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Sr. HR Business Partner

Rippling· People & Places
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Hybrid (Seattle, WA), Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (New York, NY)$160k - $230kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

HR Business Partner for the Engineering team within R&D at Rippling, shaping and accelerating the people strategy in a fast-growing, AI-forward environment.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Director+ Engineering leaders to translate business priorities and the broader HRBP roadmap into clear people recommendations and action plans for aligned NAMER client groups.
  • Serve as a trusted thought partner to Engineering leaders on organizational health, leadership effectiveness, performance, employee relations, and manager capability.
  • Coach and advise managers on complex leadership and HR matters, including sensitive employee relations issues, performance challenges, team dynamics, and manager effectiveness.
  • Independently drive defined HRBP work streams from diagnosis through execution, bringing forward recommendations, tradeoffs, and escalation points where needed.
  • Lead and improve core HR programs for Engineering, including performance management, manager effectiveness, talent reviews, engagement planning, and compensation cycles, ensuring they are executed with strategic context and operational rigor.
  • Use Rippling, data, and emerging AI-enabled tools thoughtfully to improve insight generation, reduce manual work, and create leverage in recurring people processes.
  • Identify patterns and recurring pain points across aligned Engineering teams, then recommend practical improvements to HR processes, workflows, and manager enablement.
  • Partner cross-functionally with HR, Talent, Compensation, Legal, People Ops, HR Systems, and regional HR teams to deliver solutions that support NAMER Engineering leaders and align with broader HRBP priorities.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 10+ years of previous HRBP experience.
  • Broad HR expertise across performance management, employee relations, manager effectiveness, organizational design, talent development, and compensation cycles.
  • Experience supporting or building people programs, frameworks, processes, or operating rhythms that improve leadership effectiveness, talent outcomes, and organizational health.
  • Strong business acumen, with the ability to connect Engineering priorities to practical people strategies, recommendations, and HR solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to use data to diagnose organizational health, identify talent risks, and shape recommendations for leaders.
  • Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution and knowing when to escalate or align.
  • Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust, challenge thoughtfully, overcome resistance, and advise leaders through sensitive or complex organizational decisions.
  • Experience working in an AI-forward environment, with hands-on experience using AI-enabled tools, workflows, prompts, automations, or skills to increase HRBP leverage, improve manager enablement, and strengthen execution of people programs.

Skills

Required:HRBP experienceOrganizational designData-driven decision makingCommunication and influencing
Nice to have:AI-enabled HR tools

Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • benefits
  • equity
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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