Brightwheel
early education
SeniorHumanResourcesBusinessPartner
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“Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Brightwheel. Skills: driving department-level people strategy, serving as a trusted advisor, coaching and developing managers, supporting talent development & career pathways, mentoring and developing the HRBP team, leveraging AI to scale impact. Build, scale and improve employee-facing processes that help teams thrive. Mentor and develop the HRBP team”
What You'll Achieve.
enable high performance; help brightwheel fulfill its mission to transform early childhood education; driving the right outcomes for employees and the business; make improvements
Industry & Context.
critical thinking; root cause problem solving; diagnose a cultural or management enablement issue and drive a strategy to make improvements
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proven experience in a business partner role in a fast-growth environment, Track record of developing peers and junior team members, Comfortable serving as a coach and capability multiplier on a People team, Ability to proactively build relationships, offer expert insight, and drive impact with your business partners, Confident and comfortable working with senior leaders and demonstrate the ability to challenge or dissent while maintaining a positive and productive relationship, Ability to navigate challenging employee situations and conversations with impeccable judgment, Experience and pattern recognition in handling a wide range of HR questions and interpersonal situations, High empathy approach coupled with communication that is clear and candid, driving the right outcomes for employees and the business, Top-notch critical thinking and root cause problem solving skills, Ability to diagnose a cultural or management enablement issue and drive a strategy to make improvements, Ability to independently prioritize in a fast-paced environment and manage complex processes and projects end-to-end, Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, Demonstrated experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) in day-to-day work to draft, analyze, synthesize, and accelerate work, Bias toward integrating AI into core HR workflows rather than treating it as a side experiment
Nice to Have
AI-fluent operator who actively leverages AI tools to scale your impact, Energized by mentoring and developing other HRBPs and People team members
What You'll Do.
scale and improve employee-facing processes that help teams thrive
Mentor and develop the HRBP team
Support talent development & career pathways
Coach and develop managers
Be a voice for our employees
Leverage AI to scale your impact
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Serve as a thought partner and coach to other HRBPs; Collaboratively identify opportunities to enable high performance; Proactively partner with your managers; Advise and support managers and team members through a wide variety of complex employee relations issues; Identify and build AI-enabled workflows that raise the bar for the broader People team
Communication Scope
clear and candid communication; outstanding verbal and written communication
Process & Methodology
manage complex process and projects end-to-end
Full Job Description
Our Mission and Opportunity Early education is one of the most important determinants of childhood outcomes, a critical support for working families, and a $175B market that remains underserved by modern technology. Brightwheel is the largest, fastest growing, and most loved platform in early ed, trusted by millions of educators and families every day. We are a three-time Cloud 100 company https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/a, backed by top investors including Addition, Bessemer, Emerson Collective, Lowercase Capital, Notable Capital, and Mark Cuban. Our Team Our team is passionate, talented, and customer-focused. We embody our Leadership Principles https://mybrightwheel.com/about/ in our work and culture. We are a distributed team with remote employees across every US time zone, as well as select offices in the US and internationally. Who You Are Brightwheel is seeking an exceptional Senior Human Resources Business Partner to drive department-level people strategy and serve as a trusted advisor across multiple teams. The right candidate can transition seamlessly from 1:1 coaching and employee relations to designing big picture structures and strategies. You believe that candor is kindness; you demonstrate empathy for all team members while balancing company goals. You are an AI-fluent operator who actively leverages AI tools to scale your impact, and you are energized by mentoring and developing other HRBPs and People team members. You are excited to collaboratively identify opportunities to enable high performance and help brightwheel fulfill its mission to transform early childhood education. What You'll Do - Build, scale and improve employee-facing processes that help teams thrive: You'll work on projects focused on performance management, annual reviews, employee engagement, career pathing and development, workforce planning, feedback and reviews, and compensation. - Mentor and develop the HRBP team: Serve as a thought partner and coach to other HRBPs; share
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