Lead People Partner

Lead People Partner - People Partners & Investigations Team

Role Summary

The Lead People Partner (Hub 6) role represents the highest level on the People Partner craft track. This role is designed for experienced People Partners who operate with strong judgment autonomy and influence and who are ready to scale impact beyond individual execution.

Lead People Partners own complex ambiguous people challenges influence director- and senior directorlevel decisions and act as multipliers for the broader People Partner team. They play a critical role in shaping how people programs land in the business surfacing insights that inform strategy and improving how work gets done at scale.

This role is a key stepping stone toward Principal / Business Partner roles (Hub 7) and broader people leadership paths.

What Youll Do

Strategic Influence & Business Impact

• Influence director- and senior directorlevel leaders on talent performance org health and workforce decisions.
• Bring on-the-ground context pattern recognition and sound judgment into leadership conversations not just execution updates.
• Translate people insights into clear recommendations that shape decisions and prevent downstream risk.
• Act as a trusted advisor in complex sensitive or high-impact people situations.

Ownership of Ambiguous High-Impact Work

• Own end-to-end people problems where there is no clear playbook balancing fairness business impact and employee experience.
• Lead or co-lead complex initiatives (e.g. talent lifecycle programs org design work change efforts) with multiple stakeholders.
• Proactively identify gaps risks or inefficiencies and drive improvements without being asked.

Scaling Impact Through Systems & Partnerships

• Act as a Program Partner or SME for key COE-led initiatives (e.g. Annual Cycle Promotions ACR Leadership Development).
• Partner deeply with People Business Partners COEs People Operations and Investigations to ensure scalable consistent delivery.
• Improve how work gets done by strengthening swim lanes handoffs and operating norms.
• Help embed ServiceNow AI tools and repeatable processes that reduce manual work and increase reliability.

Leadership Without Direct Authority

• Serve as a thought partner mentor and informal leader to other People Partners.
• Share learnings patterns and best practices to raise the bar across the team.
• Model strong judgment prioritization and learn in the open behaviors.
• Contribute to defining what great looks like for the People Partner role as it continues to evolve.

What Success Looks Like

• Leaders act on your recommendations and seek your perspective early.
• You are trusted to handle the most complex ambiguous people challenges.
• Your work creates leverage improving outcomes not just for your client group but across teams or programs.
• Systems tools or processes are better because you influenced or improved them.
• Other People Partners look to you as a source of clarity judgment and expertise.

What This Role Is (and Is Not)

This role is:

• A craft-track leadership role focused on influence scale and judgment
• A bridge between execution-focused People Partner work and Principal-level business partnership
• Designed to grow strategic depth and leadership capability

Experience & Capabilities

Required Experience

• 8 years of HR / People Partner experience ideally in a high-growth global tech environment.
• Experience working with businesses headquartered in or based in Brazil
• Spanish and English fluency required. Preferred fluency in Portuguese.
• Demonstrated success supporting senior leaders (Director / Sr. Director level).
• Deep experience across the talent lifecycle (performance promotions org health ER change).
• Strong comfort operating in ambiguity and navigating competing priorities.

Core Capabilities

• Judgment & Integrity: Makes sound balanced decisions in complex and sensitive situations.
• Influence & Trust: Builds credibility quickly and influences without formal authority.
• Systems Thinking: Sees patterns identifies root causes and improves how work scales.
• Partnership: Works seamlessly with PBPs COEs People Ops and Legal.
• Adaptability: Thrives in change learns quickly and helps others do the same.
• AI & Automation Mindset: Uses tools responsibly to reduce admin burden and increase impact.

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