Focus on organizational effectiveness, performance, talent strategy, leadership quality, and building the People function at Cursor (SpaceXSI).

Responsibilities

  • Act as a trusted advisor to leaders across Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, and Recruiting
  • Coach managers and leaders on performance, feedback, team health, organizational changes, and leadership effectiveness
  • Support high-stakes decision-making and help leaders navigate rapid growth and ambiguity
  • Raise the bar on accountability, talent density, and leadership quality across the organization
  • Partner on org design, headcount planning, team structure, leveling, and mobility
  • Help leaders build scalable, high-performing teams with clear ownership and accountability
  • Identify organizational gaps and proactively solve for talent, structure, and execution challenges
  • Support thoughtful scaling without introducing unnecessary process or complexity
  • Drive and operationalize performance management, calibrations, promotions, onboarding, engagement, and development programs
  • Navigate employee relations and sensitive situations with strong judgment, empathy, and pragmatism
  • Ensure high standards are upheld consistently while maintaining a strong employee experience
  • Help build lightweight, high-quality systems that scale with the business
  • Partner cross-functionally with Recruiting, Compensation, Legal, Finance, and People Ops
  • Build People infrastructure and operating rhythms from the ground up
  • Bring structure, urgency, and follow-through to a fast-moving environment
  • Operate with high ownership and jump into tactical work when needed

Qualifications

  • 8–15+ years of experience in HRBP, People Partner, or related leadership roles supporting high-growth GTM organizations
  • Strong expertise in organizational design, performance management, leadership coaching, and talent strategy
  • Excellent judgment and ability to navigate complex, high-stakes situations
  • Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal structure
  • Pragmatic, direct, highly execution-oriented, and deeply collaborative
  • Ability to influence senior leaders through credibility and partnership, not process

Skills

Required:HR leadershiporganizational design
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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