Senior People & Culture Business Partner, Compass
$120-170k
+ Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions)
More information about location
5 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
Real estate technology platform
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Real estate technology platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$120-170k
+ Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions)
More information about location
5 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone find their place in the world.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for a senior HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment—someone who takes ownership, leads with influence, and ensures that programs are executed with precision and measurable impact
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree or HR certification (PHR/SPHR/SHRM-SCP) preferred
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, with demonstrated success as a strategic HRBP supporting senior leadership in a fast-paced or matrixed environment
- Proven track record of owning and delivering HR programs end-to-end, with a strong focus on accountability, consistency, and measurable results
- Ownership mindset — you take initiative, drive results, and hold yourself and others accountable for delivering excellence
- Proven experience managing HR team members, fostering accountability, capability-building, and career development
- Strong business acumen and the ability to connect people strategies to business outcomes
- Deep expertise in employee relations, investigations, and risk mitigation, with sound judgment and pragmatic problem-solving skills
- Operational excellence in managing multiple priorities and driving high-quality execution under tight timelines
- Strong project and stakeholder management skills, ensuring alignment and clear ownership across teams
- Data-driven and metrics-focused, using insights to identify trends, mitigate risks, and assess impact
- Experience with HRIS systems (Workday preferred)
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility at all levels of the organization
What the job involves
- As a Senior Manager, People & Culture Business Partner (HRBP), you will serve as a strategic advisor and hands-on operator—owning the delivery of critical HR programs and driving accountability across the teams you support
- You’ll play a key role in aligning Compass’s people strategy with business objectives, coaching leaders, resolving complex employee matters, and ensuring operational excellence across all HR initiatives
- Act as a strategic business partner to senior leaders, aligning people strategy with business goals and driving accountability for talent outcomes
- Own the rollout and execution of key people programs and processes including performance management, annual reviews, compensation planning, talent reviews, succession planning, employee engagement, retention, and key people metrics
- Drive accountability across leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure consistent adoption, follow-through, and delivery of HR programs and initiatives
- Manage and mentor 1–2 team Partnering team members once ramped (e.g. 6 months), providing hands-on coaching, clear direction, and consistent feedback to support their development and ensure high-quality delivery of HR programs and services
- Hold yourself and others accountable for results, ensuring timely execution, transparent communication, and clear ownership of next steps
- Serve as a trusted advisor and escalation point on employee relations matters, balancing risk management, fairness, and alignment with Compass’s values
- Coach and develop managers and employees, building leadership capability, engagement, and clarity around performance expectations
- Collaborate with Business Partnering team members and cross-functional partners (e.g. HR Centers of Excellence, Legal, Payroll, and Finance) to deliver integrated, compliant, and scalable people solutions
- Use data and insights to proactively identify trends, influence decision-making, and measure the success of people and culture initiatives
- Build compliance and consistency into every HR process, ensuring policies, documentation, and execution meet regulatory and ethical standards
- Demonstrate ownership by anticipating needs, solving problems before they escalate, and following through on commitments with precision and integrity
- What Success Looks Like
- You own outcomes, not just activities—delivering programs that are consistent, compliant, and impactful
- Business leaders view you as a trusted, results-driven partner who brings clarity, accountability, and follow-through
- You proactively anticipate needs and resolve challenges before they escalate
- You set a high bar for execution—ensuring HR programs run smoothly, drive engagement, and reinforce Compass’s culture of performance and accountability
Our take
Compass uses an AI-driven platform to smooth out and speed up the process of buying, selling, or renting property. It functions much like a traditional broker, but employs tech to reduce the time, uncertainty, cost and friction of transactions for buyers, sellers & agents.
It's disrupting a sector so far largely averse to tech innovation, allowing users to close deals in less time than the industry average of 30-45 days. Compass is now the largest independent real estate brokerage in the USA, with over 29,000 agents nationwide.
Despite being a leading residential brokerage and competing well, Compass has remained unprofitable. While the company is replanning its cost structure to be profitable over the next year, it announced its third round of payoffs in early January 2023. Its profit-generating plans include expanding into mortgages, escrow & title services.
Freddie
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Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2019
$370m
SERIES G
Sep 2018
$400m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Flexible Working
- Work From Home Opportunities
- Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Time
- Paid Parental, Marriage, and Recharge Leave
- Medical, Tele-Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Commuter Program
- Life and disability insurance
- Maven (a support system for new parents)
- Carrot (fertility benefits)
- UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pet Insurance
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Robert Reffkin
(CEO)After 2 years at McKinsey, Robert worked as a Lazard Associate and White House Fellow. They joined Goldman Sachs in 2006, where they worked as VP of Principal Investment before leaving in 2012 to found Compass. Alongside this, Robert ran 50 marathons in 50 states to raise $1 million dollars for for youth education and enrichment programs.
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