Senior People & Culture Advisor

Keel Infrastructure•New York, NY

6d•$125,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Keel Infrastructure is seeking a Senior People & Culture Advisor to partner with its growing technical and development teams as the company scales rapidly. Reporting to the Director, P&C US, the role combines broad People & Culture generalist work with specialist support across talent strategy, employee relations, payroll and benefits, organization design, and performance. The successful candidate will understand the culture, pressures, and talent needs of a technical development organization. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role focused on shaping and building people practices as the company grows. The advisor will translate business strategy and growth targets into practical people and organizational design plans, rather than simply administering existing processes. The position follows a Monday–Friday hybrid schedule, with three days per week in person at Keel’s NYC office. Compensation includes a base salary in the posted range, a year-end bonus target, and participation in the yearly equity grant.

Requirements

At least 5 years of progressive HR experience, including at least 2 years in an HRBP or generalist role supporting technical, engineering, or development functions.
Team leadership experience.
Strong HR generalist foundation.
Experience in a high-growth, fast-paced environment, such as a startup, scale-up, or rapidly expanding business unit.
Demonstrated ability to build processes from scratch and adapt them as the organization scales.
Business acumen and ability to speak credibly with technical leaders about their organization, not just People & Culture processes.
Strong employee-relations judgment and experience handling sensitive matters independently.
Data fluency, including ability to use HRIS and people analytics to develop insights and drive decisions.
Exceptional communication skills and ability to move between hands-on tactical work and executive-level strategic conversations.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a data center, infrastructure, construction, or engineering development organization.
Familiarity with technical career ladders and leveling frameworks.
Experience at a company that significantly scaled headcount within 12–24 months.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary People & Culture advisor to designated client groups.
Translate business strategy and growth targets into people and organizational design plans.
Participate in meetings as a thought partner.
Answer team questions about payroll, benefits, policies, and other People & Culture areas.
Drive performance management cycles, calibrations, and goal-setting processes.
Coach managers, including first-time people leaders, on feedback, performance conversations, and team development.
Champion culture and engagement initiatives suited to rapid headcount growth.
Monitor engagement data and address risk areas before they become retention problems.
Manage employee relations issues with sound judgment, discretion, and urgency.
Ensure employment-law compliance across jurisdictions as the company expands into new markets and regions.
Partner with Legal on complex employee-relations matters, investigations, and policy development.
Partner with Total Rewards on compensation benchmarking, equity refreshes, and offer construction for competitive technical talent markets.
Support annual compensation cycles, bonus planning, and pay equity analysis.