Senior People Partner (GTM)
Senior People Partner (GTM)
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$ 154045 - 189989
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About Gusto
Gusto is a modern online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll Gusto offers health insurance 401(k)s expert HR and team management tools. Today Gusto offices in Denver San Francisco and New York serve more than 400000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life and it starts right here at Gusto. Thats why were committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
About the Role:
As Gusto continues to grow were seeking a Senior People Partner to guide our dynamic Go-To-Market (GTM) organization which includes Sales Marketing and Revenue this high-impact role you will act as a trusted strategic advisor to GTM leaders operating at the intersection of business strategy and people execution.
You will be responsible for designing and leading initiatives that elevate performance scale leadership and enhance the employee experience as our teams expand into new markets. The ideal candidate brings agility business acumen and the ability to flex seamlessly between strategic planning and hands-on execution to shape the people strategies that fuel one of Gustos most critical growth engines.
About the Team:
Gustos People Team is scaling alongside the business. As we grow and expand GTM globally were focused on building values-driven inclusive and compliant practices that enable our teams to thrive. As a Senior People Partner youll play a pivotal role in shaping how we scale Sales Marketing and RevOps to meet Gustos ambitious growth goals.
Heres what youll do day-to-day:
- Be a Strategic Partner: Serve as a trusted advisor to GTM executives and senior leaders providing grounded practical guidance rooted in business context and empathy.
- Drive Org Design & Workforce Planning: Partner with GTM leaders to design scalable org structures align headcount to pipeline goals optimize territory coverage and support efficient scaling of sales and marketing teams.
- Shape Talent & Performance: Build and sustain a performance culture including sales productivity quota attainment enablement partnerships and marketing effectiveness.
- Lead Change Management: Guide teams through org changes market expansion and new operating models with clarity empathy and compliance.
- Partner on Sales Comp & Incentives: Work closely with Compensation and Finance to align incentive plans spiffs and recognition programs with revenue goals while maintaining fairness and scalability.
- Champion Inclusion & Equity: Advocate for equitable practices across diverse distributed GTM teams ensuring representation belonging and trust.
- Use Data for Impact: Leverage people analytics alongside revenue and pipeline metrics to inform recommendations measure business impact and track progress.
- Coach & Influence: Support leaders in navigating ambiguity scaling teams and building management capability.
Heres what were looking for:
- Experience: 710 years of progressive HR/People Partner experience with at least 35 years in strategic HRBP roles. Direct experience supporting Sales Marketing or RevOps in high-growth SaaS or tech environments strongly preferred.
- Business Partnership: Ability to align people strategy to business outcomes including revenue growth pipeline health and quota attainment.
- Org Design & Change Leadership: Proven record of helping GTM organizations scale restructure or adapt to evolving market conditions.
- Sales & Compliance Fluency: Comfort with sales incentive design quota planning and navigating labor laws across distributed and hybrid GTM teams.
- Coaching & Influence: Track record of building trust with senior GTM leaders and influencing through candor business insight and empathy.
- Data-Driven Mindset: Skilled in using workforce analytics sales productivity data and pipeline metrics to inform decisions and measure success.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to partner across Invite Talent Development Compensation Benefits DEIB and ER to deliver cohesive scalable solutions.
- Inclusive Leadership: Commitment to equity representation and belonging embedded in both strategy and daily practices.
- Resilience & Integrity: Calm under pressure ethical in approach and oriented toward solving problems with impact.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is $154045 to $189989/year in Denver and $181275 to $223573 for San Francisco & New York. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver San Francisco and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles Gustos subsidiary whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office a secure reliable and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid employees.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds not just because its the right thing to do but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) marital status ancestry physical or mental disability genetic information veteran status gender identity or expression sexual orientation or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
