Senior Human Resources Business Partner

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Handshake is hiring a Senior Human Resources Business Partner to support the Sales, Marketing, and Education teams across its Careers and Handshake AI business units. The role involves partnering with leaders to build high-performing teams, managing core HR processes, and enhancing employee experience while navigating an evolving, operational environment.

Highlights

Support Sales, Marketing, and Education teams in two business units: Careers and Handshake AI
Manage performance management, compensation, promotions, headcount planning, and onboarding processes
Act as a trusted advisor on employee relations, team dynamics, and leadership development
Collaborate with People Ops, Recruiting, and Total Rewards to ensure smooth employee experience
Design and manage in-person team programs and events
Require 4+ years of HR experience, preferably in tech or growth-stage companies
Strong skills in employee relations, performance management, org design, communications planning, and manager coaching
Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-changing environments with a collaborative style
Bonus for experience with sales/go-to-market orgs, compensation frameworks, and people analytics tools
Benefits include equity, 401(k) match, parental leave, medical coverage, learning stipends, flexible PTO, and team outings

Senior Human Resources Business Partner Full Description

About Handshake

Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.

Why join Handshake now:

Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the worldâs top educational institutions
Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

The Role

Weâre hiring a Senior HR Business Partner to support our Sales, Marketing, and Education teams across both of Handshakeâs business units - Careers and Handshake AI. Youâll work closely with leaders and employees to help scale our culture, processes, and people programs as we grow. This role will be part traditional HRBP work (performance management, HR support, etc.) and part building processes and systems to help scale the business. We're looking for someone who is comfortable with ambiguity, rapidly changing priorities, and intense operational cultures.

Partnering & Advisory

Act as a trusted partner to managers on day-to-day people topics â performance, growth, engagement, and team dynamics
Support business leaders in building high-performing, inclusive teams through thoughtful people programs and data-driven insights
Help identify org design and talent needs as the team scales
Develop the leadership bench across Sales, Marketing, and EDU

People Programs & Operations

Drive execution of core people processes (performance, compensation, promotions, headcount planning)
Support onboarding, learning, and development initiatives
Collaborate with People Ops, Recruiting, and Total Rewards to ensure smooth employee experiences

Employee Experience

Help managers and employees navigate employee relations topics with judgment and care
Gather feedback and insights to inform improvements to our people programs and tools
Design and manage in-person programs and events for the team

You Have

4+ years of HR experience, ideally in a tech or growth-stage environment
Strong foundation in core HRBP functions (employee relations, performance, org changes, comms planning, manager coaching)
Comfort operating in ambiguity and shifting priorities
Clear, empathetic communication and an instinct for balancing people and business needs
Strong independent judgement - makes the right calls for the team and business the majority of the time
Collaborative working style - enjoys partnering across teams

Bonus Points

Experience supporting a high-intensity, operational environment
Experience working with Sales or go-to-market orgs
Familiarity with compensation frameworks and people analytics tools
Exposure to scaling teams and org change

Perks

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supportedâand thrive at work and in life.

The below benefits are for full-time US employees.

ð¯ Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company

ð° Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

ð¼ Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

ð Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, wellness stipend

ð Growth: Learning stipend, ongoing development

ð» Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

ð Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days

ð¤ Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.

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