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Senior People Partner, Manufacturing

Panthalassa· Business Operations
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Hybrid (Greater Portland, Oregon area)$150k - $195k + equityfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior People Partner for manufacturing operations across three Portland-area worksites, partnering with VP of Manufacturing and site leaders to guide workforce planning, organizational design, and people processes in a fast-growing manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Spend real time on the production floor at all three sites. Learn how Manufacturing Engineering, Production, and Supply Chain work, and keep information moving between the sites and HQ.
  • Partner with the Vice President of Manufacturing and manufacturing leaders on team structure, leadership capacity, and role clarity, weighing effects on other teams and sites.
  • Help leaders plan for the work ahead: whether to hire, move people, use contractors, or reorganize. Partner with Talent Acquisition on hiring, and lead the people side of site expansions.
  • Build the manufacturing portion of our job families, levels, and career paths, and coach managers to use them in hiring, development, and promotion.
  • Coach managers, including new ones as we add leadership layers, to set clear expectations, give useful feedback, address performance early, and develop their people.
  • Handle complex employee matters, including conflict, accommodations, investigations, and exits, with care and proportion.
  • Give direct advice, including when you disagree. Explain your reasoning, listen to other perspectives, and help people reach a workable decision.
  • Bring organizational patterns and risks to the Vice President of Talent and People Operations with a clear recommendation.
  • Build processes only where they solve a real problem, and retire them when they stop serving the organization.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive experience in HR or People Partner roles, including substantial independent partnership with senior leaders.
  • Experience supporting hourly employees, salaried employees, and contractors across multiple worksites, with credibility on the production floor as well as in the office.
  • Experience helping a fast-growing or changing organization make decisions about structure, workforce needs, and leadership capacity.
  • Strong manager-coaching skills, with examples of helping managers improve how they lead rather than taking over their responsibilities.
  • Sound judgment on complex employee matters and employment law, including knowing when to involve legal counsel.
  • Demonstrated ability to earn trust and influence decisions without reporting authority, including challenging senior leaders while remaining a credible partner.
  • Clear communication, discretion, and steady judgment under pressure, and comfort working through ambiguity without a fully built process.

Skills

Required:HR strategy and workforce planningExecutive coaching and manager developmentEmployee relations and complex case handling

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off
  • Health insurance (100% company-paid gold-level PPO for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
  • Dental insurance (100% for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
  • Vision insurance (100% for full-time employees, partners, and dependents)
  • Disability insurance (100% company-paid for long-term disability)
  • Tax-advantaged accounts (401(k), health FSA, dependent care FSA)
  • Relocation assistance to Portland (if needed)
Last updated Oct 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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