Senior HR Business Partner, Khan Academy
$120.8-151k
The salary for candidates based in Canada is $163,238- $204,048 CAD
Nonprofit online education platform
Open for applications
Nonprofit online education platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$120.8-151k
The salary for candidates based in Canada is $163,238- $204,048 CAD
1001+ employees
Company mission
Khan Academy's mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- You know how to influence senior leaders and individual contributors alike, and you use your strong grasp of HR functional knowledge to strike the balance of strategic, "big picture" guidance and day-to-day HR support
- Ou're reliable, responsive, and service-oriented; leaders and team members trust you to deliver as promised
- 7+ years experience as an HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, or similar role in the ed tech or tech industry supporting multiple teams and several layers of management
- Experience supporting executives and department leaders in designing org structures, operationalizing talent processes, and creating solutions to department-specific challenges to foster a high-performance culture
- Strong working knowledge of multiple HR disciplines, including employee relations, performance management, coaching and development, compensation practices, and federal and state employment laws
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels of the organization
- A client-service mindset and recognition that circumstances change in dynamic organizations
- An approach that limits bureaucracy but follows the rules
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with high expectations
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and follow-through skills with a high attention to detail and ability to resolve issues promptly
- Professional HR certification (e.g. SHRM) is a plus
- Motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere."
- Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization
What the job involves
- Khan Academy is looking for a strategic and experienced Sr. Human Resources Business Partner to be a trusted partner and HR advisor to executives and leaders across the organization
- Serve as the primary day-to-day HR support across various departments, including engineering, external relations, product and design, marketing, and G&A
- Foster a healthy organizational culture by providing guidance regarding performance management, investigating and resolving employee relations issues, and encouraging open, productive dialogue between managers, employees and other partners
- Act as a strategic partner to people leaders, advising on talent development strategies and supporting them through change management initiatives, work force planning, and other aspects of people management
- Use creative problem solving skills and HR expertise to address complex organization and individual needs that are often time sensitive
- Partner with leaders across the org and within the People teams to support decision making and action planning based on insights from people analytics and engagement data
- Contribute to the continued improvement of HR programs, processes, and planning within the organization
Our take
Khan Academy is a non-profit that provides free online education materials, including teacher tools, instruction videos, and practice exercises to support users of all ages. It has over 10 million users a month and covers subjects all the way up to college level.
With nearly a quarter of American adults unable to use mathematics in daily life, Khan Academy’s interactive quizzes, instructional videos, and teacher tools are timely. Khan Academy started life as a series of educational YouTube videos, before building a full-scale platform after receiving an influx of donations from Silicon Valley philanthropists. This background has led it to embrace rather than reject the educational possibilities of new tech such as AI, with the founder regarding traditional institution's banning of tools like ChatGPT as a mistake.
The company offers its tools completely for free, instead relying on donations and volunteers. A key focus is tackling wealth inequality in education. A partnership with the College Board (who produce entrance examinations for higher education) has made access to SAT test prep materials free for millions. 2024 saw a partnership with Microsoft for Khan Academy's Khanmigo product, now free to use for Microsoft customers.
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Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2020
$3m
GRANT
Oct 2017
$3m
GRANT
Total funding: $16.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Dental insurance
- Optical insurance
- Life insurance
- Performance bonus
- 401K plan
- Family medical leave
- Diversity program
- Pet friendly workplace
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Affinity groups where Parents, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Women and Gender Minorities, and LGBTQIA+ identified folks come together
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Caroline Hu Flexer
(CEO)Holds a BA and MArch in Architecture from Stanford and Harvard University. They also have an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and formerly co-founded Duck Duck Moose, a mobile educational platform for children.
Salman Khan
(Executive Director)They graduated from Harvard Business School and have previously worked in Finance.
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