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Mercury

Senior People Partner - Risk & Banking Ops

Mercury
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remote senior full-time $107,400 – $120,900 San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States

First indexed 29 May 2026

Description

At Mercury, we believe exceptional companies are built by exceptional people. Our People Partners play a critical role in creating an environment where talented individuals can thrive. We're looking for a Senior People Partner Generalist to partner with our Risk & Banking Operations organization.

In this role, you will report to our Head of People Partners and work closely with the Senior People Partner aligned to Legal, Compliance, and Risk. You'll play a meaningful role in shaping team health, manager effectiveness, employee growth, and organizational scale during a pivotal stage of Mercury's growth.

You'll work closely with leaders as you support and consult across a variety of people processes and programs, including career development, performance management, employee relations, executive coaching, and organizational design.

If you're energized by solving people challenges, building strong relationships, and helping a mission-driven company scale intentionally, this is an opportunity to make a real impact from day one.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Deeply understanding the business as a whole and acting as an HR partner to leadership across Risk & Banking Ops.
  • Providing a consultative approach that combines HR expertise, business savvy, and intuition to diagnose issues and provide creative HR solutions.
  • Advising leaders and managers on all things people-related, such as performance management & coaching, employee relations, leveling processes, and organizational development.
  • Supporting an organization with a variety of different job families and types of roles; from non-exempt ops, to strategy roles.
  • Keeping a finger on the pulse of organizational health, and designing interventions as you spot potential challenges or areas of risk.
  • Partnering with cross-functional People team colleagues to build impactful programs spanning recruiting, talent management, employee relations, internal mobility, employee engagement.
  • Driving key talent processes with your client groups, including annual performance reviews, talent planning, and compensation cycles.

Requirements include:

  • A bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  • 2–4 years of experience in a people-facing HR role, preferably at a high-growth company.
  • Skilled in coaching, facilitation, and influencing colleagues at different levels.
  • Passionate about tackling problems and solving them in a creative and principled way.
  • High level of integrity and the ability to handle confidential information discreetly.
  • Passion for working efficiently with great tools, suggesting new tools where there are opportunities for improvement, and being willing to learn the tools we are currently using (Radford, Workday, Lattice, Notion).

The total rewards package at Mercury includes base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits. Our salary and equity ranges are highly competitive within the SaaS and fintech industry and are updated regularly using the most reliable compensation survey data for our industry.

New hire offers are made based on a candidate's experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity relative to peers.

Our target new hire base salary ranges for this role are:

  • US employees in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $107,400 – $120,900.
  • US employees outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay Area: $96,700 – $108,800.
  • Canadian employees (any location): CAD 101,500 – 114,200.

Mercury values diversity & belonging and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mercury/jobs/6007723004