Business Partner

About the People Business Partner at Headspace:

The People Business Partner (PBP) team at Headspace is a strategic, impact-driven group that partners with leaders across the organization to design and deliver people strategies that directly support business outcomes. While this Director-level role could flex to support a range of executives or functions over time, we are currently seeking someone to partner with our Commercial Go-To-Market, Marketing, and Care teams—critical engines of growth, member experience, and clinical excellence at Headspace.

In this highly visible role, you will provide forward-thinking, proactive people partnership in close collaboration with our People Centers of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Total Rewards, People Operations, and DEIB). You will serve as a trusted partner to executive leaders, helping anticipate organizational needs, solve complex people challenges, and design scalable solutions that enable performance, growth, and culture—while advancing our mission to expand access to lifelong mental health support.

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to executive and senior leaders across Commercial Go-To-Market, Marketing, and Care organizations, influencing decisions through data, insight, and high emotional intelligence
• Partner with leaders to translate business strategy into people strategy, driving organizational design, workforce planning, and talent optimization across salaried and hourly populations
• Lead complex change initiatives including scaling teams, new go-to-market motions, compensation model evolution, and care delivery transformations
• Champion Headspace values, diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all people practices and leader interactions
• Drive performance management, succession planning, and leadership development strategies to build strong leadership benches and high-performing teams
• Advise and coach leaders on employee relations, performance challenges, and organizational health with sound judgment and a solutions-oriented mindset
• Partner closely with Total Rewards on sales compensation design, incentive effectiveness, and equitable pay practices
• Support teams with diverse operating models, including revenue-generating sales teams, creative and brand-driven marketing functions, and clinical/mental health provider populations
• Leverage business insights, data, analytics, and AI‑powered tools to improve operational effectiveness, scale impact, scalability, proactive decision‑making and deliver proactive people insights
• Collaborate closely with cross‑functional People teams to deliver cohesive, high‑impact solutions

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources or People Business Partnering
• 5+ years supporting executive or C‑level leaders
• Proven experience partnering with Commercial, Go‑To‑Market, Sales, Marketing, and comparable business functions.
• Experience supporting sales compensation plans, incentive structures, and variable pay models
• Executive‑level influencing skills with the ability to drive outcomes
• Experience supporting both salaried and hourly employee populations across multiple job families
• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills with the ability to assess risk, navigate ambiguity, and deliver practical solutions
• High emotional intelligence (EQ) with advanced coaching, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management capabilities
• Deep knowledge of organizational design, workforce planning, performance management, talent development, and employee relations
• Proven experience leading organizational change and partnering on complex employee relations matters
• Experience leveraging people data and AI‑enabled tools to improve efficiency, scale impact, and inform decision‑making including a strong working knowledge of AI best practices and demonstrated ability to use AI to uplevel team workflows and effectiveness
• Strong communication, collaboration, and relationship‑building skills
• Experience leading or mentoring other People Business Partners and/or People Team members
• High proficiency in systems capabilities including HRIS, applicant tracking, Excel, AI…