Senior People Business Partner - Commercial

Genius Sports • New York, NY

109d • $140,000 - $160,000

About The Position

This is a high-impact role for a commercially minded HR leader who thrives at the intersection of people, performance, and business strategy. You’ll be instrumental in shaping a culture where people thrive, performance accelerates, and commercial goals are realized. Reporting into the Chief People Officer, the Senior HR Business Partner – Commercial will act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership across our global Commercial teams. This role is central to driving a high-performing culture that fuels commercial success, accelerates revenue growth, and enables employees to thrive. By combining deep HR expertise with strong business acumen, you’ll partner closely with stakeholders to design and deliver scalable people strategies that directly support revenue growth, market competitiveness, and long-term organizational success.

Requirements

• Experience partnering with Commercial teams (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Advertising, AdTech, or Go-to-Market).
• Proven ability to influence and drive positive change in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Ability to engage, challenge, and influence senior stakeholders, building trust through commercial understanding and pragmatic solutions.
• Experience working across cultures, navigating global complexity while enabling local adaptation.
• Skilled in using HR analytics and insights to identify trends, measure impact, and inform strategic decisions.
• Demonstrated success leading organizational change, including M&A, integrations, and global transformation.
• Confident operating with ambiguity, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the versatility to engage a wide range of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Commercial leadership to align people priorities with business objectives, ensuring talent strategies enable sales and go-to-market growth plans.
• Translate business priorities into proactive, data-driven people solutions that enhance organizational performance and employee experience.
• Design and deliver a scalable people roadmap to support long-term growth.
• Partner with the Talent Management, People Operations, and Talent Acquisition COEs, and our in-house Legal Counsel to design and implement solutions.
• Leverage people analytics, engagement data, and performance metrics to provide actionable insights to senior leaders.
• Use dashboards to track organizational health, enabling data-led decisions on talent, performance, and organizational design.
• Act as a trusted coach to senior leaders, equipping them to build resilient, inclusive, and high-performing teams.
• Provide practical guidance on leadership challenges, succession planning and workforce design, driving capability at all levels.
• Oversee employee relations in your area, balancing pragmatic solutions with compliance and risk management across multiple jurisdictions.
• Embed a performance culture that emphasizes accountability, continuous feedback, and career growth.
• Implement clear career pathways and frameworks that build future-ready skills and prepare successors for critical roles.
• Champion initiatives to strengthen retention of top talent.
• Lead and advise on organizational change, including integrations, restructures, and acquisitions, ensuring commercial and people objectives.
• Navigate both the human and legal aspects of change, helping leaders manage transitions effectively.
• Drive large-scale projects from design through execution, ensuring stakeholder alignment and positive cultural outcomes.
• Work with Total Reward and Commercial Ops to shape competitive Reward/Recognition that aligns with sales performance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on an annualized range of $140,000 - $160,000 USD.
• Eligibility to participate in Genius Sports variable compensation schemes.
• Participation in US benefits and 401k plans.
• Support for employee wellbeing and career growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees