Principal People Business Partner, Aurora
$204-327k
Eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
Self-driving technology company
Open for applications
Self-driving technology company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$204-327k
Eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly.
Role
Who you are
- Strategic HR Partnership: You have a strong track record as a senior business partner in a high-growth, or tech environment, demonstrating an ability to influence and build credibility with senior executives quickly. You communicate effectively to a wide range of stakeholders
- Organizational Transformation Expertise: You have a proven ability to design and implement effective organizational structures, leadership coaching and leadership team effectiveness, and lead large-scale change management initiatives
- Business Athlete Mindset: You are deeply knowledgeable about the business and industry, comfortable navigating and leading others through ambiguity, pivoting quickly to address new challenges, and solving complex problems without a pre-existing playbook
- Data-Driven Acumen: You use data and insights to proactively diagnose issues, inform your recommendations, influence decisions, and measure the impact of your work
- Execution Excellence: You deliver high quality results through leading projects and initiatives with milestones and delivery schedules in partnership with stakeholders, and develop clear action plans with results-oriented goals for measuring success
- Systems Thinker: You are recognize the connections across the organization, and take a holistic approach to analyzing situations and developing solutions that are sustainable in the longer term and account for system interdependencies
- Resilience and a Growth Mindset: You possess the resilience to thrive in a fast-paced environment and the ability to energize those around you
- 10+ years of applicable HR Business Partner experience with proven experience partnering directly with C-suite executives within a rapidly scaling organization. Broad and progressive HR business partner experience in organizations recognized for best HR practices
- Technology industry experience preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources (or related field) required. Advanced degree preferred
- Proven ability to lead with a creative mindset, very high self-awareness, and to act as a coach and mentor for other leaders and professionals
- Systems thinking, proven ability to work effectively across multiple business areas, teams, and key leadership areas in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities, including the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes, and create business impact
- Effectively diagnosing long-term HR needs, and shaping and leading initiatives to address them
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) to effectively address all organizational levels
- Fluent in English
- Ability to travel within the U.S. approximately 10% of the time
- This role requires this person to be in the office at least 3 days per week
- If you are a passionate, skilled People Business Partner ready to make a significant impact on the future of transportation, we encourage you to apply
What the job involves
- We’re searching for a Principal People Business Partner (PBP) to join our People Team at Aurora who thrives in complex, high-growth environments and is ready to build, not just maintain. As a strategic partner to our executive leaders, this is a unique opportunity to shape people strategies and drive organizational effectiveness to fuel our next chapter of growth. You'll be a trusted advisor who helps our critical functions scale and build a future-proof workforce
- Enable Business Outcomes: Work with senior leadership to align people strategies with business objectives, and execute high-quality solutions to ensure we have the talent and work environment necessary to achieve our most critical outcomes
- Elevate Leadership Impact: Serve as a coach and strategic advisor to senior leaders, helping them navigate complex change and elevate their team's performance
- Drive Organizational Effectiveness: Partner directly with executive leaders to proactively diagnose organizational systems, and design and implement organizational models that accelerate decision-making, enhance cross-functional collaboration, and scale for sustained growth
- Build a Future-Proof Workforce: Lead workforce planning and implement talent strategies that ensure we have the right people in the right roles at the right time. Use data and insights to identify capability gaps and inform critical talent decisions to secure and develop capabilities needed for the future
- Solve Complex Problems: Jump into challenges head-on—from organizational bottlenecks to change management initiatives—creating clarity and innovative solutions in ambiguous and complex situations
- Collaborate with Colleagues: Collaborate closely with other PBPs and People colleagues, Legal, Employee Relations, Finance, Communications, and other partners and stakeholders to lead execution of people solutions in the business
- Deliver Strategic Insights: Analyze internal and external data, evidence-based research, benchmarks, and business metrics to create insights, diagnose issues, and provide recommendations that inform leadership decision making
Our take
In spite of emerging from stealth mode in 2018, Aurora is making strong waves in the flurry of startups racing to develop fully autonomous vehicles. Aurora’s hardware and software developments have historically focused on self-driving trucks, which it expects to launch commercially in 2024.
