# People Partner Lead, Engineering

**Company**: Gusto
**Location**: Denver, CO;San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $158,300 - $195,237/year in Denver, $185,955 - $229,345/year in San Francisco
**Category**: HR
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy.

We're looking for a high-ownership People Business Partner to support our Engineering, Data Science, and Security/IT organizations at Gusto. This role reports into Gusto's Head of People and serves as a trusted partner to leaders across some of our most technically complex teams.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Build trusted partnerships with Engineering, Data Science, and Security/IT leaders, understanding their teams, surfacing friction early, and navigating performance management, promotions, leveling, and employee relations matters with good judgment.

- Synthesize People data , gPulse results, Gustofied performance cycles, attrition signals, headcount trends , into clear, actionable reads for R&D leaders before they have to ask.

- Support and operationalize core talent programs including performance cycles, calibration discussions, promotion processes, and manager enablement.

- Reinforce high performance standards, accountability, and clarity around expectations, feedback, and growth across Engineering, Data Science, and Security/IT.

- Serve as the liaison between R&D and Gusto's broader People team (Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, L&D, People Ops), translating company-wide programs into what they mean specifically for technical orgs , and surfacing R&D context back to the center.

- Proactively identify risks, friction points, and opportunities for improvement using People insights and organizational data.

- Build lightweight but scalable People frameworks, operating mechanisms, and repeatable processes that improve consistency across the business.

- Own end-to-end execution of org changes, including transition planning, communication sequencing, Workday updates, leader enablement, and follow-through until nothing is left unresolved.

**Requirements:**

- 10+ years of HRBP or People Partner experience, with meaningful time supporting technical organizations , Engineering, Data Science, Security, or similar.

- Strong operator mindset, with experience executing complex People work.

- A strong bias toward action and a high speed of execution.

- Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with senior technical leaders.

- Deep experience with performance management, calibrations, promotions, and organizational design.

- Strong analytical instincts, with comfort in spreadsheets and ability to tell a story with People data.

- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and hold a lot of detail without losing the thread.

- Sound judgment that accounts for Gusto, not just R&D.

- AI-native mindset, with active use of AI to do work better.

**What We Offer:**

- Competitive base pay, benefits, and equity (RSUs).

- Cash compensation: $158,300 - $195,237/year in Denver, $185,955 - $229,345/year in San Francisco.

- Physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City, with flexible work arrangements.

## Skills

### Required
- HRBP
- People Partner
- Engineering
- Data Science
- Security/IT
- Performance Management
- Organizational Design
- Analytical Instincts
- AI-native

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