Senior HR Business Partner - Technology

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About The Position

This role exists because we believe HR done well is one of the highest-leverage things a company can invest in — and we want someone who believes that too. As Senior HR Business Partner for our Technology organization, you will be the person both leaders and employees turn to. Leaders will rely on you to think alongside them on talent strategy, organizational design, and questions about performance and growth. Employees will rely on you to be a trusted, honest presence, someone who actually listens, cuts through noise, and helps them navigate their experience here. And you will own that experience end to end: from the moment someone joins the org to the way they grow, feel recognized, and understand where they stand. You'll operate in a fast-moving, high-growth tech environment where speed, autonomy, and technical credibility matter as much as rigour. You'll bring sharp analytical thinking, genuine curiosity, and a fluency with the tools, including AI, that let you work at a pace and quality that sets a new standard for what HR looks like — especially for a technical audience that expects that. If you've been waiting for a role where HR is genuinely at the table, not called in after the fact, this is it.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive HR experience
Built real credibility with senior technical leaders (engineering directors, VPs of Product, CTOs)
Bilingual in French and English (fluent in both)
Analytical thinking: know what question to ask of data and can walk a business leader through findings that change their perspective
Genuine curiosity about technology and AI, seeing it as leverage
Already using AI tools in work and actively looking for more ways to work smarter
Comfortable in technical conversations to earn credibility with engineers
Proactive: see problems before they are obvious, have a point of view on solutions, and comfortable moving without a complete picture
Equally good with leaders and employees, understanding trust from both is crucial
Operate with discretion, rigour, and high standards

Nice To Haves

Experience partnering with Engineering, Product, or Design organizations
Background supporting high-growth SaaS, scale-up, or post-acquisition tech environments
Familiarity with dual-track (IC/management) career frameworks

Responsibilities

Be the partner leaders want in the room: understand the business well enough to add value in real time, be embedded in the business, present in the rhythm of the team, build talent plans with engineering and product leaders, present data-driven insights on team performance and risks, and be the first call for complex issues.
Be the person employees trust: build a presence across engineering, product, and design, stay connected to the mood of the organization, identify and address tension before it becomes a problem with discretion and care, support employees navigating difficult situations with empathy and rigour, and partner with leaders to build an environment people choose to stay in (meaningful growth paths, genuine recognition, reliable leadership behavior).
Shape how the organization communicates with itself: ensure quality communication during important events like re-orgs, pivots, tough sprints, or tough quarters to keep people informed.
Craft the employee experience for your org: design the experience of joining the team as an engineer or PM, growing from IC to staff or management, drawing on employee feedback, data, and business needs to build experiences specific to a technical org (development paths, recognition, performance conversations, onboarding).
Think about the longer arc: succession planning, hiring decisions with long-term thinking, monitoring the effectiveness of the built experience, and willingness to change it when necessary.
Use technology like it's 2026: leverage leading AI platforms to move faster, analyze more deeply, and free up time for human judgment, be curious about better tools, willing to experiment, and capable of building from scratch. Use people analytics (Rippling, Officevibe) to surface patterns and present insights that lead to decisions. Find smarter, faster ways to do things.