Senior People Partner

We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join a fast-growing, international scale-up at a critical stage of growth. Based in the US (East Coast time zone, fully remote), this role supports a globally distributed leadership team and our US workforce, as part of an international organization of approximately 200 employees.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments, combines strategic thinking with operational precision, and can confidently partner with senior global stakeholders. You will bring strong commercial acumen, act as a culture builder, and apply deep knowledge of US federal and multi-state employment law in a way that enables speed, clarity, and problem solving.

Responsibilities. 

Strategic Architecture & Organizational Design

You won’t just fill seats; you will design the house. You’ll partner with Global VPs and Directors to ensure our structure supports our ambitions.

• Workforce Evolution: Lead organizational design sessions to ensure our teams are lean, high-performing, and structured for speed.

• Strategic Advisory: Act as a "thought partner" to leadership, offering honest conversations and data-driven insights needed to move the needle.

The US Legal "Enabler"

Here, you are the "How" department.

• Pragmatic Compliance: Use your deep knowledge of US federal and state employment law (including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, and state-specific requirements) to create solutions that are both legally sound and commercially & culturally agile, putting people at the heart of compliance.

• Operational Excellence: Oversee our US employee lifecycle, from talent sourcing and onboarding to complex employee relations and investigations, with a focus on precision and agility.

• Total Rewards & Benefits: Partner with Payroll, Finance, and our benefits providers on US benefits, open enrollment, and compensation benchmarking to keep our offer competitive and compliant.

Culture as a Competitive Advantage

Culture can dilute during rapid growth. Your job is to make sure ours gets stronger.

• Leadership Coaching: Up-level our management layer, teaching them how to drive accountability without sacrificing empathy.

• Engagement Loops: Use real-time data to identify friction points in the employee experience and solve them before they become "issues."

Global-Local Bridge

You are the US expert with a global mindset. You’ll ensure that global initiatives (like new performance frameworks or compensation reviews) land perfectly in the US context, while ensuring our teams get a best-in-class employee experience. You’ll also be the voice of our US workforce in global HR conversations, bridging time zones and ways of working.

What you’ll bring to the role.

Experience

• Proven experience as a Senior HR Business Partner in a scale-up or fast-growth business

• Strong exposure to international or globally distributed organizations, ideally supporting US teams within a business headquartered outside the US.

• Deep, hands-on knowledge of US federal and multi-state employment law and its practical application in business.

• Experience with US benefits administration, open enrollment, and compensation practices, including FLSA exempt/non-exempt classification.

• SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP or PHR/SPHR certification preferred.

• Experience partnering with senior leaders and executives in high-pressure, fast-moving environments.

Skills & Attributes

• Commercially driven, with a clear understanding of how HR supports growth and execution.

• A data storyteller: you don't just report on turnover; you explain why it’s happening and what the ROI of the solution will be.

• Comfortable operating at pace while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.

• Confident, credible, and able to influence and challenge senior global stakeholders.

• Pragmatic, adaptable, and solutions-focused.

• Excellent communicator in English, comfortable working across time zones, including regular overlap with European colleagues.

• Resilient, proactive, and energized by change & problem solving.

The Reality of the Role

To be transparent, this isn't a "maintenance" role.

• The Pace: We move fast. You’ll need to be comfortable with 80% certainty and 100% action.

• The Ambiguity: Not every process is written down yet. You’ll be the one writing the playbook while we’re playing the game.

• The Stakeholders: You’ll be dealing with high-IQ, high-drive global leaders who value directness, data, and commercial logic.