Strategic People Partner & Leadership

About Tensor Wave

Our mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute 've built a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers, empowering builders to focus on innovation instead of fighting their stack. Because breakthrough AI should move at the speed of ideas, not infrastructure.

About the Role

We're looking for a People Business Partner to serve as the strategic People Operations partner to leaders across Tensor Wave. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for someone who wants to understand how the business works and use that knowledge to shape how our teams are organized, led, and developed — not just process requests as they come in.

You'll be the go-to People Operations advisor for your client groups: coaching managers, guiding talent and performance decisions, translating business priorities into people plans, and making sure our programs land consistently across teams. You'll partner closely with Employee Relations, Recruiting, and People Experience to bring the full strength of People Operations to the leaders you support.

This role is ideal for someone who has operated in a scaling or start-up environment before, is comfortable wearing multiple hats, and wants real influence over how the Company grows its teams and its leaders.

What You’ll Do

Strategic Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted People Operations advisor to leaders across your client groups, building a deep understanding of their goals, challenges, and team dynamics

• Translate business priorities into people plans covering headcount, team structure, capability gaps, and succession

• Partner with leaders on organizational design, team growth, restructurings, and change management as the company scales

• Use people data (headcount, attrition, engagement, performance trends) to surface insights and recommend action before issues escalate

Manager Coaching & Leadership Development

• Coach people managers on day-to-day leadership: setting expectations, giving feedback, handling difficult conversations, and building strong teams

• Equip new and first-time managers with the tools, guidance, and confidence to lead effectively

• Identify leadership capability gaps and partner with People Experience and learning resources on development solutions

• Act as a sounding board for leaders on sensitive people decisions, bringing judgment, discretion, and a People Operations perspective

Performance & Talent Management

• Guide leaders through performance cycles (goal-setting, reviews, calibration) to ensure decisions are fair, consistent, and well-documented

• Partner with managers to address performance, escalating to Employee Relations when matters require deeper expertise

• Lead talent reviews and succession conversations to identify high performers, flight risks, and growth opportunities

• Support career development and internal mobility so employees understand how to grow at the Company

Employee Relations & Engagement

• Serve as the first point of contact for employee concerns within your client groups, resolving Level 1 issues and partnering with the Employee Relations Partner on complex matters

• Monitor engagement and retention signals across your client groups and partner with leaders on targeted action plans

• Support onboarding and offboarding experiences, including exit and stay conversations, to capture insights and improve retention

• Ensure People Operations policies and practices are understood and consistently applied by managers

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Talent Acquisition on workforce planning, hiring priorities, and leveling decisions

• Partner with leadership on compensation planning, promotions, and offer decisions, ensuring equity and consistency across teams

• Collaborate with People Operations…