Senior HR Business Partner, BetterUp
R&D
$126-198k
Salary varies depending on location
AI-driven employee coaching platform
Open for applications
AI-driven employee coaching platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$126-198k
Salary varies depending on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock greater clarity, potential, purpose, and passion for every one of their members, with an innovative approach to coaching and leadership development.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of HRBP, consulting, and/or business partnership experience, with at least 6–7 years directly supporting R&D, Product, or Engineering teams in high-growth or technology organizations
- Track record of direct partnership with business leaders on talent, culture, and organizational change
- Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to enhance your own work, improve efficiency, and accelerate learning
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data to inform decision-making (Google Sheets / Excel proficiency preferred)
- Comfortable in ambiguous, fast-paced environments where needs evolve quickly
- Demonstrated influence without authority across cross-functional partners
- Experience with global teams or scaling internationally is a plus
- Strong problem-solving skills, ability to analyze data, understand trends, and develop recommendations for action based on the analysis
What the job involves
- As the Senior HR Business Partner for our R&D organization, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how we scale our technical teams, build high-performing engineering culture, and accelerate innovation through our people
- You will serve as a strategic thought partner to R&D leaders, deeply embedded in their business priorities, and will influence decisions related to organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and talent investments
- Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and Design leaders to align team structures, capabilities, and workflows to business goals and product priorities
- Translate the needs of a dynamic technical organization into forward-looking talent strategies that support innovation, velocity, and long-term scalability
- Anticipate organizational challenges and proactively design strategic org interventions—from role clarity and team design to leadership coaching and change planning
- Use data to diagnose organizational health and influence decisions around team effectiveness, retention, engagement, and performance
- Guide leaders through complex transitions, including scaling, restructuring, and cross-functional change—ensuring strong change narratives and employee clarity
- Embed with your client group to provide on-the-ground leadership coaching, ensuring managers are supported, upskilled, and aligned on expectations
- Collaborate across People teams (e.g., Talent, L&D, Total Rewards) to deliver integrated solutions that improve the employee experience and business outcomes
- Champion the responsible adoption of AI and intelligent tooling in talent practices, enabling efficiency, insight, and future-readiness for our R&D teams
Our take
Companies are becoming increasingly informed regarding the importance of mental health in the workplace, especially when it comes to improving the interpersonal and leadership skills of their employees. Whilst many online platforms provide coaching services to help people excel in the workplace, existing options generally focus on career-based skills as opposed to overall mental wellness.
BetterUp connects employees with online career coaches, working directly with companies to improve mental health and enthusiasm in the workplace. The online service leverages AI analysis of questionnaire results to match employees with personalized video coaching sessions and career development services, providing support in areas often neglected by employers such as sleep, parenting, and overall mental fitness.
BetterUp has seen substantial success, and has the world's largest network of coaches (with over 3,000), offering coaching in 46 languages across 90 countries. The multi-unicorn company has ample opportunity to see further growth and expansion.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2021
$300m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $579m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401k
- Flexible Time Off
- Paid parental leave
- Personalized BetterUp Coach
- $360 each year for wellness programs
- Annual $1K learning and development stipend
- Equity package
- 5 volunteer days and 4 paid Inner Work™ days a year
Company HQ
Govalle, Austin, TX
Leadership
Alexi Robichaux
(CEO)Studied Political Science at USC, and then worked in Business Insight at the Walt Disney Company. Was a Product Manager at Socialcast, and Director of Product Management at VMware.
Eduardo Medina
(COO)Studied Business at USC and Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Worked as an Associate Consultant at Bain, and as an Associate at Altamont Capital Partners.
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