Director, People Business Partner - Product & Engineering

About the Role

The Director, People Business Partnerships – Product & Engineering will play a pivotal role in shaping how our technical organization scales. You will partner closely with executive Product and Engineering leaders, operating as a true strategic advisor with the ability to drive meaningful change, not just support it. From defining how we scale talent and performance to evolving our People Business Partner model, your impact will be visible across the organization.

You will elevate the caliber of talent, strengthen performance differentiation, and design organizational structures that enable innovation velocity and technical excellence. As a trusted advisor and change leader, you will help ensure Product & Engineering is positioned for long-term scale and impact.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Partnership & Organizational Effectiveness

• Align workforce capacity and capability planning to product roadmaps, anticipating future skill and leadership needs to enable delivery on strategic priorities
• Lead complex organizational design initiatives that create clarity of structure, roles, and accountability at scale
• Partner on job architecture, leveling frameworks, and career paths across engineering and product teams to support growth and internal mobility
• Drive succession planning and leadership bench strength for critical technical and people leadership roles
• Partner with leaders to design and execute change strategies that ensure organizational shifts are clearly communicated, thoughtfully implemented, and effectively adopted

Talent Strategy & Performance Excellence

• Increase talent density by strengthening performance differentiation and addressing underperformance proactively and consistently
• Drive performance discipline through structured rhythms and coaching leaders to build high-performing, outcome-driven teams
• Identify and proactively retain critical technical talent, particularly in high-demand areas such as AI engineering, through targeted retention and development strategies
• Leverage attrition, engagement, and performance data to drive proactive, evidence-based talent decisions
• Ensure promotion, leveling, and advancement decisions are rigorous, equitable, and aligned to clear performance standards

PBP Model Leadership & Governance

• Lead, develop, and align a team of People Business Partners, setting clear expectations, coaching for high-impact, and elevating standards of strategic partnership
• Establish clear operating norms and feedback loops across PBPs supporting Product & Engineering
• Lead complex performance and employee relations matters with sound judgment, balancing business impact, employee experience, and risk mitigation
• Drive consistent, equitable application of People practices while reinforcing a high-accountability, inclusive culture across technical teams