Senior HR Business Partner, Engineering & Product

We’re looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to support our Engineering and Product teams. This is a role for someone who wants to be close to the business. You’ll work directly with leaders and managers on the people decisions that matter most as their teams grow: developing exceptional talent, building stronger managers, designing organizations, raising the performance bar and solving difficult people problems quickly. You’ll also help build the systems behind that work. Mercor is still early, and many of the development programs and talent practices we need do not exist yet. We’re looking for someone who has built from 0 to 1 before and is excited to do it again.

Responsibilities

Partner directly with Engineering and Product leaders on talent, organizational and people decisions; Coach managers on performance, feedback, team effectiveness, development and difficult employee situations; Identify what our highest-performing employees need to continue growing at Mercor and turn those needs into practical development opportunities; Build development programs from 0 to 1, from identifying the problem through design, launch, adoption and iteration; Partner with leaders on organizational design, role clarity, succession planning and talent movement as teams scale; Run talent and performance processes for EPD while keeping the focus on judgment and outcomes rather than process for its own sake; Spot patterns across teams and turn them into clear recommendations for leaders and the People team; Work across Recruiting, People Operations and the broader People team to solve problems end to end; Move quickly between strategic questions and hands-on execution. You should be equally comfortable advising a senior leader and building the first version of something yourself.

Requirements

8+ years of strong HRBP experience: You have substantial experience partnering with Engineering, Product or similarly technical organizations and can build credibility with senior technical leaders; Startup experience: You’ve worked in a fast-growing startup and understand the pace, ambiguity and changing needs that come with it; 0→1 builder: You have personally built and launched development, talent or manager programs where little or no infrastructure existed before; Excellent judgment: You can work through complex people situations, identify what actually matters and make clear recommendations without relying on a playbook for every answer; Manager coach: You can make managers better, including experienced leaders who expect their HR partner to challenge their thinking; High performance orientation: You know how to differentiate performance, develop exceptional people and address performance issues directly; Operator mindset: You are comfortable creating the strategy and doing the work required to get it into practice; Low-ego and direct: You communicate clearly, earn trust quickly and care more about getting to the right answer than owning the answer; In-person: You are able to work from our San Francisco office five days a week.

Benefits

Aggressive bi-annual performance bonus structure + meaningful equity; $1.5K monthly stipend for meals; Free Equinox membership; $200 monthly laundry/housekeeping reimbursement; $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement; Health, Dental, Vision insurance; 401(k) with company match; Up to $15k Relocation bonus; $10K proximity bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)