Senior People Partner

Genesis • San Carlos, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Genesis is seeking a Senior People Partner to work closely with leaders and teams as the company grows. The role helps establish clear expectations, strong management, honest feedback, and effective people practices. It combines organizational and workforce planning with hands-on support for managers and employees, requiring practical execution, sound judgment, and trust.

The Senior People Partner will advise leaders on business priorities, teams, capabilities, and headcount; coach managers; build and run approaches to performance, career growth, and development; support organizational change; handle sensitive employee situations; and use employee feedback and people data to identify risks and organizational friction. The role will collaborate with Recruiting, People Operations, Finance, and Legal to create a coherent employee experience. The position is hybrid, with at least 3–4 days per week in the office.

Requirements

• Experience independently partnering with senior leaders as a People Partner or HR Business Partner in a demanding, fast-growing environment.
• Ability to earn trust with technical teams through preparation, direct communication, and consistent follow-through.
• Experience coaching managers through performance, development, and employee relations situations.
• Ability to build a people practice from scratch and take responsibility for operating it.
• Ability to balance empathy with clear expectations and address difficult issues early.
• Ability to use data to inform judgment while considering the context behind the numbers.
• Sound judgment about when to act independently and when to seek specialist advice.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting engineering, research, AI, robotics, or other deeply technical teams.
• Experience working across France, the UK, and the US.
• Experience helping a startup introduce its first performance, career, or manager development frameworks.
• Experience supporting a company through rapid international growth.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to understand priorities, challenge their thinking when appropriate, and translate business goals into decisions about teams, capabilities, and headcount.
• Coach managers on expectations, feedback, development, team dynamics, and difficult conversations, providing practical support.
• Build and run lightweight approaches to goal setting, performance reviews, calibration, and career development.
• Help employees understand performance expectations and growth opportunities.
• Partner on organizational design, evolving responsibilities, leadership transitions, and communications during company growth.
• Handle employee concerns, conflict, and performance issues fairly, discreetly, and with sound judgment; involve Legal or local specialists when needed.
• Use employee feedback, people data, and business context to identify retention risks and organizational friction early.
• Collaborate with Recruiting, People Operations, Finance, and Legal to connect hiring, onboarding, development, compensation decisions, and employee transitions.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus meaningful equity.
• Visa sponsorship and relocation support.
• Hybrid work, with 3–4+ days per week in the office.
• Opportunity to shape how a frontier AI and robotics company develops its people, supports its managers, and grows its organization.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed