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Senior People Partner

Company
Deepgram
Location
Remote
Work type
Full Time
Posted
2026-08-16

Job description

What You’ll DoEmployee Relations & Manager Support
Serve as a primary point of contact for employee relations matters, including performance concerns, interpersonal issues, investigations, and complex workplace scenarios

Coach managers through difficult conversations, feedback delivery, performance management, and documentation

Provide consistent, fair, and legally sound guidance across key employee lifecycle moments

Business & Leadership Partnership
Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on people-related risks, decisions, and trade-offs

Partner with the Head of People to translate company strategy into people practices that are right-sized for scale

Identify patterns and systemic issues early and recommend practical, upstream interventions

Serve as a change partner to leaders, helping design, position, and operationalize organizational changes to drive understanding, adoption, and trust.

Performance & Manager Effectiveness
Support performance management processes, goal-setting, feedback cycles, and manager capability building

Partner with leaders on team structure, talent and succession planning, and ways of working that enable strong performance and sustainable growth

Help managers navigate underperformance, role clarity challenges, and organizational change

Reinforce a culture of high performance without unnecessary bureaucracy

Lead the offboarding and separation experience with employees and managers, including exit interviews, separation agreements, and coordination with Finance

Partner on compensation cycles end to end, including merit and promotion rounds, off-cycle adjustments, and preparing change-of-salary and promotion letters

Serve as a trusted point of contact for manager and employee compensation questions, using judgment on what to resolve directly and what to escalate

Process, Systems & Scale
Help build and refine People processes, templates, documentation, and manager resources

Partner on tools and workflows that improve consistency, efficiency, and employee experience

Balance compliance, speed, and sound judgment as the company grows

Partner with the Head of People to support change initiatives (e.g., policy updates, process shifts), including re-education, leader enablement, and reinforcement

Compliance & Administration
Partner with People Ops, Legal, and Finance to ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and our local partners with regard to international employment laws

Support leave administration, policy application, and complex employee situations

Help ensure People practices are defensible, consistent, and aligned with company values

Immigration
Act as the point of contact for work authorization needs, including H-1B, STEM OPT and Form I-983, and TN visa reviews

Partner with immigration counsel on case strategy and coordinate with candidates, employees, and hiring teams through each step

You’ll Love This Role If You
Enjoy partnering closely with managers and leaders to build a healthy and high performing culture

Are energized by navigating ambiguity and making sound decisions while building the HRBP playbook

Care about building and scaling fair, consistent, and human people practices in a fast-growing company

Thrive in environments where trust, judgment, and accountability matter

It’s Important to Us That You Have
7–10+ years of HR experience, including at least 5 years in an HR Business Partner role within high-growth or complex environments

Strong business judgment and the ability to understand context quickly, challenge assumptions when needed, and guide leaders through tough trade-offs

Deep experience in employee relations, performance management, and manager coaching

Comfort operating synchronously and asynchronously in a fast-paced, remote-first, evolving environment with shifting priorities
Strong written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of discretion

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