Senior People Business Partner

About the role

The Senior People Business Partner is one of the most important roles on our People team. You are the bridge between our business and our People strategy - and you are far more than a resource the business calls when something goes wrong. You are a proactive, strategic thought partner who helps business leaders build teams people are proud to be part of. This role requires someone who is equally invested in the success of their client groups and the success of the People team itself. You will carry a portfolio of business units and be expected to know them deeply - their goals, their challenges, their people, and what it will take to make them perform at their best. You will operate in an environment that is still being built. Systems will be imperfect. Processes will evolve. Ambiguity will be a daily companion. We need someone who sees this not as a liability but as the opportunity it is - to build something great, in real time, that will outlast you. This is a full-time in office role in our beautiful Pleasanton, CA office.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnership: Build deep, trusted, long-term relationships with business unit leaders and their teams. Serve as a genuine thought partner - not just a service provider - on organizational health, talent strategy, and team effectiveness.
• Business Acumen: Develop a thorough understanding of each client group's business model, goals, and pressures. Use that knowledge to anticipate needs, shape people strategies proactively, and connect People initiatives directly to business outcomes.
• Organizational & Talent Development: Partner with leaders to build high-performing, engaged teams. Drive org design, succession planning, performance management, and leadership development with rigor and intentionality.
• Employee Relations: Navigate complex employee situations with sound judgment, empathy, and legal awareness. Provide thoughtful guidance that protects the business and the individual simultaneously.
• Change Leadership: Champion people-related transformation initiatives. Communicate change with clarity and conviction, build alignment across stakeholders, and help leaders bring their teams through transitions effectively.
• People Team Investment: Actively contribute to the strength, culture, and continuous improvement of the People team itself. Share knowledge, collaborate across COEs, and show up as a champion for the function - not just your portfolio.
• Program Execution: Drive the end-to-end execution of People programs across your client groups - performance cycles, engagement actions, compensation planning, and more - with precision and follow-through.
• Builder Mindset: Identify gaps, design solutions, and build People infrastructure where it doesn't yet exist. Leave every client group - and the People team itself - better than you found it.
• Consultative Expertise: Apply advanced analytical skills and deep People knowledge to diagnose business needs, recommend strategic solutions, and navigate complex people-related challenges. You don't just respond to what leaders ask - you help them see what they haven't asked yet.
• Continuous Learning: Stay current on emerging HR trends, tools, and best practices. Actively seek new ways to improve how we operate and add value - to your client groups, to the People te

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Additional Information

About Tekion: Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe. TEKION - Senior People Business Partner Pleasanton, CA 5 Days In-Office Required Full-Time ABOUT TEKION Tekion is a cloud-native, AI-powered platform transforming the automotive retail industry - one of the largest and most complex commerce ecosystems in the world. We are building everything from the ground up: our technology, our culture, our processes, and our people practices. This is not a company that is optimizing what already exists. We are creating what doesn't yet exist - and we're doing it fast. If you are drawn to environments where you can make a real and lasting impact, where no two days look the same, and where the work you do today shapes how thousands of people experience work tomorrow - this role was built for you.

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