Senior HR Business Partner, Engineering & Product

Mercor • San Francisco, CA

9d • $180,000 - $240,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Mercor is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to support its Engineering and Product teams. This role is for an individual who wants to be closely involved with the business, working directly with leaders and managers on critical people decisions related to talent development, manager effectiveness, organizational design, performance improvement, and resolving complex people issues. The position also involves building necessary systems and practices from the ground up, as Mercor is still in its early stages. The ideal candidate will have experience building programs and talent practices in a 0 to 1 capacity.

Requirements

• 8+ years of strong HRBP experience: You have substantial experience partnering with Engineering, Product or similarly technical organizations and can build credibility with senior technical leaders.
• Startup experience: You’ve worked in a fast-growing startup and understand the pace, ambiguity and changing needs that come with it.
• 0→1 builder: You have personally built and launched development, talent or manager programs where little or no infrastructure existed before.
• Excellent judgment: You can work through complex people situations, identify what actually matters and make clear recommendations without relying on a playbook for every answer.
• Manager coach: You can make managers better, including experienced leaders who expect their HR partner to challenge their thinking.
• High performance orientation: You know how to differentiate performance, develop exceptional people and address performance issues directly.
• Operator mindset: You are comfortable creating the strategy and doing the work required to get it into practice.
• Low-ego and direct: You communicate clearly, earn trust quickly and care more about getting to the right answer than owning the answer.
• In-person: You are able to work from our San Francisco office five days a week.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with Engineering and Product leaders on talent, organizational and people decisions.
• Coach managers on performance, feedback, team effectiveness, development and difficult employee situations.
• Identify what our highest-performing employees need to continue growing at Mercor and turn those needs into practical development opportunities.
• Build development programs from 0 to 1, from identifying the problem through design, launch, adoption and iteration.
• Partner with leaders on organizational design, role clarity, succession planning and talent movement as teams scale.
• Run talent and performance processes for EPD while keeping the focus on judgment and outcomes rather than process for its own sake.
• Spot patterns across teams and turn them into clear recommendations for leaders and the People team.
• Work across Recruiting, People Operations and the broader People team to solve problems end to end.
• Move quickly between strategic questions and hands-on execution. You should be equally comfortable advising a senior leader and building the first version of something yourself.

Benefits

• Competitive salary w/ aggressive bi-annual performance bonus structure + meaningful equity (aligned with a venture-backed, rapidly scaling AI company)
• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
• Free Equinox membership
• $200 monthly laundry/housekeeping reimbursement
• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
• Health, Dental, Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Up to $15k Relocation bonus
• $10K proximity bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)

What This Job Offers

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