AlphaSense is a leading company that provides AI-driven market intelligence to help professionals make informed decisions. The Director, People Business Partner for Product & Engineering will serve as a strategic advisor, shaping the technical organization's growth and performance by aligning workforce capabilities with product roadmaps and enhancing talent strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Align workforce capacity and capability planning to product roadmaps, anticipating future skill and leadership needs to enable delivery on strategic priorities
- Lead complex organizational design initiatives that create clarity of structure, roles, and accountability at scale
- Partner on job architecture, leveling frameworks, and career paths across engineering and product teams to support growth and internal mobility
- Drive succession planning and leadership bench strength for critical technical and people leadership roles
- Partner with leaders to design and execute change strategies that ensure organizational shifts are clearly communicated, thoughtfully implemented, and effectively adopted
- Increase talent density by strengthening performance differentiation and addressing underperformance proactively and consistently
- Drive performance discipline through structured rhythms and coaching leaders to build high-performing, outcome-driven teams
- Identify and proactively retain critical technical talent, particularly in high-demand areas such as AI engineering, through targeted retention and development strategies
- Leverage attrition, engagement, and performance data to drive proactive, evidence-based talent decisions
- Ensure promotion, leveling, and advancement decisions are rigorous, equitable, and aligned to clear performance standards
- Lead, develop, and align a team of People Business Partners, setting clear expectations, coaching for high-impact, and elevating standards of strategic partnership
- Establish clear operating norms and feedback loops across PBPs supporting Product & Engineering
- Lead complex performance and employee relations matters with sound judgment, balancing business impact, employee experience, and risk mitigation
- Drive consistent, equitable application of People practices while reinforcing a high-accountability, inclusive culture across technical teams
Requirements:
- 12–15+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant time as a senior People Business Partner in high-growth technology environments
- Experience building and leading high-performing PBP teams, elevating standards and partnership impact
- Experience supporting Product and Engineering organizations at scale within product-led or technology-first companies
- Deep expertise in organizational design, performance management, and talent planning in technical environments
- Strong business acumen and ability to translate technical strategy into actionable people plans
- Sound judgment and executive presence, balancing empathy with high performance standards
- Ability to thrive in high-growth, evolving environments and bringing structure to ambiguity