Principal HR Business Partner

Title: Principal HR Business Partner

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Job Description:

About Checkr
Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. We’ve designed a faster—and fairer—way to screen job seekers. Established in 2014, Checkr puts modern technology powered by machine learning in the hands of hiring teams, helping to hire great new people with an experience that’s fast, smooth, and safe. Checkr has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

A career at Checkr means collaborating with brilliant minds, disrupting an industry, and opening channels of employment to often overlooked candidates. Checkr has been recognized as one of BuiltIn’s 2023 Best Places to Work in the US and is a Y Combinator 2023 Breakthrough Company.

About the team/role

The Principal HR Business Partner will collaborate closely with senior leadership, including executives in Engineering and Product, to align people strategies with business objectives. This role has two key dimensions: the strategic partner aspect—where you act as a change agent, drive organizational design to boost productivity, plan for succession, provide coaching, and exert influence—and the operational aspect, encompassing employee relations, process management, and employee support. You will work with leadership to set priorities, drive core values, and achieve business outcomes, providing consultation at every stage, from ideation and change management to execution.

What you’ll do

• Coach, partner, and influence various levels of management on ways to improve working relationships, build morale, and increase productivity, engagement, and retention.
• Execute company-wide programs within Engineering and Product, including the annual performance and compensation cycle, engagement survey action planning, etc., with the programs team’s support.
• Drive organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, talent management, and talent reviews.
• Review and analyze business metrics, including data on attrition and employee engagement, in order to influence leadership in systemic solutions.
• Conduct employee relations investigations and make outcome recommendations.
• Proactively partner with in-house counsel to reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Partner with team members across the company to ensure a highly effective and collaborative workplace.

What you bring

• 15+ years of experience in all areas of HR (programs, operations, total rewards) and using these skills to contribute to cross-functional collaboration and problem-solving for the business and with a company-wide lens.
• Successful partnerships with C-suite executives and co-founders in prior companies.
• Excellent relationship builder across all business areas, from assigned clients to cross-functional partners in the people team and other organizations.
• Thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment where priorities and projects frequently shift. Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making decisions in uncertain or rapidly evolving situations is required.
• Deep experience in leadership coaching, conflict resolution, influencing, facilitation, presentation, program consultation and development, analysis, and problem-solving.
• Demonstrates impeccable judgment and integrity in all decisions and actions. Consistently makes well-informed choices, balancing short-term needs with long-term goals while adhering to the highest ethical standards. Maintains confidentiality, acts with honesty, and earns the trust of colleagues and stakeholders through transparency and accountability.
• Possess exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly and effectively convey complex ideas to diverse audiences. Adept at tailoring messages to suit the context and the audience, whether in presentations, reports, or everyday interactions. Demonstrates active listening and the ability to engage in meaningful dialogue, ensuring clarity, understanding, and alignment.

What you’ll get

• Ability to influence the HRBP brand and People Team processes and programs
• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

One of Checkr’s core values is Transparency. To live by that value, we’ve made the decision to disclose salary ranges in all of our job postings. We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, see our website.

The salary range for this role is $192,137 to $226,044.

Equal Employment Opportunities at Checkr

Checkr is committed to hiring talented and qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds for all of its tech, non-tech, and leadership roles. Checkr believes that the gathering and celebration of unique backgrounds, qualities, and cultures enriches the workplace.

Checkr also welcomes the opportunity to consider qualified applicants with prior arrest or conviction records. Checkr’s commitment to diversity extends to hiring talented individuals in spite of a prior criminal history in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.