Shield AI

Senior Staff PX Business Partner - Software, Products & Services (R4850)

Shield AI$170K — $250K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field.
  • 12+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience, especially in technical sectors.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with VP and Director-level leaders to align people strategies with business goals.
  • Deep experience in organizational design, workforce planning, and change management within tech organizations.
  • Experience with the people aspects of M&A, including integration and talent assessment.
  • Strong skills in stakeholder management and influencing across senior leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with senior leaders to connect business priorities with people and organizational strategies.
  • Advise on talent investments necessary for product and business outcomes.
  • Coach senior leaders on team performance and complex people decisions.
  • Shape organizational design to bolster accountability and collaboration.
  • Identify workforce and talent risks and recommend aligned actions.
  • Leverage data to assess organizational health and influence leadership decisions in talent management.
  • Lead people strategy for transformations, M&A, and cultural integrations.

Benefits

  • Bonus opportunities as part of the compensation package.
  • Equity options included in the offer.
  • Comprehensive benefits package for full-time regular employees.
  • Eligibility for a temporary benefits package after 60 days for temporary employees.
Full Job Description


Job Description:

Reporting to the Sr. Director, PXBP - Software, Products & Services, you will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior Engineering and Product leaders, translating business priorities into people strategies that strengthen organizational performance, leadership capability, and talent.

You will bring a strong understanding of how technical organizations create value and use business insight, data, and organizational expertise to solve complex people challenges. You will partner across People Experience (Px) to deliver scalable solutions spanning organizational design, workforce and talent planning, leadership effectiveness, and change.

This role will also play a key role in mergers, acquisitions, and organizational integrations, leading people-related work across due diligence, talent assessment, organizational design, integration planning, retention, change management, and cultural integration. You will help acquired teams integrate successfully while protecting critical talent, business continuity, and employee engagement.

What You'll Do:

Strategic Engineering Partnership

  • Partner with senior Engineering and Product leaders to translate business and technical priorities into people and organizational strategies that enable innovation, execution, and scale.
  • Advise on talent and workforce investments, including build, buy, and partner decisions, required to deliver against product and business priorities.


Leadership Advisory & Organizational Effectiveness

  • Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, team performance, and complex people decisions.
  • Shape organizational design, roles, and operating models to strengthen accountability, collaboration, speed, and scalability.
  • Develop leadership and senior technical talent to strengthen organizational capability and succession.


Workforce & Talent Strategy

  • Partner on workforce and talent planning, identifying critical capability, capacity, succession, and retention risks and recommending actions aligned to business priorities.
  • Shape workforce composition, location strategy, and talent approaches to build and retain critical capabilities.


Data & Organizational Insights

  • Use people and business data to assess organizational health, talent trends, leadership effectiveness, and workforce risks.
  • Translate insights into clear recommendations that influence leadership decisions and improve organizational performance.


Change, Transformation & M&A

  • Partner with key stakeholders on the people strategy for complex transformations, restructures, M&A, and organizational integrations.
  • Collaborate on M&A due diligence and integration planning, including talent assessment, organizational design, retention, leadership alignment, and cultural integration.
  • Advise leaders through change to maintain business continuity, organizational effectiveness, and employee engagement.


Cross-Functional Leadership

  • Partner across PX, Finance, Legal, Corporate Development, Product, and other functions to deliver integrated solutions to complex business and talent challenges.
  • Lead and contribute to cross-functional initiatives that strengthen scalable people practices and organizational effectiveness.


What it takes to succeed:

  • Strategic, business-first mindset. You understand how Engineering and Product organizations create value and connect people decisions to business and customer outcomes.
  • Trusted and influential partner. You bring strong judgment, credibility, and the ability to coach and challenge senior leaders.
  • Strong organizational effectiveness expertise. You bring depth in organizational design, workforce and talent planning, succession, leadership effectiveness, and change.
  • M&A and integration experience. You understand the people implications of transactions and can effectively navigate talent, organizational, cultural, and change considerations.
  • Data-driven problem solver. You use analytics and insight to identify patterns, simplify complexity, and influence decisions.
  • Operationally strong and adaptable. You translate strategy into action and thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments with evolving priorities.
  • Systems thinker and collaborator. You connect business needs with the right partners and solutions while balancing immediate priorities with long-term organizational capability.


Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
  • 12+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience, including experience supporting Engineering, Product, AI/ML, Platform, or other highly technical organizations.
  • Demonstrated success partnering with VP and Director-level leaders to develop and execute people strategies aligned with business priorities.
  • Deep experience in organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, change management, and leadership coaching within scaling technology organizations.
  • Experience supporting the people aspects of M&A, including due diligence, integration planning, talent assessment, retention, organizational alignment, and cultural integration.
  • Experience advising senior leaders through periods of rapid growth, organizational transformation, restructuring, or integration.
  • Experience operating within a global People organization and leveraging Centers of Excellence (COEs) and Shared Services to deliver scalable solutions.
  • Strong understanding of technical talent markets, job architecture, leveling frameworks, and compensation principles.
  • Demonstrated ability to leverage workforce analytics and people data to diagnose challenges and influence decisions.
  • Exceptional consulting, coaching, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and build alignment across senior leaders.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting high-growth, complex, or rapidly scaling technology-based organizations.
  • Experience partnering with Software, Product, AI/ML, Platform, or Services organizations.
  • M&A experience, including pre-close diligence and post-close integration.
  • Experience supporting global or geographically distributed teams and navigating complex matrixed organizations.
  • Demonstrated expertise in organizational effectiveness, including operating model design, team effectiveness, and organizational diagnostics.
  • Experience using people analytics, workforce insights, and business metrics to inform talent and organizational decisions.
  • Familiarity with emerging technologies, including AI, and their implications for workforce strategy, skills, and organizational design.
  • Experience working in fast-paced environments requiring strong judgment, adaptability, and comfort navigating ambiguity.


$170,000 - $250,000 a year

Full-time regular employee offer package:

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package:

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

About Shield AI

Shield AI is a defense technology company that develops artificially intelligent systems for military applications. The company was founded in 2015 by Brandon Tseng, Ryan Tseng, and Andrew Reiter, and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Shield AI's products include autonomous drones and software that can be used for reconnaissance, surveillance, and other military operations. The company's mission is to reduce the number of military casualties by providing soldiers with better intelligence and situational awareness. Shield AI has received funding from a number of investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund.
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2015

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