Principal, People Business Partner

Aurora Innovation•Mountain View, CA

3d•$204,000 - $327,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We’re searching for a Principal People Business Partner (PBP) to join our People Team at Aurora who thrives in complex, high-growth environments and is ready to build, not just maintain. As a strategic partner to our executive leaders, this is a unique opportunity to shape people strategies and drive organizational effectiveness to fuel our next chapter of growth. You'll be a trusted advisor who helps our critical functions scale and build a future-proof workforce.

Requirements

Strategic HR Partnership: You have a strong track record as a senior business partner in a high-growth, or tech environment, demonstrating an ability to influence and build credibility with senior executives quickly. You communicate effectively to a wide range of stakeholders.
Organizational Transformation Expertise: You have a proven ability to design and implement effective organizational structures, leadership coaching and leadership team effectiveness, and lead large-scale change management initiatives.
Business Athlete Mindset: You are deeply knowledgeable about the business and industry, comfortable navigating and leading others through ambiguity, pivoting quickly to address new challenges, and solving complex problems without a pre-existing playbook.
Data-Driven Acumen: You use data and insights to proactively diagnose issues, inform your recommendations, influence decisions, and measure the impact of your work.
Execution Excellence: You deliver high quality results through leading projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules in partnership with stakeholders, and develop clear action plans with results-oriented goals for measuring success.
Systems Thinker: You are recognize the connections across the organization, and take a holistic approach to analyzing situations and developing solutions that are sustainable in the longer term and account for system interdependencies.
Resilience and a Growth Mindset: You possess the resilience to thrive in a fast-paced environment and the ability to energize those around you.
10+ years of applicable HR Business Partner experience with proven experience partnering directly with C-suite executives within a rapidly scaling organization. Broad and progressive HR business partner experience in organizations recognized for best HR practices.
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources (or related field) required.
Proven ability to lead with a creative mindset, very high self-awareness, and to act as a coach and mentor for other leaders and professionals.
Systems thinking, proven ability to work effectively across multiple business areas, teams, and key leadership areas in a fast-paced environment.
Demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities, including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes, and create business impact.
Effectively diagnosing long-term HR needs, and shaping and leading initiatives to address them.
Strong communication skills (written and verbal) to effectively address all organizational levels.
Fluent in English.
Ability to travel within the U.S. approximately 10% of the time.
This role requires this person to be in the office at least 3 days per week.

Nice To Haves

Technology industry experience preferred.
Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Enable Business Outcomes: Work with senior leadership to align people strategies with business objectives, and execute high-quality solutions to ensure we have the talent and work environment necessary to achieve our most critical outcomes.
Elevate Leadership Impact: Serve as a coach and strategic advisor to senior leaders, helping them navigate complex change and elevate their team's performance.
Drive Organizational Effectiveness: Partner directly with executive leaders to proactively diagnose organizational systems, and design and implement organizational models that accelerate decision-making, enhance cross-functional collaboration, and scale for sustained growth.
Build a Future-Proof Workforce: Lead workforce planning and implement talent strategies that ensure we have the right people in the right roles at the right time. Use data and insights to identify capability gaps and inform critical talent decisions to secure and develop capabilities needed for the future.
Solve Complex Problems: Jump into challenges head-on—from organizational bottlenecks to change management initiatives—creating clarity and innovative solutions in ambiguous and complex situations.
Collaborate with Colleagues: Collaborate closely with other PBPs and People colleagues, Legal, Employee Relations, Finance, Communications, and other partners and stakeholders to lead execution of people solutions in the business.
Deliver Strategic Insights: Analyze internal and external data, evidence-based research, benchmarks, and business metrics to create insights, diagnose issues, and provide recommendations that inform leadership decision making.