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HR Business Partner

Traversal· Operations
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New York$160k - $200kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

HR Business Partner responsible for advising leaders, owning full employee lifecycle, and building scalable people programs at Traversal, with a focus on org health, performance, onboarding, offboarding, and policy/compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic People Partner: Be a trusted advisor to leaders on org health, performance, team dynamics, and manager effectiveness. Turn business priorities into clear people recommendations and action plans.
  • Employee Relations & Performance: Own ER and performance cases end-to-end, investigate issues, coach managers through documentation, and guide decisions in line with policy and employment law.
  • Core People Programs: Lead and improve performance reviews, talent reviews, engagement, compensation cycles, and manager enablement.
  • Onboarding & First 90 Days: Own the new hire experience from pre-boarding through the 90-day mark, including paperwork, setup, orientation, check-ins, and buddy program for remote and in-office hires.
  • Employee Lifecycle: Manage internal transfers, promotions, terminations, and offboarding; conduct exit interviews and relay themes to leadership.
  • Front Line for Questions: Be the first stop for employee and manager questions, route and resolve as appropriate.
  • Policy & Compliance: Write/update HR policies, handbooks, and processes; ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment law.
  • Data-Driven Insight: Use HRIS data to identify patterns and risks, and recommend fixes to leaders.
  • Build & Automate: Create SOPs, leverage AI/automation to reduce repetitive work.
  • Cross-Functional Partner: Collaborate with Legal, Finance/Payroll, IT, Recruiting, and Workplace for seamless handoffs.

Qualifications

  • 5–8 years in HR at a high-growth company, with a mix of HRBP/generalist and people operations experience.
  • Broad HR expertise in employee relations, performance management, onboarding/offboarding, and compensation cycles.
  • Working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment law, including I-9 and eligibility verification; know when to escalate to Legal.
  • Strategic and hands-on mindset with ability to both advise founders and fix operational processes.
  • Systems & AI savviness with HRIS and ticketing tools; propensity to leverage AI/automation.
  • Clear communication and documentation skills; build trust quickly and push back when needed.
  • Builder mindset suited to ambiguous, fast-moving environments; processes documented and reusable.

Skills

Required:HR generalist/HRBP capabilitiesEmployment LawHRIS & ticketing tools

Benefits

  • competitive compensation
  • startup equity
  • health insurance
  • fertility benefits
  • tech setup stipend
  • flexible time off
  • in-office snacks
  • team happy hours and outings
  • annual company offsite
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Traversal

The only AI SRE for the enterprise

Traversal cuts through alert noise, surfaces root causes, and guides your team to remediation — so incidents get fixed in minutes, not hours.

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