Director, HR Business Partnering

Who We Are

Great Minds is a high-growth mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit Public Benefit Corporation we believe all students deserve access to meaningful challenging contentand all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive effective and built for the realities of todays classrooms.

We develop high-quality knowledge-rich math science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.

We are committed to usability coherence and practical implementationsupporting teachers not just through curriculum but with professional learning purposeful technology and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.

What We Build

Our productsEureka Math and Eureka Math² Wit & Wisdom PhD Science Geodes and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELAare trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.

• Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S. and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding procedural fluency and application.

• Wit & Wisdom and Arts & Letters ELA anchor our reading strategy with content-rich grade-level instruction that integrates literature history and the arts grounded in the science of reading. Geodes complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.

• PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works.

These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations joyful rigor and deep respect for educators and students.

Where Were Headed

Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected customer-informed experiences across the full educator journeyfrom curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.

Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impactnot just delivering curriculum but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.

Job Purpose

As the Director HR Business Partnering you will lead a lean team of HR Business Partners and generalists while also serving as a strategic HR Business Partner (HRBP) to critical business units. You will be accountable for the overall effectiveness consistency and quality of HR Business Partnering across the organization to include setting direction building capability and driving disciplined execution of core people processes.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders guiding organizational effectiveness talent planning change enablement and culture building while providing hands-on leadership coaching and prioritization for the HRBP team.

This role also provides oversight of core people policies and HRBP-owned processes ensuring they are applied consistently evolve with the business and balance employee experience with risk management.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership

Lead coach and develop a team of HR Business Partners and Generalists setting clear expectations for strategic impact consultative effectiveness and execution excellence.

Establish and reinforce standards for HRBP delivery including consulting approach documentation communication quality and stakeholder management.

Allocate HRBP capacity across the business balancing strategic initiatives leader support and operational needs.

Act as the primary escalation point for complex high-risk or enterprise-impacting people matters partnering closely with Legal and HR COEs to manage risk and evolve policies and practices.

Monitor trends and risks emerging from employee relations cases engagement data and leader feedback; recommend proactive interventions or policy updates.

Drive continuous improvement of workflows and processes to reduce friction clarify ownership and improve leader and employee experience.

Strategic Partnership & Business Alignment

Personally serve as HR Business Partner to designated business units modeling the expected HRBP approach while balancing enterprise leadership responsibilities.

Serve as a consultative thought partner to senior leaders on workforce planning organizational structure and change readiness.

Translate business objectives into people strategies that drive performance engagement and growth.

Influence early planning processes and decisions with HR insights and talent implications.

Balance the needs of assigned business units with enterprise priorities ensuring HRBP decisions and investments align to overall organizational impact.

Leadership Development & Capability Building

Coach leaders to elevate effectiveness navigate complexity and build high-performing teams.

Equip managers with tools frameworks and guidance to solve challenges independently and develop their teams.

Facilitate capability-building sessions that reinforce leadership and managerial growth.

Organizational Effectiveness & Change Enablement

Serve as a sounding board for navigating team dynamics restructuring and transitions.

Diagnose structural and capability gaps and lead cross-functional change solutions with leaders HR COEs and internal and external partners to ensure adoption and cultural alignment.

Model the use of repeatable tools and systems to frame decisions streamline conversations and increase strategic capacity.

Engagement & Employee Experience

Help business leaders understand and act on employee engagement and sentiment data to strengthen team culture and performance.

Collaborate across HR to align performance and recognition systems with values and business impact.

Talent Planning & Succession Management

Enable robust talent planning processes focused on critical roles succession readiness and pipeline development.

Bring insights and recommendations based on data and workforce trends to influence planning and investment.

Requirements

• 7 years of experience in a strategic HRBP organizational effectiveness or similar internal consulting/advisory role.

• 5 years supervisory/management experience with direct responsibility for hiring onboarding motivating and managing the goals and performance of a team.

• Demonstrated experience setting and scaling standards operating models or practices across an HR or consulting function.

• Proven expertise in coaching change leadership talent strategy and organizational design and effectiveness.

• Business acumen and systems thinking skills with the ability to connect people and strategy.

• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships coach senior leaders and influence across all levels of the organizationbringing the confidence resilience and consultative presence needed to challenge assumptions and guide toward better outcomes.

• Experience providing policy development interpretation governance and risk-mitigation in partnership with Legal or Compliance.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience translating data into actionable insights.

• Comfort with ambiguity and change with demonstrated success in a fast-moving evolving environment.

• Adept at advocating for and leveraging modern technologyincluding HR systems productivity platforms and emerging tools like AIto streamline work scale impact and drive innovation.

Required Education

Bachelors degree

Status

Full-time

Location

Remote

The expected base salary range for this position is $163000-$179000 however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including but not limited to location work experience skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.

A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.

New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.

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Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race religion color sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin disability age genetic information or any other status protected under applicable federal state or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organizations commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.

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