Manager, People Partner (Human Resources)

Liquid I.V. • El Segundo, CA

4h • $116,100 - $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Liquid I.V. is seeking a Manager, People Partner to help leaders lead effectively and teammates grow. Reporting to the Senior Director, People Partnerships and Talent Growth, this role independently supports Quality, Finance, Operations, and People & Culture while contributing to manager development and a focused portfolio of learning programs.

The role stays close to how teams experience work and translates business and workforce insights into practical people plans, stronger manager practices, clearer career development, and improved team performance. The successful candidate brings sound HR judgment, strong facilitation skills, and the ability to translate needs into focused action.

The position is hybrid, with work in the El Segundo, California office one to three times a week and flexibility for industry events. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 7 years of progressive Human Resources, People Partnership, or HR generalist experience, including independent support of a functional client group.
• Demonstrated experience coaching managers and applying sound judgment to employee relations and performance matters.
• Hands-on experience preparing and facilitating manager training or adult learning in virtual and in-person settings.
• Ability to translate learning objectives into engaging experiences, clear materials, and practical tools that support on-the-job application.
• Experience implementing performance and talent practices, supporting organizational change, and identifying capability needs.
• Ability to interpret workforce evidence and translate insights into focused recommendations and action plans.
• Clear communication, strong relationship-building skills, practical judgment, and ability to constructively challenge and influence leaders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, maintain confidentiality and impartiality, and follow through on commitments.
• Curiosity about technology, artificial intelligence, and how people learn, grow, and adapt to new ways of working.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Translate functional priorities into focused people plans addressing capability, capacity, performance, talent risks, and development.
• Build an understanding of the roles, operating needs, and business contributions of supported functions.
• Coach managers on expectations, feedback, accountability, delegation, performance, and team dynamics.
• Use workforce data, employee listening, and direct observation to recommend practical improvements to team conditions and delivery.
• Identify role clarity, workload, skill, and capacity gaps and contribute to workforce planning and organization design discussions.
• Support organization changes by linking role impacts, manager readiness, communication, and new ways of working to effective implementation.
• Strengthen talent and performance decisions through evidence, constructive challenge, and clear development, succession, retention, and readiness actions.
• Help managers and teammates identify growth through career pathways, assignments, mentoring, projects, and internal mobility.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers on role requirements, success profiles, selection, and new-hire integration.
• Prepare, facilitate, and reinforce assigned manager development and learning programs using relevant content, practical tools, and applied experiences.
• Lead in-person and virtual sessions focused on feedback, performance, delegation, coaching, career conversations, and leading change.
• Adapt learning for different audiences while maintaining a consistent, high-quality experience.
• Extend development beyond formal sessions through peer learning, applied practice, follow-up coaching, and People team partnership.
• Evaluate learning application using participant feedback, demonstrated skills, and manager observations, and improve content and delivery.
• Identify recurring skill needs and distinguish development needs from challenges related to capacity, structure, tools, or unclear expectations.
• Connect teammates to experiences and expertise that close priority capability gaps.
• Partner with Technology and subject-matter experts to support practical artificial intelligence learning, including approved tools, verification, and human judgment.
• Apply sound judgment to employee relations assessment, manager guidance, documentation, and follow-through; partner with the Senior Director and Legal on complex matters.
• Provide performance, career, and team support to People & Culture while maintaining confidentiality, impartiality, and independent support when conflicts arise.
• Partner with Total Rewards, People Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Teammate Experience to deliver reliable guidance and connect functional needs to enterprise priorities.
• Balance functional support and learning responsibilities through strong prioritization, clear commitments, and consistent follow-through.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, with PPO, HMO, and Kaiser options.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Generous PTO and sick leave programs.
• 10+ paid annual holidays each year and an annual Holiday Office Closure.
• Wellness Days, including a Vitality Day and two Recharge Days.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Monthly technology and wellness reimbursement.
• An infinite supply of Liquid I.V.

What This Job Offers

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