It recently named Ossa Fisher as its new President, who will focus on scaling operations ahead of this commercial launch. Passenger cars and associated services are expected to roll out following this launch. However, the self-driving industry is riddled with unmet deadlines, cash shortfalls, and tough technological challenges.
To remain competitive with deep-pocket industry giants like Tesla and Google’s Waymo, the company continues to land substantial backing from the likes of Sequoia Capital, accelerating its post-IPO growth. The pedigree of its founders may well continue to win over investor confidence. It boasts leading prior positions in the self-driving divisions of Tesla, Uber, and Google.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2020
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Feb 2019
$600m
SERIES B
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Choice of regional HMO options, PPO options, and high deductible plans, with the option to contribute to a health savings account (HSA). If you choose a high deductible health plan, Aurora will make employer contributions to your HSA
- Comprehensive dental coverage and access to a nationwide provider network
- Coverage for vision exams, glasses, contacts, discounts for LASIK, and other vision services through a nationwide provider network
- In-office lunches, snacks, and drinks available
- GymPass offers on-demand virtual classes (fitness, yoga, strength, and more), well-being coaching, and budget management. Discount on nationwide gym memberships
- Headspace offers access to guided sessions that focus on everything from stress to relationships, anxiety, and sleep
- SoFi. Refinance your home, student and personal loans
- Fetch offers discounts on pet insurance
- PerkSpot offers discounts on vacations, car rentals, and entertainment
- Access support services to help with your family planning journey including fertility care, adoption, and surrogacy. Reimbursement of $20,000 lifetime benefit
- Save for your future with Aurora’s 401(k) Plan. Pre-tax and Roth contribution options are available
- 24/7 access to online resources and unlimited phone consultations for stress, grief counseling, depression, and relationship conflicts (personal and professional), and limited in-person sessions
- Set aside pre-tax money to pay for qualified transit and commuter benefits
- Cigna travel accident insurance provided for business travel
- LinkedIn Learning is an e-learning resource to support professional development. Aurora Academy is an internal learning and development program designed to up-level our team by teaching skills that are essential to Aurora’s mission
- Modern Health is a mental wellness benefit that includes 14 sessions with a certified coach and 12 sessions with a therapist, if needed. Unlimited access to live provider- lead community circles, digital mediation, and more
- Flexible/reasonable vacation for salaried employees; accrual of 20 vacation days per year for non-exempt employees, 11 paid company holidays per year, and reasonable sick time to stay home, rest, and get better
- Network of employee-led groups that represent Aurorans, organized by cultural identity or collaborative purpose
- Aurora provides all new parents and caregivers 18 weeks of coordinated pay and time off for the birth or placement of a child. Up to 4 weeks of paid medical leave for your own personal illness or injury, or to care for a sick family member
- Set aside pre-tax money to pay for healthcare and dependent daycare expenses using FSA plans
- Company-paid premiums for life insurance (2x salary up to $500,000). Voluntary life & AD&D coverage for you and your dependents is available. Short-term disability benefits are 60% weekly benefit up to a max of $2,500 after a short waiting period. Long-term disability benefits are 60% of monthly salary to $10,000 after a waiting period. Option to enroll in voluntary life/AD&D insurance
- 24/7 access to Unum’s worldwide emergency travel assistance services for personal travel
Company HQ
Strip District, Pittsburgh, PA
Leadership
Chris Urmson
(Co-Founder & CEO)They have a PhD in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon, and worked as a robotics research scientist at SAIC. They were CTO of Self-Driving Cars at Google.
Drew Bagnell
(Chief Scientist)They hold a Robotics PhD from Carnegie Mellon, where they are also an Associate Professor. They were Autonomy Architect and Perception Lead at Uber Advanced Technology Center. Held the position of CTO at Aurora for over 3 years.
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