Lead People Partner

About the role

SolarWinds is seeking a seasoned Lead HRBP to support our North America Go-To-Market organization. This is a senior-level HR business partner role for someone who brings strong business acumen, deep HRBP capability, and the judgment to influence leaders through growth, change, and ambiguity. The ideal candidate is an experienced partner to senior business leaders who can quickly diagnose organizational needs, develop strategic solutions, operationalize those solutions, lead implementation, and measure success over time. This person must balance empathy with pragmatism, bring broad employee relations expertise, and build trusted, credible relationships across their business groups. This role is also expected to model SolarWinds CARE values: Collaborative, Accountable, Ready, and Empathetic.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the strategic HR partner for North America GTM leaders and teams, aligning people strategies to business priorities
• Diagnose organizational concerns and identify opportunities related to structure, effectiveness, talent, leadership capability, performance, and team health
• Build practical, scalable people solutions that address root causes and support business outcomes
• Translate strategy into execution by operationalizing plans, driving implementation, and tracking measurable results
• Partner with leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, role clarity, and team effectiveness
• Use data, business context, and sound judgment to influence decisions and shape actions
• Coach leaders through complex people matters with a balanced, thoughtful, and business-minded approach
• Lead and support change initiatives across the client group, ensuring strong communication, adoption, and follow-through
• Provide broad employee relations support, including performance management, conflict resolution, investigations, policy interpretation, and risk mitigation
• Navigate ambiguity effectively in a private company environment, making progress even when conditions are evolving or not fully defined
• Build strong, trusted relationships across the business and establish credibility as a proactive, solutions-oriented partner
• Reinforce high standards for accountability, performance, and leadership effectiveness while maintaining an employee-centered mindset
• What Success Looks Like
• Leaders view you as a trusted thought partner on both strategic and operational people matters
• Organizational issues are identified early, diagnosed effectively, and addressed with practical, high-impact solutions
• People strategies are not only designed well, but implemented successfully and measured for business and team impact
• Employee relations matters are handled with sound judgment, care, consistency, and appropriate risk management
• GTM teams have stronger clarity, alignment, and organizational effectiveness as a result of your partnership
• You help leaders make decisions that reflect business need, scope, impact, and readiness while supporting a culture of excellence and growth.
• Required Qualifications
• 7-10 years of progressive HRBP experience, including direct support of business teams
• PHR or SPHR certification required, or equivalent HR certification/credential
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior leaders in a strategic HRBP capacity
• Proven ability to diagnose organizational concerns, build strategic solutions, operationalize them, implement them, and measure outcomes
• Strong organizational design and workforce planning capability
• Broad employee relations experience, including complex and sensitive matters
• Strong business partnership skills with a proven track record of building excellent working relationships with client groups
• Ability to balance empathy and pragmatism in decision-making and partnership
• Strong influencing, coaching, and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Requirements

• Experience supporting North America GTM organizations
• Experience in a private company environment
• Background in high-growth, evolving, or transformation-oriented organizations
• Strong ana

Benefits

Additional Information

At SolarWinds, we're a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve-including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We're looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you're looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you've come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!

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