About GitHub
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 150+ million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate and experiment across 420+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview
We are looking for a Senior People Business Partner Director to support and partner with GitHub business leaders to drive programmatic investments across the organization. At GitHub, our people and our teams are our most important asset and our employees reflect the community of global developers that we serve. Our culture is inspired by this core value of collaboration and sharing, and we work in a globally distributed manner that reflects the developer platform that we create. As a close partner to our business leaders, HR leaders bring expertise in global organizational and talent practices to collaborate on how we grow and enable our leaders, managers, teams and organizations to do their best work.
You will serve as a consultant to leadership on HR-related priorities that span building an organizational and talent strategy that supports the business strategy, to organizational development (leadership team performance, culture, organization design), and diversity, inclusion & belonging (DI&B).
Responsibilities
Work closely with designated business leaders as an expert on human resources, as an executive coach and influencer of culture, talent planning, leadership team effectiveness, organizational effectiveness and design
Build trust and credibility with our business leaders to coach and develop organizational leadership and management excellence, and hold leaders accountable to business outcomes
Delivery of high quality HR rhythm of business in partnership with HR Consultants and HR Centers of Excellence (COEs)
Plan and execute talent initiatives, such as management development, DI&B strategy, talent management and learning through data analytics and metrics
Identify and surface opportunities to advance the effectiveness of our teams and work across functions, and work with leaders to develop initiatives and programs to improve effectiveness
Support Talent Rhythm of the Business across designated client groups
Operate as a member of the HR team, working in collaboration across HR COEs, including HR Operations, Global Compensation & Benefits, Global Talent Acquisition, Talent & Learning and DI&B to enable business priorities
Support Employee Relations (ER) issues working with the HR Consulting team & Employment Attorney
Collaborate with HR Services and Operations and Talent Development to develop and deploy company-wide people-oriented programs including promotions, onboarding, performance management, and rewards & recognition programs
Help interpret people analytics data and internal trends for each function that is supported to inform business strategy and proactively identify issues
Coach leaders on how they can be effective communicators, leaders, and mentors
Oversee and drive projects, programs, and initiatives
Provide vision and oversight of project plans, influence stakeholders, and identify and respond to emerging requirements
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
12+ years of work experience with human resources processes or related (e.g., hiring, training, performance management)
OR Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field AND 10+ years of work experience with human resources or related processes (e.g., hiring, training, performance management)
OR equivalent experience.
6+ years of experience autonomously supporting multiple functional areas as a strategic HR partner, demonstrating strong ownership and accountability.
Extensive experience serving as a strategic HR partner to senior executives across functional areas such as Engineering, Product, and Security.
Experience in large, complex global technical organizations.
Preferred Qualifications:
Proven success in problem-solving and adaptability through change.
Strong organizational development and effectiveness skills (e.g., change management, coaching, leadership team effectiveness, culture).
Experience providing and interpreting data and metrics across the organization.
Skilled in creating a dynamic learning environment and working with the business to assess development needs.
Proactive collaboration within HR teams and demonstrated ability to impact and influence leaders of many levels.
Ability to travel as needed, about 10%.
Compensation Range
The base salary range for this job is USD $132,400.00 - USD $351,300.00 /Yr.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
GitHub values
Customer-obsessed
Ship to learn
Growth mindset
Own the outcome
Better together
Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
Model
Coach
Care
Leadership principles
Create clarity
Generate energy
Deliver success
Who We Are
GitHub is the world's leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We're also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world's software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!).
At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We're remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are-because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let's change the world, together.
EEO Statement
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!