People Partner
- Your deep empathy and insight into people help you build trusting relationships with leaders and support a kind, inclusive culture.
- You excel at seeing the big picture and connecting the dots, which aids in aligning people strategy with business goals.
- Your personal values align with Stripe’s mission to increase opportunity, making the work meaningful for you.
- You may find the fast pace and data-heavy requirements of the role somewhat draining compared to more relational tasks.
- Your preference for harmony could be challenged when you need to make tough decisions or address performance issues directly.
Please Note: This role requires on-site presence at one of our office locations for approximately 50% of each month. Relocation assistance may be available.
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team
One of the key drivers to our success is an exceptional emphasis on our people. We believe that our competitive advantage lies in our talent and that we can build a sustainable advantage by enabling individuals and teams to contribute their full potential. Stripe is looking for a People Partner (HRBP) to drive that effort. This includes supporting leaders and senior managers through scale, creating an environment where Stripes of all backgrounds can thrive, aligning our business strategy with our people strategy, using data to develop best practices from 1st principles.
What you’ll do
As a People Partner, you’ll partner with senior business leaders and managers to develop and deliver on our people strategy, advance our company mission and enable leaders to build high impact, healthy teams to deliver outstanding results to Stripe users.
Responsibilities
- Act as a strategic consultant to leaders, partnering to guide and enable them in aligning their business and people strategies to optimize user and Stripe experience
- Collaborate, develop and drive programs cross functionally to advance the People Strategy for Stripe
- Leverage data, insights and craft to inform design and decisions on strategy, structure and programs and promote org health and productivity
- Advise and coach leaders and managers on org design and strategy, change management interventions and other key organizational initiatives focused on optimizing for efficiency, seamless cross-functional collaboration, and decentralized decision-making
- Support leaders as they execute on global talent and organizational planning, identifying and investing in critical talent and intentionally planning for future business needs and ambitious goals
- Promote a culture guided by our Operating Principles, that continuously elevates the caliber and kindness of Stripes and better ways of working together
- Support the Leadership team and organization through continued growth and evolution
Who you are
We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
Minimum requirements
- 10+ years of experience as an HR business partner, preferably with a mix of experience in fast-growing technology companies and more established organizations
- Experience partnering and influencing senior leaders to help drive and align their people strategy and increase business results
- Strong analytical and project management skills, proven ability to design clear processes, and a very detail-oriented yet flexible approach to problem solving
- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Proven ability to partner and influence across diverse groups and experience levels
Preferred qualifications
- A strategist and scaler, who can connect the dots between where we’re going and how we need to nudge the organization to get there
- A partner and connector who builds trusted relationships with managers and leaders by providing deep insights and helping them see around corners
- A business partner who deeply understands Stripe’s strategy and aligns it with the organization’s structures, processes, initiatives and processes
- A collaborator, who gets energy from working with leaders to create the best possible teams and organizational structures
- A strategic thinker whose decisions are informed by data, experience, and Stripe’s operating principles
- A coach who loves building and developing high-impact teams
Best personality fits for this role
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