Principal People Partner

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San Francisco, CA
Expert/Leader
Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality
The Role
The Principal People Partner is responsible for delivering comprehensive HR support, driving people initiatives, and providing strategic guidance to senior leadership. This role focuses on employee relations, performance management, talent acquisition, learning and development, change management, and promoting diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
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The Principal, People Partner, is a strategic and hands-on role that provides full cycle Human Resources support to our business. The role is critical in executing our people initiatives, providing great internal customer support, and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement. This role will serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, helping to shape the company's overall HR strategy to drive business success.

Niantic Labs is a hybrid work environment.  You will be required to be in the office a minimum of three days per week, Monday - Wednesday.  

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Partnership:

  • Partner with senior leaders to develop and implement effective HR policies and practices that will support the strategic growth of the business.
  • Serve as a consultant to management on human resource-related issues.
  • Provide guidance and input on business unit restructures, workforce planning, and succession planning.

Employee Relations:

  • Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues. Conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations.
  • Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Performance Management:

  • Work with leaders to develop and implement performance management programs.
  • Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to line management (coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions).

Talent Acquisition:

  • Collaborate with recruitment team to attract and retain top talent.
  • Partner with hiring managers to understand their hiring needs and provide recruitment strategy support.

Learning and Development:

  • Identify training needs for business units and individual executive coaching needs.
  • Participate in evaluation and monitoring of training programs to ensure success. Follow up to ensure training objectives are met.

Change Management:

  • Lead HR projects, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and integrations.
  • Implement change management strategies to support business initiatives and improve organizational effectiveness.

Compensation and Benefits:

  • Provide guidance and input on business unit compensation and benefits strategies.
  • Work with compensation and benefits teams to develop competitive and cost-effective plans.

Diversity and Inclusion:

  • Champion initiatives to promote a diverse and inclusive workplace.
  • Support and develop a diverse pipeline of talent.

Data Analytics and Reporting:

  • Utilize HR metrics and analytics to drive data-driven decisions.
  • Provide reports and analysis on key HR metrics and trends.

Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. Master’s degree or HR certification (e.g., SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR) preferred.
  • Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 5 years in a People Partner/HRBP role or similar capacity.
  • Experience partnering with Engineering, Product Management, or technical client groups.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others.

Skills:

  • Strong business acumen and ability to align HR strategy with business goals.
  • Demonstrated experience with organizational change and project management.
  • Proficiency in HRIS and other HR-related technologies.
  • In-depth knowledge of labor law and HR best practices.

The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $214,200 - $238,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.

Join the Niantic team!

Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform powers Pokémon GO and other Niantic games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers can now use Niantic Lightship and 8th Wall to build their own AR applications and WebAR experiences.

Niantic is an Equal Opportunity employer. We believe in encouraging a workplace where our people are supported and included. This environment is critical to crafting phenomenal products that our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in-person interaction and collaboration cultivates creativity, a sense of community, and is crucial to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zurich. #LI-HYBRID

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The Company
Bellvue, WA
802 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

Niantic is the world’s leading AR technology company, sparking creative and engaging journeys in the real world. Our products inspire outdoor exploration, exercise, and meaningful social interaction.

Originally formed at Google in 2011, we became an independent company in 2015 with a strong group of investors including Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners. Our current titles include pioneering global-control game Ingress, record-breaking AR game Pokémon GO, and recently released third title, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.

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