People Business Partner

Sage • Thousand Oaks, CA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a People Business Partner at Sage, you will work alongside business leaders to help them build stronger teams, navigate change, and achieve ambitious goals. You will provide a clear perspective, a steady presence, and reliable judgment. You are proactive in anticipating future challenges and developing solutions.

Key areas of ownership include leading impactful change, guiding transformation, workforce planning, restructuring, and cross-functional projects. You will partner with senior leaders to provide guidance, candid input, and facilitate decision-making. Building high-performing teams through talent management, performance, engagement, and organizational design is crucial. You will leverage people metrics and data to inform decisions and solve complex problems. Additionally, you will collaborate with global P&C teams and Centers of Excellence, managing employee relations, performance, and compliance matters.

Requirements

• A track record of becoming a trusted voice behind business leaders in complex or global organizations.
• Real experience guiding transformation and change.
• A practical change-management toolkit including clear case for change, stakeholder mapping, sponsor alignment, communication cadence, manager enablement, adoption tracking, and reinforcement after launch.
• The ability to shape thinking and direction at senior levels through influence rather than authority.
• Deep command of modern people practices, including organizational design, talent strategy, and workforce planning.
• A history of translating business strategy into results-driven people plans.
• Sound judgment in employee relations and the complex, human realities of organizational life.
• Genuine comfort with data, and the skill to turn it into recommendations people can act on.
• Experience using metrics to prove what is working and improve what is not.
• The ability to organize complex work into clear plans, owners, achievements, and follow-through that keep projects moving.
• Confidence leading meetings that have purpose, pace, and outcomes, especially when the room includes senior leaders or competing points of view.
• Strong facilitation skills that help groups focus, make decisions, resolve ambiguity, and leave knowing what happens next.
• A calm, solution-first approach when priorities shift and the ground keeps moving.
• The ability to hold competing demands and still deliver with both quality and pace.
• Creative problem solving that combines curiosity, data, business context, and good judgment to move from ambiguity to a workable path forward.
• A naturally collaborative style that connects easily across teams and geographies.
• Communication that engages, earns trust, and works at every level of the organization.
• Emotional intelligence and balanced judgment, especially when the pressure is on.
• A real commitment to inclusive practice and to building a culture of accountability, performance, and belonging.

Nice To Haves

• You meet leaders where they are, adjusting your approach to their style, context, pressure points, and readiness without losing authenticity or lowering the bar.
• You can translate without diluting, turning people strategy, policy, data, and change into language that makes sense to the leader in front of you.
• You say what needs saying in a way it can be heard, giving leaders the straight version and knowing when to challenge, coach, or create space.
• You trust your own read, are comfortable taking a position and standing behind it, and bring original thinking instead of reaching for the default playbook.
• You know the edge of what you know; when uncertain, you say so and go find the answer.
• You move with the business, bringing structure, judgment, and calm to help leaders keep moving in fast-paced, shifting environments.

Responsibilities

• Leading change that sticks, including transformation, workforce planning, restructuring, and cross-functional projects.
• Partnering with senior leaders to set direction, offering clear guidance, candid input, and decision-focused meeting leadership.
• Shaping talent, performance, engagement, and organizational design to foster optimal performance and business growth.
• Utilizing people metrics, patterns, and trends to inform choices, measure outcomes, and provide actionable answers for leaders.
• Identifying and solving problems that do not have a playbook, spotting risks and gaps early, and offering creative solutions.
• Collaborating with global P&C teams and Centers of Excellence while navigating employee relations, performance, and compliance matters.

Benefits

• PPO medical, dental, and vision care benefits package with Sage covering most of the premium costs.
• Company-sponsored anniversary trip every 5 years.
• 401(k)-matching program of 100% up to 5% of pay.
• Financial support for bachelor's and graduate-level degree programs.
• Financial support for learning for personal interest.

What This Job Offers

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