People Partner

About the role

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. We've got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation , more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it. You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform's impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that's alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We're rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries. We are looking for an exceptional People Partner (sometimes known externally as HR Business Partners) to join our growing People team. This is a pivotal role as a People Partner in our San Mateo office, providing you with a unique opportunity to shape and drive people strategies in a fast-scaling environment. As a People Partner, you will work closely with a specific business group and its executive leadership to develop and execute people strategies that enhance performance, growth, and employee engagement. From advising on employee relations to building career development programs, you'll play a crucial role in creating an outstanding employee experience. This role offers a high degree of autonomy, requiring a proactive, strategic thinker who is eager to drive impactful people initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to executives and employees, aligning people strategies with business objectives.
• Problem-solve and implement strategic programs to help your department scale and meet its business goals -- such as leadership enablement and coaching, analyzing compensation levels, building career paths, professional development, retention strategy, and performance management.
• Analyze data across various sources to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Coach managers to enhance their leadership capabilities, fostering high-performing and engaged teams.
• Provide guidance on complex employee relations matters, investigations, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally sound resolutions.
• Drive cross-company programs to benefit our entire employee base.
• What You Bring
• Bachelor's degree required. MBA or Master's degree is a plus.
• 8+ years experience -- HR/People Business Partner experience; or Head of People at a startup; or leadership development; or adjacent role.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and align People initiatives with business objectives, translating strategy into plans for execution.
• Data-driven decision maker & strong problem solver who can find root causes of issues and gain leadership support to address them.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and inspire others.
• US Employee Benefits
• Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Fertility Stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits
• Additional Information
• You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.
• Annual Pay Range
• At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting p

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