HR Business Partner, EDP

Ashby • ,

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner (HRBP) to play a key role in supporting Ashby’s next phase of growth. You will collaborate closely with our EPD teams to provide proactive guidance across critical areas that drive our success. Fostering employee development, cultivating a high-performance culture, and ensuring competitive and equitable compensation structures should all be equally as important to you. As an HRBP for EPD, you will translate business objectives into a people strategy that aligns with Ashby’s long-term goals. You’ll serve as a trusted strategic advisor to leaders, helping to align people ops strategies with overall business goals while also diving into the details to ensure our processes and procedures run smoothly. We’re a growing startup, so there’s a lot to accomplish! You'll be able to seamlessly transition between strategic projects and administrative tasks, offering support to the team wherever needed. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a high impact team that is rethinking the way PeopleOps can and should function, while shaping an exceptional workplace culture for our global team.

Requirements

• Experience supporting Engineering, Product, and Design organizations in high-growth environments.
• Experience partnering with leaders on people and organizational challenges that come with scaling technical teams.
• Ability to build strong relationships with functional leaders, establishing credibility and trust.
• Proactively assess team, manager, and company needs, provide recommendations, and implement solutions.
• Deep knowledge of People Ops/HR functions, including compensation, benefits, performance management, employee relations, and compliance.
• Ability to translate business objectives into actionable people strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to present and facilitate discussions clearly and confidently.
• Proven track record of scaling compensation frameworks, including levels and bands across global teams.
• Experience using market data to ensure competitive and equitable compensation strategies.
• Deep experience building and evolving performance management practices.
• Comfortable coaching managers through difficult performance conversations and helping build scalable approaches that align with company culture and operating principles.
• Experience building and scaling internal training programs, specifically for management teams.
• Comfortable facilitating topics to all levels of employees.
• Guidance to leaders in managing sensitive employee situations.
• Experience acting as a mediator and investigating escalated issues.
• Up to date on legal requirements related to employment and regulatory compliance.
• Partnering with legal counsel as needed to mitigate risk.
• Deep experience (~8 years) with HR/People Ops, including supporting EPD teams through periods of meaningful growth and change.
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis in coaching, facilitation, and policy development.
• Strong business acumen and principled approach to decision-making, balancing business outcomes with employee experience, risk, and long-term scalability.
• Flexible approach and avoid rigid adherence to past playbooks or overly process-heavy solutions.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with a balance of strategic and hands-on execution.
• Ability to balance working both independently and in a team environment.
• Experience supporting a globally distributed and asynchronous workforce.
• Expertise in US employment law, compensation frameworks, and training and development programs.
• Detail oriented and continuously look for ways to improve processes, procedures, and team effectiveness.
• Successfully managing complex employee relations issues.
• Experience using HRIS, compensation management tools, and other HR tools to drive operational excellence.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree in HR, business or organizational development
• An HR certification (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP)
• Experience working with globally distributed teams

Responsibilities

• EPD Partnership: Supporting Engineering, Product, and Design organizations in high-growth environments.
• Strategic HR partner: Building strong relationships with functional leaders, establishing credibility and trust as a strategic HR partner.
• People Operations Expertise: Bringing deep knowledge of People Ops/HR functions, including compensation, benefits, performance management, employee relations, and compliance.
• Strategic Thinking: Translating business objectives into actionable people strategies.
• Strong Communicator: Effectively conveying information to all stakeholders and presenting and facilitating discussions clearly and confidently.
• Compensation Expertise: Scaling compensation frameworks, including levels and bands across global teams, and using market data to ensure competitive and equitable compensation strategies.
• Performance Management: Building and evolving performance management practices, coaching managers through difficult performance conversations and helping build scalable approaches.
• Training and Development: Building and scaling internal training programs, specifically for management teams, and facilitating topics to all levels of employees.
• Employee Relations & Risk Management: Guiding leaders in managing sensitive employee situations, acting as a mediator, investigating escalated issues, and staying up to date on legal requirements related to employment and regulatory compliance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10-year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year.
• Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave in the US.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget with more expensive items (like conferences) covered with manager approval.
• Top-notch health insurance for you and your dependents with all premiums covered by us (for US employees).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior