Director, People Partners
Role overview
Everpure, a data platform company that closed fiscal 2026 with $3.7 billion in revenue, is undergoing a strategic HR transformation. As Director of People Partners, you will build and lead a new specialist team that sits between HR Operations and HR Business Partners to deliver scalable, expert support to leaders and managers across a rapidly expanding global workforce.
Key responsibilities
- Build and lead the People Partner Specialist team, establishing its charter, budget, staffing plans, and performance standards while creating a consistent service model across all regions.
- Design the global tiering framework and routing logic for the function, setting boundaries with HR Operations and HR Business Partner leaders and making final decisions with executive approval.
- Lead the pilot phase, measurement approach, and scale-up of the service model, using resolution time, manager satisfaction, and HR Business Partner capacity as key success metrics.
- Oversee global labor and employment compliance by working with Legal and works councils to translate regulatory changes into clear policies and guidance for managers across all operating regions.
- Advise senior leaders and their managers on complex people matters and organizational change, providing coaching on management practices, team dynamics, and conflict resolution.
- Establish standards for and oversee playbooks, tools, and enablement programs that build manager capability across the organization, including leading key initiatives such as performance management, talent reviews, and engagement efforts.
Requirements
- Demonstrated track record of leading HR service delivery, HR business partnering, or employee relations in complex, fast-moving environments, with documented outcomes you have driven.
- Proven experience managing and developing teams, particularly those that are distributed or matrixed, with examples of how you built team capability and performance.
- Strategic expertise in designing, launching, and scaling tiered support models, specialist functions, or shared services, with ability to articulate how you determined what work belonged at each tier.
- Working knowledge of employee relations and employment law across multiple countries, with experience partnering effectively with Legal and works councils on compliance matters.
- Track record of leading manager-facing talent programs or large-scale change initiatives such as reorganizations or reductions in force as the accountable owner, with ability to influence senior leaders through sound judgment and strategic thinking.
What makes this role worth considering
This is a rare opportunity to architect a new HR function from the ground up during a period of company-wide strategic modernization. You will have the autonomy to design both the system and run it day-to-day, working with a company recognized as one of Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Technology and the Bay Area. The role is based in Santa Clara, California, with an expectation to work in-office, and offers competitive benefits including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored events.
How to apply
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