Senior People Business Partner

SoFi SoFi · Fintech · Cottonwood Heights, UT · Human Resources

This role supports leaders by driving execution across key people processes, strengthening decision-making, and enabling effective team management. It involves coordinating core people rhythms, synthesizing insights, identifying patterns and risks, and coaching leaders on employee and organizational matters. The role also drives consistent performance management practices and promotes adoption of technology and process improvements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Coach leaders on core people topics, including team effectiveness, leadership, employee development, and performance management fundamentals, while reinforcing manager accountability for day-to-day leadership of their teams.
  2. Provide guidance and support on employee situations with sound judgment and discretion, helping assess issues, surface risks, and ensure matters are escalated appropriately to PBPs, ER, or other partners when needed.
  3. Partner with PBPs to identify patterns in attrition, engagement, performance, and team health, and help translate qualitative and quantitative inputs into actionable insights and recommendations.
  4. Promote adoption of technology, self-service, process discipline, and continuous improvement so that leaders and PBPs can spend more time on judgment-intensive work and less time on manual coordination.
  5. Track actions, follow through on commitments, and help ensure important people decisions move forward with clarity, discipline, and strong execution.

Skills

Required

  • HR
  • people operations
  • organizational development
  • talent management
  • performance management
  • employee relations
  • coaching
  • communication
  • organization
  • interpersonal skills
  • pattern recognition
  • policy application
  • ambiguity tolerance

Nice to have

  • HR in Tech
  • HR in Financial Services
  • Workday
  • talent reviews
  • workforce planning
  • organizational health discussions

What the JD emphasized

  • 6+ years of relevant HR, people or organizational experience.
  • Foundational understanding of talent management, performance management, and employee relations principles, with the ability to apply good judgment in support of leaders and PBPs.
  • Strong ability to prioritize work, manage multiple competing demands, and operate effectively in a fast-moving environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and tailor information to different audiences.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a high bar for follow-through and execution quality.
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to build trust and work effectively across leaders, PBPs, and cross-functional partners.
  • Ability to identify patterns, connect data to themes, and contribute to recommendations that improve people and business outcomes.
  • Experience coaching managers on core people topics, including team effectiveness, employee development, and performance management fundamentals.
  • Ability to understand and apply relevant policies, practices, and employment considerations with judgment and care.
  • Comfort operating with ambiguity and change, with the flexibility, resilience, and learning agility to adapt quickly.