People Business Partner

Curri • Ventura, CA

18d • $120,000 - $170,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re looking for a hands-on, builder-minded People Business Partner to help Curri scale by developing confident, capable people managers and high-performing teams.

This is a founding People Business Partner role. You’ll partner closely with leaders, coaching managers through real-time people challenges, strengthening performance and accountability, and creating practical manager trainings that actually work in a fast-moving startup environment.

You won’t be handed a perfect playbook — you’ll help create it. If you love rolling up your sleeves, coaching first-time managers, and building simple, scalable people practices from scratch, this role offers real ownership, visibility, and impact.

This role is based in Ventura, CA and we are not open to remote arrangements. That being said, we will offer relocation assistance to any candidate who would like to relocate to Ventura, CA!

Requirements

• Experience working at a fast-growing startup or tech company
• Strong hands-on experience with employee relations and performance management
• Proven ability to coach and influence managers, especially first-time or “green” leaders
• Experience designing and facilitating manager trainings or workshops
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and building as you go
• Practical, business-minded approach with high emotional intelligence
• Ability to partner with a variety of leaders (Operations, Growth, Technology, etc)

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting rapidly scaling teams or organizations
• Background building manager enablement or training programs from scratch
• Track record of simplifying complex people topics for busy leaders
• Bias toward action — comfortable testing, iterating, and improving over time

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary People Business Partner
• Coach managers in real time on employee relations issues, performance management, feedback, and conflict resolution
• Partner with leaders to build and refine clear career ladders and growth paths within their teams
• Help managers define role expectations, leveling frameworks, and promotion criteria.
• Design and deliver practical, scalable manager trainings (e.g., new manager fundamentals, performance conversations, feedback, ER basics, talent reviews)
• Partner with leaders to improve team performance, engagement, and accountability
• Lead and support talent reviews, succession planning, and development conversations
• Identify common manager pain points and create simple tools, trainings, or frameworks to address them
• Partner closely with People Ops and Recruiting to ensure people practices scale as the business grows

Benefits

• Opportunity to be a founding People Business Partner at a high-growth startup
• Direct ownership over manager enablement and leadership development
• Ability to shape how people management is done at Curri
• High visibility and partnership with senior leaders across the business
• Competitive salary, equity compensation, and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, and 401(k)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed