Senior People Partner (HRBP), Tech

Assort Health•San Francisco, CA

2d•$180,000 - $210,000

About The Position

Assort Health is hiring a Senior People Partner (HRBP) to support its technical organization as the company grows. The role serves as a trusted advisor to the CTO, engineering and product leaders, and managers across R&D on organizational design, team growth, performance, employee relations, and retention. The successful candidate will help establish the standard for People Partnering at Assort and build the function ahead of the company’s anticipated growth from approximately 300 to more than 1,000 employees. The position reports to the SVP of People and works closely with People Operations and Recruiting. It combines strategic partnership with hands-on execution, including advising technical leaders, building career and performance frameworks, supporting talent decisions, using AI to improve People team work, and addressing sensitive employee matters.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in People Partner or HR Business Partner (HRBP) roles supporting engineering and product organizations.
Leadership experience advising CTOs and VPs of Engineering and leading or mentoring other People Partners.
Experience at a hypergrowth technology company, including supporting an engineering organization through scaling.
Understanding of engineering teams, technical evaluation, leveling, and individual-contributor versus manager career paths, with the ability to provide credible, direct advice to technical leaders.
Experience building or running engineering career ladders, calibration, and promotion processes, and making difficult talent decisions with incomplete information.
Knowledge of technical compensation, equity-heavy offers, and competing for engineering talent in a competitive market.
Experience conducting investigations and resolving complex employee relations situations, including knowing when to involve Legal or outside counsel.
Daily practical use of AI and the ability to assess its strengths and limitations.
Willingness to build processes and a People Partnering function while the company scales.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting an engineering organization as the company grew from approximately 250 to more than 1,000 employees.

Responsibilities

Partner with engineering and product leaders on organizational design, spans of control, headcount planning, reorganizations, manager transitions, and leadership changes.
Develop recommendations for how the R&D organization should evolve as the company scales.
Own calibration, 9-box reviews, promotion decisions, and compensation recommendations for engineers and product managers.
Build and maintain career ladders for individual contributor and management tracks.
Partner with Recruiting and technical leaders on engineering hiring strategy, offer competitiveness, and equity philosophy.
Use AI to prepare for leader conversations, analyze organizational health data, draft documentation, and reduce manual work; establish standards for AI use across the People team.
Handle investigations, complaints, and sensitive employee relations situations fairly and discreetly, partnering with Legal when appropriate.
Identify recurring employee relations patterns and address root causes.
Coach first-time and senior engineering and product managers on feedback, difficult conversations, team dynamics, and underperformance.
Share manager insights with People Operations so programs address real needs.
Monitor sentiment, attrition, and burnout across technical teams, conduct stay conversations with high performers, and provide leaders with data-backed recommendations.