Senior People Business Partner

Tekion • Pleasanton, CA

13h • $126,500 - $190,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Tekion is seeking a Senior People Business Partner to join their People team. This role serves as a strategic partner to business leaders, focusing on organizational health, talent strategy, and team effectiveness. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of their assigned business units, their goals, challenges, and people, to drive performance. This is a role for someone who thrives in a dynamic, evolving environment where they can build and shape People infrastructure. The position requires a proactive, strategic thinker who is invested in both business success and the success of the People team. The role is full-time and based in the Pleasanton, CA office, requiring 5 days per week in-office presence.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 8–10 years of HRBP or People Business Partner experience, preferably in a fast-growth SaaS or technology company.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisory relationships with senior and C-suite leaders.
• Ability to learn a business quickly, connect People initiatives to business outcomes, and speak the language of the leaders supported.
• Sound judgment and experience handling complex employee relations situations with care, consistency, and appropriate urgency.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication — clear, direct, and compelling across audiences from ICs to executives.
• Comfortable managing a broad portfolio of priorities in a fast-moving environment without losing precision or follow-through.
• Able to absorb feedback, adapt quickly, and maintain composure and positivity when things don't go as planned.
• Measure own success by how much better the people and teams around them are performing.
• Growth mindset; excited to learn a new company, complex industry, and rapidly evolving environment.
• Genuinely, sustainably positive orientation.
• Fiercely loyal to the People team; invests in People team relationships and collective success.
• Thrives in a full build environment; identifies gaps and builds solutions.
• Strategic owner, not an order taker; shows up with a point of view, an agenda, and a plan.
• Comfortable with occasional early mornings or late evenings to support global partners and leaders.
• Flexibility and a 'no-drama' approach to shifting schedules.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a high-growth startup or company scaling through significant organizational change.
• Track record of building or rebuilding People programs from scratch.
• Experience supporting global or international business units.
• Workday proficiency (HCM, Recruiting, Talent).
• Exposure to M&A, rapid headcount scaling, or organizational redesign.
• Demonstrated ability to gain energy from — not be depleted by — highly complex organizational problems.
• High consultative experience influencing senior leaders through insight and data, not authority.

Responsibilities

• Build deep, trusted, long-term relationships with business unit leaders and their teams.
• Serve as a genuine thought partner on organizational health, talent strategy, and team effectiveness.
• Develop a thorough understanding of each client group's business model, goals, and pressures.
• Shape people strategies proactively and connect People initiatives directly to business outcomes.
• Partner with leaders to build high-performing, engaged teams.
• Drive org design, succession planning, performance management, and leadership development.
• Navigate complex employee situations with sound judgment, empathy, and legal awareness.
• Provide thoughtful guidance that protects the business and the individual simultaneously.
• Champion people-related transformation initiatives.
• Communicate change with clarity and conviction, build alignment across stakeholders, and help leaders bring their teams through transitions effectively.
• Actively contribute to the strength, culture, and continuous improvement of the People team itself.
• Share knowledge, collaborate across COEs, and show up as a champion for the function.
• Drive the end-to-end execution of People programs across client groups (performance cycles, engagement actions, compensation planning).
• Identify gaps, design solutions, and build People infrastructure where it doesn't yet exist.
• Apply advanced analytical skills and deep People knowledge to diagnose business needs, recommend strategic solutions, and navigate complex people-related challenges.
• Stay current on emerging HR trends, tools, and best practices.
• Actively seek new ways to improve how the company operates and adds value.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous stock options
• 100% employer-paid top-of-the-line medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Free snacks and beverages
• Opportunity to work with bright minds from Silicon Valley's most successful companies
• Early-stage, hyper-growth startup with significant career growth opportunity
• Home-grown, ground-up technology
• Dynamic, collaborative work environment with a strong sense of community
• Open, transparent culture that rewards performance and encourages innovation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree