Senior Staff PX Business Partner, Shield AI

• Strategic, business-first mindset. You understand how Engineering and Product organizations create value and connect people decisions to business and customer outcomes
• Trusted and influential partner. You bring strong judgment, credibility, and the ability to coach and challenge senior leaders
• Strong organizational effectiveness expertise. You bring depth in organizational design, workforce and talent planning, succession, leadership effectiveness, and change
• M&A and integration experience. You understand the people implications of transactions and can effectively navigate talent, organizational, cultural, and change considerations
• Data-driven problem solver. You use analytics and insight to identify patterns, simplify complexity, and influence decisions
• Operationally strong and adaptable. You translate strategy into action and thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving priorities
• Systems thinker and collaborator. You connect business needs with the right partners and solutions while balancing immediate priorities with long-term organizational capability
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field
• 12+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience, including experience supporting Engineering, Product, AI/ML, Platform, or other highly technical organizations
• Demonstrated success partnering with VP and Director-level leaders to develop and execute people strategies aligned with business priorities
• Deep experience in organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, change management, and leadership coaching within scaling technology organizations
• Experience supporting the people aspects of M&A, including due diligence, integration planning, talent assessment, retention, organizational alignment, and cultural integration
• Experience advising senior leaders through periods of rapid growth, organizational transformation, restructuring, or integration
• Experience operating within a global People organization and leveraging Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Shared Services to deliver scalable solutions
• Strong understanding of technical talent markets, job architecture, leveling frameworks, and compensation principles
• Demonstrated ability to leverage workforce analytics and people data to diagnose challenges and influence decisions
• Exceptional consulting, coaching, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and build alignment across senior leaders

Desirable

• Reporting to the Sr. Director, PXBP – Software, Products & Services, you will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior Engineering and Product leaders, translating business priorities into people strategies that strengthen organizational performance, leadership capability, and talent
• You will bring a strong understanding of how technical organizations create value and use business insight, data, and organizational expertise to solve complex people challenges
• You will partner across People Experience (Px) to deliver scalable solutions spanning organizational design, workforce and talent planning, leadership effectiveness, and change
• This role will also play a key role in mergers, acquisitions, and organizational integrations, leading people-related work across due diligence, talent assessment, organizational design, integration planning, retention, change management, and cultural integration
• You will help acquired teams integrate successfully while protecting critical talent, business continuity, and employee engagement
• Strategic Engineering Partnership:
• Partner with senior Engineering and Product leaders to translate business and technical priorities into people and organizational strategies that enable innovation, execution, and scale
• Advise on talent and workforce investments, including build, buy, and partner decisions, required to deliver against product and business priorities
• Leadership Advisory & Organizational Effectiveness:
• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, team performance, and complex people decisions
• Shape organizational design, roles, and operating models to strengthen accountability, collaboration, speed, and scalability
• Develop leadership and senior technical talent to strengthen organizational capability and succession
• Workforce & Talent Strategy:
• Partner on workforce and talent planning, identifying critical capability, capacity, succession, and retention risks and recommending actions aligned to business priorities
• Shape workforce composition, location strategy, and talent approaches to build and retain critical capabilities
• Data & Organizational Insights:
• Use people and business data to assess organizational health, talent trends, leadership effectiveness, and workforce risks
• Translate insights into clear recommendations that influence leadership decisions and improve organizational performance
• Change, Transformation & M&A:
• Partner with key stakeholders on the people strategy for complex transformations, restructures, M&A, and organizational integrations
• Collaborate on M&A due diligence and integration planning, including talent assessment, organizational design, retention, leadership alignment, and cultural integration
• Advise leaders through change to maintain business continuity, organizational effectiveness, and employee engagement
• Cross-Functional Leadership:
• Partner across PX, Finance, Legal, Corporate Development, Product, and other functions to deliver integrated solutions to complex business and talent challenges
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional initiatives that strengthen scalable people practices and organizational effectiveness