Senior People Business Partner

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

Job Description

About the Role:

Guardant Health People Business Partners are responsible for partnering with leaders and their leadership teams to develop and implement people and culture strategies to drive business results.  As thought partners, trusted advisors, change agents, consultants and thought partners on topics related to talent within the business.  Working closely within the People Team to perform their role and responsibilities, the People Business Partner role models collaboration with centers of excellence such as, Employee Experience, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, Talent Acquisition, People Operations and Employee Relations.   
  
This Senior People Business Partner role is the ideal opportunity for someone who has extensive HR functional knowledge and thrives in managing multiple strategic people initiatives and difference interactions with business leaders.  Plans and executes flawlessly on people-related activities (ex: performance management cycles, employee engagement surveys, etc.).  
  
This role is based in our headquarters office, Palo Alto, California, and requires in-office attendance three (3) days per week (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday).     

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establishes and maintains relationships with leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution  

• Role models our values and leadership principles to support our organizational culture  

• Develops a deep understanding of the business to appropriately guide and influence leaders on their talent agenda  

• Develops well-thought through change management and communication plans and demonstrates end-to-end thinking  

• Applies expertise in the following areas: organizational design, strategic HR management, workforce planning, employee engagement, performance management, change management, career planning, coaching, analysis of people data, total rewards, learning and development, and recognition programs. 

• Leverages data and other metrics to proactively identify and present solutions based on business needs. Identifies and surfaces trends through both qualitative and quantitative data to help drive impact in the business  

• Partners and drives results alongside other Centers of Excellence in the People Team (i.e., Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, and Learning & Development) to help the People Team implement solutions that support and scale the business  

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience  

• 5+ years of HR experience creating measurable impact on a major business unit (preferably in a high-growth company) with at least 5 years of experience as a People Business Partner (preferably supporting C-suite leadership managing G&A functions)  

• Experience managing change and communications related to organizational design 

• Demonstrated experience partnering with Senior Leadership (i.e., Vice President level)  

• Demonstrates solid judgment and experience assessing risk relative to the business  

• Ability to solve challenges and get to the root cause of any issue, no matter how complex. Design and quickly implement solutions that may cut across multiple disciplines.   

• Experience with influencing, decision making, driving change, etc.  

• Self-motivated and assertive with the ability to hunt down answers and drive solutions autonomously  

• Equally comfortable partnering with employees and leadership and moving regularly between the tactical and strategic priorities.  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - must be an articulate and persuasive communicator.  

• Displays strong business acumen – sees the big picture and operates with perspective  

Additional Information

Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant H