About the RoleWe are looking for a People Partner to join Render's People team as a strategic partner to our Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) leaders. You'll combine hands-on HR business partnership with program-design skills to help managers navigate growth, build high-performing teams, and scale people practices as Render grows. This role is based out of our SF office (~3 days/week hybrid).
What You'll Do- Partner directly with EPD managers and leaders as a trusted, hands-on advisor on org health, team dynamics, and performance
- Approach AI as a core productivity partner and proactively use AI to automate scheduling and streamline communications, research, and other daily workflows rather than defaulting to manual processes out of habit or hesitation
- Diagnose organizational health by looking for patterns across teams using survey data, 1:1s, and other signals and translate insights into concrete, prioritized action plans for leaders
- Design and run people programs end-to-end (e.g., manager enablement, onboarding, engagement-survey action planning), driving stakeholder alignment and follow-through to ensure programs actually change behavior
- Coach managers and executive leaders through growth, reorgs, and performance conversations, giving direct and pragmatic feedback including pushing back when needed
- Support engagement survey programs, helping leaders interpret results and align on the highest-priority actions
- Build and scale manager enablement programs (onboarding, training, community) that create leverage for leaders across the company
What We're Looking For- 8+ years experience as an HRBP / People Partner supporting engineering or product leaders, with demonstrated credibility with a Head of Engineering or Product
- AI-forward mindset: excited by AI tools, and consistently looking for ways to use them to increase velocity, output, and strategic value
- Proven track record designing and running people programs from scratch, including stakeholder management and measuring real impact (not just activity)
- Strong critical-thinking skills able to distinguish symptoms from root causes, pattern-match and prioritize the highest-leverage actions across teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable coaching leaders on messaging, timing, and change management
- A strong ownership orientation holds self accountable for outcomes, seeks and applies feedback, and adjusts approach quickly
- Comfortable navigating difficult partnerships and giving direct feedback, rather than optimizing for harmony, and dissatisfied with the status quo or settling for conventional approaches
Nice-to-Haves- Experience supporting teams through hyper scale 3x+ growth, scaling, or reorgs
- Experience designing or running manager enablement programs (onboarding, training, performance management)
- Experience with engagement survey programs including design, interpretation, and action-planning
- Prior experience operating in both early-stage and more scaled organizations
If this role excites you but you don't meet every single requirement, we'd still love to hear from you-your unique experience might be just what we need.
Benefits- 4 weeks of paid vacation.
- 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child. We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.
- Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs and HSAs are available as well.
- Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
- Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
- Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.
- Continuous learning benefits & related support.
This position is generally not eligible for new visasponsorship. At Render's discretion, the business may sponsor existing visa transfers. Applicants who require sponsorship must receive business authorization.
