People Business Partner
About The Position
Harness is a rapidly growing global tech company specializing in the AI Software Delivery Platform. Led by a successful entrepreneur, Harness has secured significant funding and is valued at $5.5 billion. The company addresses the bottleneck in the software delivery lifecycle after code creation, applying AI and automation to testing, deployments, security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. The Harness Platform leverages AI and a Software Delivery Knowledge Graph to provide intelligent automation and governance across the entire lifecycle. The company has powered millions of deployments, builds, and security scans, helping major clients accelerate releases, reduce cloud costs, and improve DevOps efficiency. With a global presence, Harness is seeking exceptional talent to drive its mission forward.
Requirements
- 3+ years of People Business Partner experience
- Proven ability to influence front-line and mid-level managers and manage ambiguity
- Excellent communication, judgment, and problem-solving skills
- Has experimented with building AI-assisted workflows
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting teams within a global organization preferred
- Experience in tech, SaaS, or high-growth environments preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide coaching to managers on critical people-related dimensions, including performance management, team dynamics, career development, and employee retention and engagement.
- Provide data-driven insights on workforce trends, retention signals, and talent risks within your client group(s).
- Support organizational changes including team growth, restructuring, and manager transitions.
- Act as the primary point of contact for employee relations matters across your assigned client groups, including ER cases, performance concerns, PIPs, and exits.
- Conduct exit interviews and synthesize themes for leaders and the broader People team.
- In partnership with the Legal team, support managing investigations, disciplinary actions, and grievances with discretion and sound judgment.
- Ensure compliance with federal and state employment laws; partner with Legal on complex cases and risk mitigation.
- Execute cyclical People programs including mid-year reviews, year-end performance cycles, quarterly talent sales reviews, and compensation planning cycles.
- Own communications and project management for these programs.
- Partner with Total Rewards, L&D, and People Operations to ensure global programs are implemented with consistency.
- Support talent planning and succession conversations; surface risks and themes upward to the Senior PBPs.
- Build and maintain AI-powered agents and automated workflows for repeatable HR tasks to allow for higher-value work.
- Create self-serve employee resources, templates, and toolkits to reduce high-volume inquiry load.
- Partner closely with People Operations, Total Rewards, Workplace, and Learning & Development teams on cross-functional projects and initiatives.
- Contribute to team-wide People initiatives as a peer alongside other PBPs — sharing methodology, tools, and project work.
- Support consistent application of global People programs with thoughtful, locally relevant execution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
