Partnering closely with our leaders, you'll provide counsel on organisational design, performance management, talent planning, and leadership development - balancing near-term priorities with long-term organisational health and cultural integrity.

You'll use data-driven insights and sound judgment to identify trends, influence decisions, and lead high-impact initiatives that elevate the employee experience, strengthen manager capability, and ensure our teams are empowered to perform at their best.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Business Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to executives across R&D. Anticipate organisational needs, connect people strategy to business outcomes, and challenge assumptions through evidence and insight.

• Talent Strategy & Performance: Lead performance management and talent review processes with rigor and fairness. Coach leaders to recognise and reward top performance, address underperformance, and build high-performing, inclusive teams.

• Organisational Design & Effectiveness: Partner with leaders to design scalable org structures, strengthen alignment, and enable growth. Use workforce analytics and org design principles to optimise spans, layers, and team health.

• Leadership Coaching & Influence: Build trusted relationships with executives and managers, providing candid, actionable feedback that sharpens leadership effectiveness. Reinforce Headway’s cultural principles and managerial excellence through coaching and systems.

• Analytical & Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage people data to identify trends, diagnose root causes, and drive measurable improvements in organisational health.

• Project Management & Operational Excellence: Lead complex, cross-functional people initiatives end-to-end - from scoping and planning to flawless execution and follow-through. Balance strategic impact with hands-on execution to ensure scalability and continuous improvement.

• Cultural Stewardship & Employee Experience: Model and amplify Headway’s values and performance standards. Ensure fairness, inclusion, and consistency in decision-making. Surface patterns in sentiment and proactively strengthen engagement and trust.

If you are based in New York or San Francisco, have 10+ years of progressive HRBP experience, are a strategic operator who can anticipate organisational needs, shape people strategies, and influence through credibility and insight, are data-driven, a trusted coach and advisor, have deep expertise in org design, performance management, and leadership development, thrive in fast-paced, high-growth settings, and model Headway’s cultural principles and uphold our Olympic-level performance standard, then you'd be a great fit for this role.

Compensation and Benefits: The expected base pay range for this position is $144,000 - $225,000, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level. We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a dedicated thought partner and strategic advisor to leadership, driving organizational design, talent development, and proactive team performance management.
• Lead high-impact employee engagement strategies, translating survey data into concrete initiatives that champion a culture of belonging, feedback, high performance, and retention.
• Lead and guide managers through core talent processes, including performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and compensation programs (merit, promotion, and salary structure updates).
• Provide essential coaching to managers on complex employee relations issues, reasonable accommodation requests, and offboarding, ensuring compliance, fairness, and empathy.
• Utilize data and people analytics to continuously identify and implement improvements that enhance the overall employee experience and operational efficiency of the People function.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience including 3+ years as a strategic Business Partner.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Deep understanding of employment-related laws and regulations.
• Required industry experience includes healthcare; value-based care is preferred, and technology experience is a plus.
• Proven track record and desire for process improvement.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous compensation administration experience strongly preferred
• Combination of start up and established organization experience preferred
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR Certification preferred

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Location

New York City

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

OperationsPeople

Synthesia is the world's leading AI video platform for business, used by over 90% of the Fortune 100. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in London, with offices and teams across Europe and the US.

As AI continues to shape the way we live and work, Synthesia develops products to enhance visual communication and enterprise skill development, helping people work better and stay at the center of successful organizations.

Following our recent Series E funding round, where we raised $200 million, our valuation stands at $4 billion. Our total funding exceeds $530 million from premier investors including Accel, NVentures (Nvidia's VC arm), Kleiner Perkins, GV, and Evantic Capital, alongside the founders and operators of Stripe, Datadog, Miro, and Webflow.

The Role

As a Senior People Partner – GTM, you'll be a strategic advisor and trusted partner to our global GTM leaders. You'll play a critical role in aligning our people strategy with business objectives, enabling high performance, strong leadership, and an engaged culture as we scale. You'll operate at both strategic and operational levels—driving talent programs, advising on org design, leading change initiatives, and serving as a coach to senior leaders.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, scaling environment and brings a mix of commercial acumen, HR depth, and the agility to build while executing.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnership: Work closely with leaders across assigned GTM business lines, contributing to the organization's strategy, direction, and design.

• Contribute to the People Strategy for the GTM organisation: Deep understanding of the business and their needs, in order to influence the People agenda and drive fit-for-purpose initiatives that drive results.

• Provide insights: Use data-driven insights to advise leadership on workforce trends, engagement, talent gaps, and organizational health.

• Support organizational change: Guide leaders through change management, helping to shape organizational structure, culture, and processes.

• Employee relations: Oversee and manage complex ER cases within the GTM org.

• Leadership Coaching: Act as a coach and thought partner to GTM leaders, helping them build high-performing, resilient teams.

• Talent Development: Collaborate on talent reviews, succession planning, and career development strategies to grow internal capability.

• Employee engagement: Drive action planning and initiatives aimed at improving employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.

• Workforce planning: Collaborate with the finance team and business leaders to anticipate future workforce needs.

• People Operations Collaboration: Work with the wider People team and Cross-functional teams to ensure a seamless employee experience.

People Team Initiatives:

Lead and drive cross-functional People Team priority projects throughout the year, ensuring alignment with business goals and timely execution

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years’ experience in a strategic HRBP / People Partner role within a high-growth B2B SaaS or tech environment.

• Strong experience supporting Commercial / GTM teams (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success).

• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and executives, and to drive organizational and cultural change.

• Strong expertise in org design, talent, performance, and employee relations, with a proven ability to independently resolve complex ER cases at scale.

• Highly data-driven, with the ability to translate insights into action.

• Strategic and hands-on, comfortable operating at both enterprise and execution levels.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and coaching skills.

• Experience working in a global or multi-region organization is a plus.

Please note that this is a hybrid position of 3 days/week in our NYC office.

We’re committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone can thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

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