People Business Partner
About TensorWave
Our mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale. We've built a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers, empowering builders to focus on innovation instead of fighting their stack. Because breakthrough AI should move at the speed of ideas, not infrastructure.
About the Role
We're looking for a People Business Partner to serve as the strategic People Operations partner to leaders across TensorWave. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for someone who wants to understand how the business works and use that knowledge to shape how our teams are organized, led, and developed — not just process requests as they come in.
You'll be the go-to People Operations advisor for your client groups: coaching managers, guiding talent and performance decisions, translating business priorities into people plans, and making sure our programs land consistently across teams. You'll partner closely with Employee Relations, Recruiting, and People Experience to bring the full strength of People Operations to the leaders you support.
This role is ideal for someone who has operated in a scaling or start-up environment before, is comfortable wearing multiple hats, and wants real influence over how the Company grows its teams and its leaders.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Business Partnership
Serve as a trusted People Operations advisor to leaders across your client groups, building a deep understanding of their goals, challenges, and team dynamics
Translate business priorities into people plans covering headcount, team structure, capability gaps, and succession
Partner with leaders on organizational design, team growth, restructurings, and change management as the company scales
Use people data (headcount, attrition, engagement, performance trends) to surface insights and recommend action before issues escalate
Manager Coaching & Leadership Development
Coach people managers on day-to-day leadership: setting expectations, giving feedback, handling difficult conversations, and building strong teams
Equip new and first-time managers with the tools, guidance, and confidence to lead effectively
Identify leadership capability gaps and partner with People Experience and learning resources on development solutions
Act as a sounding board for leaders on sensitive people decisions, bringing judgment, discretion, and a People Operations perspective
Performance & Talent Management
Guide leaders through performance cycles (goal-setting, reviews, calibration) to ensure decisions are fair, consistent, and well-documented
Partner with managers to address performance, escalating to Employee Relations when matters require deeper expertise
Lead talent reviews and succession conversations to identify high performers, flight risks, and growth opportunities
Support career development and internal mobility so employees understand how to grow at the Company
Employee Relations & Engagement
Serve as the first point of contact for employee concerns within your client groups, resolving Level 1 issues and partnering with the Employee Relations Partner on complex matters
Monitor engagement and retention signals across your client groups and partner with leaders on targeted action plans
Support onboarding and offboarding experiences, including exit and stay conversations, to capture insights and improve retention
Ensure People Operations policies and practices are understood and consistently applied by managers
Cross-Functional Partnership
Partner with Talent Acquisition on workforce planning, hiring priorities, and leveling decisions
Partner with leadership on compensation planning, promotions, and offer decisions, ensuring equity and consistency across teams
Collaborate with People Operations colleagues to roll out company-wide programs and make sure they land well with your client groups
Bring the voice of the business back to People Operations, flagging where programs, policies, or processes need to evolve as the company scales