Hrbp

Role Overview

As an HR Business Partner (HRBP) at Obsidian Security you will be a trusted advisor to leaders and a strategic driver of people outcomes across the business. Youll partner closely with managers and cross-functional stakeholders to scale high-performing teams strengthen leadership practices and build programs that support a rapidly growing and globally distributed organization.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments can flex between strategic and hands-on execution and brings sound judgment empathy and strong business acumen.

What Youll Do

Strategic People Partnership

• Partner with functional leaders to develop and execute people strategies aligned to business goals and rapid growth plans.
• Provide coaching and consultation to managers on organizational effectiveness team performance leadership development and culture.
• Use data and insights (e.g. engagement attrition performance hiring trends) to inform recommendations and influence outcomes.

Performance Development & Talent

• Drive performance management processes including goal setting reviews calibration feedback practices and performance improvement plans.
• Partner with leaders to identify and develop high-potential talent succession plans and growth opportunities across teams.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to forecast hiring needs improve onboarding and scale for growth.

Employee Relations & People Operations

• Guide managers through complex employee situations with fairness consistency and strong compliance/risk awareness.
• Lead investigations conflict resolution and sensitive issues as needed with sound discretion and professionalism.
• Ensure managers and teams understand and follow People policies employment practices and change management approaches.

Organizational Design & Change

• Spearhead organizational design work role clarity operational changes and leadership transitions as teams scale.
• Drive change management efforts ensuring teams are supported through growth restructuring or evolving business priorities.

Culture & Engagement

• Promote a culture of high performance inclusion and accountability while supporting employee experience and engagement.
• Partner with the People team to build launch and evolve programs (performance management engagement surveys manager enablement learning initiatives etc).

What Were Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

• 8 years of progressive HR experience including 3 years of direct HRBP or People Partner responsibilities
• Experience partnering with leaders in fast-paced scaling startup or high-growth tech organizations
• Strong knowledge of performance management employee relations organizational design and manager coaching
• Ability to balance empathy and business needs while delivering consistent high-integrity guidance
• Strong communication skills and executive presence with the ability to influence and build trust quickly
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting technical functions (Engineering Product Security/IT) and/or GTM teams (Sales Customer Success Marketing)
• Experience with globally distributed teams
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and building processed and structure where it doesnt yet exist
• Savvy with HR analytics and using data to drive decisions
• Experience preparing teams and practices for scale audits and IPO readiness

What Success Looks Like

• Leaders see you as a trusted partner who helps them grow strong teams and navigate complexity with confidence.
• People processes feel clear fair and scalablewithout slowing the business down.
• Employee experience is strong through growth organizational change and increasing operational rigor.
• You help Obsidian scale into the next phase of maturity while protecting culture and raising the bar.