Über diese Senior HR Business Partner Stelle bei Motional
Mission Summary:
As a Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP) at Motional, you will play a key role in shaping our workforce strategy and fostering a culture of excellence. This position directly contributes to Motional’s mission of redefining safe, driverless transportation by partnering with leaders to develop and implement human capital strategies.
You will work closely with management, the HRBP team, and HR Centers of Excellence to drive HR programs, coach managers and leaders, oversee employee relations, and lead talent management initiatives. This role requires on-site presence at least two days per week at our Pittsburgh or Boston office. You will provide direct HR support to Motional’s Engineering organization, ensuring alignment between business needs and HR strategies. Reporting to the Principal HRBP, you will be part of a dynamic, global HR team focused on delivering best-in-class HR support.
This is a hybrid position requiring 2 days onsite in Pittsburgh, PA, or Boston, MA.
What You'll Be Doing:
Business Partnership & Leadership Coaching:
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, managers, and employees.
- Act as a strategic advisor and coach for leadership on HR-related matters.
- Provide guidance on policy administration, compliance, change management, and organizational design.
- Partner with leadership on talent assessment, succession planning, and employee engagement initiatives.
HR Program Execution & Employee Lifecycle Management:
- Oversee key HR programs, including performance reviews, compensation planning, promotions, and employee surveys.
- Provide HR guidance and support for both exempt and non-exempt employees, ensuring policies and programs address the unique needs of each group.
- Partner with leadership to develop strategies that enhance engagement, retention, and career development across all workforce levels.
- Partner with the Talent Acquisition team on internal offers, workforce planning, onboarding and offboarding, and interviewing for senior roles.
- Support workforce planning and internal mobility to align business needs with talent development.
- Partner with compensation and benefits teams for pay structure evaluations and internal benchmarking.
- Contribute to employee communications, including crafting HR-related messaging and updates.
Employee Relations & Compliance:
- Manage and resolve employee relations issues through thorough, objective investigations.
- Provide guidance on performance management best practices and employee conflict resolution.
- Ensure compliance with multi-state and global employment laws and HR policies.
What We're Looking For:
To be successful in this role, you should have:
- At least 5 years of experience as an HR Business Partner or in a similar role supporting Engineering or technical organizations, ideally in a fast-paced tech environment of comparable size and complexity.
- A track record of partnering with senior leaders, including Senior Directors and VPs, building trusted relationships, influencing decisions, and providing clear, data-informed guidance.
- Proven ability to influence, coach, and build relationships across all levels of an organization.
- Strong knowledge of employee relations, investigations, compensation, benefits, employment law, and HR program administration.
- Experience working in multi-state and global business environments.
- Proficiency in HR systems, Google Suite, and a willingness to learn new tools quickly.
- A proactive, adaptable, and strategic mindset with strong communication skills (written and verbal).
- A commitment to fostering a culture that aligns with Motional’s core values and mission.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a fast-moving, pre-revenue stage company. If you are a collaborative, strategic, and results-driven HR leader, we encourage you to apply.
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The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.
Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.
Our journey is always people first.
We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.
Higher purpose, greater impact.
We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.
Scale up, not starting up.
Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.
Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.
