People Partner, Gusto
Product & Design
$188.5-272.9k
Salary dependent on candidates location
2-3 days a week in office
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Be an early applicant
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$188.5-272.9k
Salary dependent on candidates location
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- Progressive HR Experience: 10+ years of progressive HR experience with 5+ years in senior People Partner roles across various industries. Proven ability to craft and deliver strategic plans, particularly in partnership with engineering and/or technical teams
- Strategic Thinking & Business Acumen: Strong capability to align People initiatives with business objectives, translating high-level strategies into actionable plans that drive organizational success
- Relationship Management & Executive Presence: Exceptional interpersonal skills with proven ability to influence and coach directors and senior leaders, building strategic partnerships and maintaining executive presence
- Organizational Design & Change Management: Advanced knowledge of organizational design principles and demonstrated success leading organizational change initiatives that result in measurable improvements
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience partnering effectively with specialized HR functions (Invite, Talent Development, Compensation and Benefits) to develop integrated people solutions
- Workforce Analytics & Data-Driven Approach: Significant experience leveraging data and workforce analytics to inform strategic decision-making and demonstrate business impact
- Talent Development & DEI Leadership: Strong track record of developing talent strategies and implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that enhance organizational performance
- Agility & Ethical Practice: Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while maintaining strong commitment to confidentiality and handling sensitive issues with integrity
What the job involves
- As a Principal People Partner, you will architect and champion people strategies and solutions for a designated organization or subset of teams within Gusto. You will shape the future direction of our people practices, serving as the principal advisor to executive leadership on organizational effectiveness.
- This role demands exceptional strategic partnership capabilities, as you'll work directly with C-suite and senior leaders to translate business vision into comprehensive people strategies.
- You'll lead strategic integration across all specialized People functions (Invite, Talent Development, Compensation and Benefits), orchestrating company-wide initiatives that drive significant organizational outcomes.
- Your expertise will enable you to identify emerging talent trends and organizational challenges before they impact the business, and develop proactive strategies in partnership with functional People leaders.
- In this role, you will excel in dynamic and challenging environments, applying your passion for developing and refining processes and practices while establishing best practices that elevate the entire People organization
- Lead and define the organization's People objectives, including attracting, hiring and onboarding great talent, developing and retaining Gusties, and achieving our goals around representation and inclusion
- Develop and implement innovative talent solutions that address complex business challenges, partnering strategically with specialized People functions (Invite, Talent Development, Compensation and Benefits)
- Design and execute business and talent initiatives that support our short and long-term business goals, including driving practices that enable high performance and operational excellence
- Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to directors and senior leadership, providing coaching and guidance on organizational effectiveness, performance management, and leadership development
- Own end-to-end organizational design initiatives and workforce planning by assessing capabilities, identifying talent gaps, developing people resources, and introducing succession planning
- Build strong cross-functional partnerships to ensure people initiatives are cohesive and support broader organizational objectives while creating a consistent Gustie experience
- Identify and translate current and future business needs into comprehensive People/Talent Plans, leveraging data and workforce analytics to drive strategic decision-making
- Lead organizational development interventions such as change management, team effectiveness, and leadership coaching with minimal guidance
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
45% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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