Lead HR Business Partner

Circle Cambridge, MA Open
Circle is looking for Lead HR Business Partner in Cambridge, MA.
This local job opportunity with ID 3872641891 is live since 2026-10-06 17:28:29.
Overview

Senior HR Business Partner to act as strategic advisor to senior leaders, driving organizational effectiveness and talent outcomes at scale. You will leverage data, AI-driven insights, and business acumen to shape high-performing teams in a global, fast-paced environment. Partner with leaders to design organizational design, workforce planning, and team effectiveness. Drive data-driven engagement, performance, and succession planning; navigate complex employee relations and risk. Join Circle to advance an inclusive, transparent financial future.

Responsibilities
  • Partner with business leaders to own and shape strategic people initiatives, including organizational design, workforce planning, and team effectiveness across multiple functions
  • Lead and operationalize data-driven engagement strategies, leveraging AI-powered insights to proactively identify trends and drive measurable improvements in retention and culture
  • Design and evolve performance management frameworks toward continuous, feedback-driven models aligned to business outcomes, talent development, and succession planning
  • Act as a trusted advisor on complex and sensitive employee relations matters, establishing scalable frameworks that proactively mitigate risk and ensure consistent, equitable outcomes
  • Own workforce planning strategy, using data and modeling tools to anticipate future organizational needs, identify capability gaps, and influence hiring and talent investment decisions
  • Drive adoption of AI and automation across People practices, improving operational efficiency, enabling predictive insights, and enhancing decision-making across the employee lifecycle
  • Coach and support leaders at all levels, strengthening leadership capability, decision-making, and organizational effectiveness across teams and functions
Key requirements
  • 7+ years of experience as an HR Business Partner in fast-paced, global, and high-growth environments
  • Deep expertise in employee relations, organizational design, performance management, and leadership coaching
  • Proven ability to translate data and insights into strategic actions that drive measurable business and people outcomes
  • Demonstrated experience influencing and partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people strategy to broader company objectives
  • Experience leading complex, ambiguous initiatives with high autonomy and accountability
  • strategic thinking
  • stakeholder management
  • leadership coaching
  • AI-driven people analytics
  • data-driven decision making
  • HR systems and tools familiarity with G-Suite, Slack, and MacOS environments
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