Headspace

People Business Partner

Headspace

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $177,100 - $230,000 per year

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About the role

  • Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive and senior leaders across Commercial Go-To-Market, Marketing, and Care organizations, influencing decisions through data, insight, and high emotional intelligence
  • Partner with leaders to translate business strategy into people strategy, driving organizational design, workforce planning, and talent optimization across salaried and hourly populations
  • Lead complex change initiatives including scaling teams, new go-to-market motions, compensation model evolution, and care delivery transformations
  • Champion Headspace values, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all people practices and leader interactions
  • Drive performance management, succession planning, and leadership development strategies to build strong leadership benches and high-performing teams
  • Advise and coach leaders on employee relations, performance challenges, and organizational health with sound judgment and a solutions-oriented mindset
  • Partner closely with Total Rewards on sales compensation design, incentive effectiveness, and equitable pay practices
  • Support teams with diverse operating models, including revenue-generating sales teams, creative and brand-driven marketing functions, and clinical/mental health provider populations
  • Leverage business insights, data, analytics, and AI-powered tools to improve operational effectiveness, scale impact, scalability, proactive decision-making and deliver proactive people insights
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional People teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact solutions

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources or People Business Partnering
  • 5+ years supporting executive or C-level leaders
  • Proven experience partnering with Commercial, Go-To-Market, Sales, Marketing, and comparable business functions.
  • Experience supporting sales compensation plans, incentive structures, and variable pay models
  • Executive-level influencing skills with the ability to drive outcomes
  • Experience supporting both salaried and hourly employee populations across multiple job families
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to assess risk, navigate ambiguity, and deliver practical solutions
  • High emotional intelligence (EQ) with advanced coaching, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management capabilities
  • Deep knowledge of organizational design, workforce planning, performance management, talent development, and employee relations
  • Proven experience leading organizational change and partnering on complex employee relations matters
  • Experience leveraging people data and AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, scale impact, and inform decision-making including a strong working knowledge of AI best practices and demonstrated ability to use AI to uplevel team workflows and effectiveness
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills
  • Experience leading or mentoring other People Business Partners and/or People Team members
  • High proficiency in systems capabilities including HRIS, applicant tracking, excel, AI toolkit, Google Suite, project management tools, etc. Experience with ChartHop is a plus
Benefits
  • Base salary
  • Stock awards
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Retirement savings match
  • Lifetime Headspace membership
  • Generous parental leave

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
organizational designworkforce planningperformance managementtalent developmentemployee relationssales compensation plansincentive structuresvariable pay modelsdata analyticsAI best practices
Soft skills
emotional intelligencecoachingconflict resolutionstakeholder managementproblem-solvinganalytical skillscommunicationcollaborationrelationship-buildinginfluencing skills