Vice President of People Business Partnerships, Smartsheet
$250-300k
In addition, this role will be eligible for a market competitive incentive opportunity
Dynamic workspace platform for collaboration
Be an early applicant
Dynamic workspace platform for collaboration
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$250-300k
In addition, this role will be eligible for a market competitive incentive opportunity
1001+ employees
Company mission
to empower anyone to drive meaningful change — for themselves, their businesses, and the world.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of progressive HR experience, with a proven track record of leading teams of 20+ and driving impact through influence and trust at all levels
- Deep experience advising and scaling teams across global technology hubs, with experience partnering with local leaders and overseeing HR in India and the UK
- Proven ability to operate effectively across cultures and time zones, building trust and alignment in distributed, international environments
- Expert-level organizational design and workforce planning skills with a track record of building and implementing global frameworks
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing performance management systems, retention strategies, and high-performer programs that drive measurable outcomes
- Demonstrated success improving operational efficiency at scale by clarifying roles, responsibilities, workflows, and decision rights
- Comprehensive understanding of multiple HR disciplines including compensation, talent development, and employee relations, within a SaaS or software environment
- Excellent interpersonal and coaching skills, with the ability to deliver constructive feedback, and build trust based relationships during periods of significant change
What the job involves
- We are hiring a Vice President of People Business Partnerships to lead the evolution of our global talent strategy and our People Business Partnering function for our next phase of scale
- This is a foundational leadership role for an architect who thrives on bringing structure to complexity and driving operational rigor across a global organization
- As a key partner to the Chief People Officer, you will lead an ambitious, high-performing PBP team, identifying opportunities for their professional growth and learning while designing the frameworks and organizational structures required to support a multi-billion dollar enterprise
- You will act as a strategic advisor to a global leadership team, ensuring our talent landscape is optimized across the U.S. and our key international hubs
- You will report to our Chief People Officer
- Ensure alignment of company vision and strategic priorities with a workforce plan that enables execution at scale, serving as the bridge between high-level business objectives and global operations and delivery
- Lead organizational design, workforce planning, and role clarity initiatives that reduce ambiguity, strengthen decision-making, and drive operational efficiency across the enterprise
- Drive data-informed decision making, proactively identifying organizational risks and opportunities; partner with leaders through influence to ensure the right priorities are addressed and translated into action
- Build globally consistent talent systems and programs that remain locally relevant, ensuring international teams are fully integrated into and aligned with the corporate vision
- Establish the frameworks, guidance, and workflows required to enable leaders and People Business Partner (PBP) teams to design and implement solutions consistently at scale
- Lead initiatives related to international team scaling and cross-regional management, with a specific focus on supporting growth and maturity in India
- In partnership with Talent Management, design and implement programmatic frameworks for performance management, workforce design, and top-talent retention that drive clarity, accountability, and measurable outcomes
- Provide organizational design, workforce management, and related HR practice coaching to senior leaders and the PBP team
- Develop and mentor the PBP team and cross-functional partners, as needed, to build capability and support successful business outcomes
- Foster strong partnerships with Legal, FP&A, Compensation, Talent Management, and other key internal stakeholders to ensure talent strategies are aligned, financially sound, and operationally scalable
- Support and drive additional HR initiatives and responsibilities as the business evolves
Our take
With teams increasingly moving to remote work across many industries, companies have been reaching for tools to keep operations smooth and communications open. Founded in 2005, Smartsheet is a cloud-based work management platform helping a vast range of companies, from small businesses to large enterprises, plan, track, and report on work.
Like other team collaboration software companies, such as Lucid and Atlassian, Smartsheet saw strong growth in the early 2020s and achieved 17% year-on-year revenue increases through 2025. If the company can maintain this success, it stands to make real gains in a global team collaboration market expected to be worth about $20 billion by 2028.
Smartsheet has embedded itself across various industries, with deep integrations with applications from the likes of Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, and Microsoft, making it the first work management sector Unicorn to reach $1 billion in recurring annual revenue in 2024. Thanks to its successes, it was bought by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners for $8.4 billion in 2025 with an eye on further international scaling, leveraging the reach of its new parent companies.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2017
$61.8m
SERIES F
May 2014
$35m
SERIES E
Total funding: $129.3m
Company benefits
- Lucrative Employee Stock Purchase Program (15% discount)
- 401k Match to help you save for your future (50% of your contribution up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
- Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
- Flexible Time Away Program, plus Incidental Sick Leave
- Up to 24 weeks of Parental Leave
- Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
- Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to LinkedIn Learning online courses
- Company Funded Perks, including a counseling membership, primary care membership, local retail discounts, and your own personal Smartsheet account
- Teleworking options from any registered location (role specific)
- HSA, 100% employer-paid premiums, or Buy-up medical/vision and dental coverage options for full-time employees
- Equity - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) with all offers
- US employees are automatically covered under Smartsheet-sponsored life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability plans
- US employees receive 12 paid holidays per year
Company HQ
West Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
Leadership
Mark Mader
(President & CEO)Having studied at Dartmouth, Mark spent 2 years as a Greenwich Associates Research Associate before 10 years at Onyx Software. They then founded Smartsheet in 2005 as CEO.
Brent Frei
(Founder & Board Member)Brent worked at Motorola and Microsoft for 4 years before founding Onyx Software in 1994 and Smartsheet in 2005. They have been a Board Member since, alongside working as CEO of TerraClear.
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