People Consultant Lead

Pinterest • San Francisco, CA

2d • Remote

About The Position

As a People Consultant Lead, you will serve as a trusted advisor to managers and directors across Pinterest for all people-related needs. This role operates in a functionally-aligned Center of Excellence (COE) model and collaborates closely with HR leadership, providing data-driven recommendations to enhance performance, retention, and the overall employee experience. The People Consultant Lead plays a critical role in delivering people programs and driving talent strategies, ensuring alignment with other People Team Centers of Excellence and cross functional partners to ensure consistency across stakeholder’s team operations, HR practices, and Pinterest’s values. Additionally, this role maintains a close partnership with HR Business Partners to build world-class people initiatives aligned with Pinterest's mission, vision, and values. The People Consultant Lead will also be tasked with leading large-scale projects across the team and driving development and distribution of quarterly metrics. What you’ll do: Consultation and Coaching: Successfully coach and advise people managers on team dynamics and HR best practices to promote a high-performance culture. Regulatory and Operational Guidance: Provide expert guidance on best practices and ensure operational excellence while maintaining strict adherence to regulatory requirements. Data-Driven Solutions: Leverage data and insights to identify root causes of people challenges and provide targeted, actionable, data-driven recommendations and solutions to improve team effectiveness, retention, and the overall employee experience. Employee Life Cycle Strategies: Develop and implement strategies and practices throughout the employee life cycle to enhance employee experience and organizational effectiveness. Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate cross-functionally and manage stakeholders effectively to support functional or regional business strategies and enhance organizational performance. COE Partnership: Leverage People team COE partnerships to deliver comprehensive support to people managers across all functions or regions, enhancing their capabilities and knowledge. Change Management: Support change management initiatives, facilitating communication and resolving escalations as appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• Strong HR business acumen, problem-solving and strategic thinking abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and build strong relationships quickly.
• Experience in implementing talent management, organizational development, and change management strategies.
• Data-driven decision making and effective storytelling of insights.
• Ability to translate data insights into actionable business recommendations.
• Strong customer focus, relationship building and user-centric problem-solving
• Resilience and professionalism, able to recover from setbacks and adapt to change.
• High integrity and ethical standards.
• Ability to navigate complexity, ambiguity and change with confidence and professionalism.
• A proactive, results-oriented approach.
• Strong commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace.
• Ability to analyze alternatives and recommend solutions.
• Change management.
• Data collection and analysis.
• Organizational effectiveness.
• Stakeholder management.
• Cross-functional collaboration.

Nice To Haves

• HR certification (e.g., SHRM-CP, PHR) is a plus.
• Experience in HR consulting or business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Consultation and Coaching: Successfully coach and advise people managers on team dynamics and HR best practices to promote a high-performance culture.
• Regulatory and Operational Guidance: Provide expert guidance on best practices and ensure operational excellence while maintaining strict adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Data-Driven Solutions: Leverage data and insights to identify root causes of people challenges and provide targeted, actionable, data-driven recommendations and solutions to improve team effectiveness, retention, and the overall employee experience.
• Employee Life Cycle Strategies: Develop and implement strategies and practices throughout the employee life cycle to enhance employee experience and organizational effectiveness.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate cross-functionally and manage stakeholders effectively to support functional or regional business strategies and enhance organizational performance.
• COE Partnership: Leverage People team COE partnerships to deliver comprehensive support to people managers across all functions or regions, enhancing their capabilities and knowledge.
• Change Management: Support change management initiatives, facilitating communication and resolving escalations as appropriate.

What This Job Offers

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