Role SummaryThe Principal People Business Partner - Engineering & Product is a senior strategic partner to Veho's Engineering and Product organizations, supporting a combined organization of approximately 75-100 employees. This role will partner closely with technical leadership to shape talent strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, and people-related business decisions while building scalable people practices that support Veho's continued growth. The ideal person combines strong business acumen with deep People expertise and understands how high-performing Engineering and Product organizations operate. They will act as both a strategic advisor and hands-on builder, helping leaders strengthen their teams, develop talent, navigate organizational change, and maintain a high bar for performance and talent density.
Responsibilities- Serve as the primary strategic People partner to Engineering and Product leadership, advising on talent strategy, organizational design, compensation, workforce planning, and other people-related business decisions.
- Develop and execute talent strategies across Engineering and Product, including succession planning, capability building, retention, and strategic hiring.
- Lead organizational design and restructuring efforts, identifying gaps, overlaps, and opportunities to improve team structure, collaboration, and execution.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition to strengthen technical hiring strategies, leveling frameworks, interview processes, and overall hiring rigor.
- Use people data and organizational insights to identify trends and make recommendations related to performance, engagement, retention, and organizational health.
- Build and improve career architecture and progression frameworks for technical ICs, managers, and Product employees.
- Develop and coach Engineering and Product managers, strengthening leadership capability around feedback, performance management, talent development, and team effectiveness.
- Partner with Finance on compensation benchmarking, pay structures, and equity considerations for Engineering and Product talent.
- Lead sensitive or complex people matters, including performance issues, leadership transitions, organizational changes, and escalated employee concerns.
- Mentor other People Business Partners and create scalable playbooks and practices that strengthen the broader PBP function.
- Leverage AI and emerging tools to improve People processes, surface insights, and increase the efficiency and scalability of the PBP function.
Requirements- 8-12 years of experience across HR, People Operations, Organizational Development, or related People functions, including at least 5+ years in a strategic HRBP or similar advisory capacity.
- Demonstrated experience directly partnering with Engineering and/or Product leadership on talent strategy, organizational design, and business-critical people decisions.
- Experience working within a high-growth technology company or scaling tech-enabled organization, with comfort operating in fast-moving and resource-constrained environments.
- Strong organizational design experience, including leading or supporting reorganizations, functional splits, team redesigns, or other significant structural changes.
- Strong understanding of Engineering and Product organizations, including technical talent markets, organizational structures, hiring challenges, and career development.
- Experience influencing and advising senior leaders, including the ability to challenge assumptions, navigate ambiguity, and have difficult conversations when necessary.
- Demonstrated ability to build scalable People programs or practices from the ground up rather than simply administering established processes.
- Strong analytical skills and experience using people data to inform organizational and talent decisions.
- Experience developing managers and mentoring PBPs, HR partners, or other People leaders.
- Strong change-management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across functions without direct authority.
- Preferred: experience with technical hiring, compensation/equity strategy, early-stage or high-growth scaling, and/or logistics, supply chain, marketplace, or operational technology companies.
The pay range is subject to the discretion of the Company. Additionally, Veho offers a competitive equity package, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, and other benefits such as a 401 (k) and unlimited PTO for exempt-level roles.
