People Business Partner: Engineering, Product & Design
Ironclad
Ironclad is the leading AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform, processing billions of contracts every year.
Every business is powered by contracts, but managing them can slow companies down and cost millions of dollars. Global innovators like L’Oréal, OpenAI, and Salesforce trust Ironclad to transform contracting into a strategic advantage - accelerating revenue, reducing risk, and driving efficiency. It’s the only platform that manages every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA.
We’re building the future of intelligent contracting and writing the narrative for how contracts unlock strategic growth. Forrester Wave and Gartner Magic Quadrant have consistently recognized Ironclad as a leader in our category. We’ve also been named one of Fortune’s Great Places to Work six years running, featured on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work, and recognized by Forbes’ 50 Most Promising AI Companies.
We’re backed by leading investors like Accel, Sequoia, Y Combinator, and BOND. We’d love for you to join us!
This is a hybrid role based out of our San Francisco office. Office attendance is required at least twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for collaboration and connection. There may be additional in-office days for team or company events.
On the People team, we aim to build relationships, programs, practices and partnership that will enable our mission, leaders, and Cladiators to thrive at Ironclad.
As the PBP to our Engineering, Product and Design (EPD) functions, you’ll be working with Engineering, Product and Design executive leadership to align the business and talent strategies. You will be a strategic partner advising and coaching on all aspects of People business partnering with priority focus on organizational design, proactive talent planning, function-specific learning and development, performance and development processes, and application of company-wide People practices to meet employee experience goals.
What You'll Do:
Develop a deep understanding of the company and your organization’s business, talent, and culture strategies and needs.
Partner with functional leadership on current and future growth talent strategies, change management, design, succession planning, programs and practices that will align to and enable their organization’s goals.
Provide performance and development coaching to our people leaders, working closely with the People Programs team on manager enablement and delivery.
Coach leaders through employee relations including but not limited to performance, experience and compliance working closely with People Ops and Legal as needed.
Advise, deliver and drive adoption and execution for key company planning and review cycles including feedback, compensation, promotions, and annual workforce planning.
Deliver measurable insights into employee engagement and health metrics through bi-annual engagement surveys and other key data sources.
Support the business growth through org design, job architecture, career development frameworks, and new role evaluations.
Champion and help operationalize inclusion by ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies are infused in our organizational design, talent strategy, and programs.
Collaborate with others (People Programs team, broader People team, and cross-functional partners) to build and roll-out company and employee experience initiatives
Your Core Skills:
Business acumen and ownership: You’re perceptive, decisive, and aware of the business implications of our decisions. You’re an excellent communicator who can influence and work at all levels throughout the organization.
Organizational agility: You relish the pace of hypergrowth and the accompanying opportunities. You are able to continually reassess scope, make progress despite ambiguity, and have the expertise to choose strategies that will fit our culture and growth stage.
Curiosity and empathy: You’re able to learn our business, recognize challenges, ask questions, and understand the potential impact of decisions on employees
Data-savvy: You’re able to apply insights, interpret data and extract key takeaways and narratives pertinent to business leaders.
Iterative design: You have a modern approach to performance, organizational design, and talent development and understand the process to move from good-better-great.
Proactive problem solver who likes to build: You identify needs and jump into help make things better. You take on owning building something if it does not exist that would propel the business forward.
Change Management: You understand the process to move from good-better-great and can help move the business forward through your approaches to evolving programs like performance management, organizational design, and talent development.
Relationship Building: You have a proven track record of building influential partnerships with leaders and executives to help better advise and counsel on the development of their organizations.
Your Background:
7+ years of progressive HRBP or equivalent experience.
Demonstrated experience partnering effectively with executives and teams in hybrid distributed settings.
Strong experience in organizational design and annual talent planning.
Prior experience in a high-growth and/or fast-paced tech company.
Experience supporting global and/or highly matrixed organizations through scaling.
Proven judgment and experience assessing risk relative to the business.
Excellent consulting, coaching, and facilitation skills.
Effective communication and critical thinking skills.
Demonstrated empathy and experience driving inclusion work.
Proven project management and change management experience.
Proficiency in using data to identify insights that drive action.
Self-motivated with the ability to find answers and drive solutions autonomously.
Nice to Haves:
Prior HRBP experience partnering with Engineering and/or Product functions
Coaching experience or certification
Previous experience supporting a SaaS technical function
Benefits:
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401k
Wellness reimbursement
Take what you need vacation policy
Generous parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
Base Salary Range: $185,000 - $205,000
The base salary range represents the minimum and maximum of the salary range for this position based at our San Francisco headquarters. The actual base salary offered for this position will depend on numerous factors, including individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and the location of the selected candidate. Our base salary is just one component of Ironclad’s competitive total rewards package, which also includes equity awards (a new hire grant, along with opportunities for additional awards throughout your tenure), competitive health and wellness benefits, and a commitment to career growth and development.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.