We're Cruise, a self-driving service designed for the cities we love.

We’re building the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people to the places, things, and experiences they care about. We believe self-driving vehicles will help save lives, reshape cities, give back time in transit, and restore freedom of movement for many.

In our cars, you’re free to be yourself. It’s the same here at Cruise. We’re creating a culture that values the experiences and contributions of all of the unique individuals who collectively make up Cruise, so that every employee can do their best work. 

Cruise is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, both in our workplace and in our products. If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, come join us. Even if you might not meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply. You might just be the right candidate for us.

The Cruise People Team helps drive the company’s success by enabling everyone at Cruise to do the best work of their career. We are passionate about employee experience and work together to build the world’s most advanced self-driving vehicles to safely connect people with the places, things, and experience they care about. If you are looking for an opportunity to apply your knowledge of best-in-class people programs and practices and contribute to the growth of the company, this is the team to join.

Reporting directly to the Head of HRBP, Commercial Operations, you will develop the talent strategy and advise on all things people-related within your client groups: from performance management and talent development to organizational design and change management. You will also act as an HR site lead for our operations located in Arizona (Phoenix and Scottsdale). 

You are skilled at using both qualitative and quantitative data to perform root cause analysis, identify trends, tell a story, and inform innovative ways to building programs that enable Cruisers to do the best work of their careers. In your work, you will uphold our values and amplify the success of our business through our most important asset: our people.

What you’ll be doing:

• You will provide strategic partnership and counsel to the functional leaders and their management teams

• You will create and implement creative and progressive talent strategies tailored to your client groups, addressing retention, engagement, and development needs

• You will support parts of our Commercial Operations leadership team and the Arizona sites (Phoenix and Scottsdale) through people processes including compensation, talent development, performance management, change management, organizational design, etc. 

• You will be the primary driver and leader in all Arizona site people related activities and programs supporting a 24/7 operation and acting as a culture champion 

• You will collaborate with other People Team functions (compensation, recruiting, talent development, learning, etc.) to inform the design and implementation of People programs

• You will partner heavily with our Employee Relations team, Employment Counsel, and Contingent Workforce teams to support an inclusive culture within Commercial Operations 

• You will act as a key partner to support cross-functional expansion efforts ensuring that we are mindful of the employee experience as we scale our operations   

• You will coach and develop leaders at all levels within the organization, from individual contributors to senior leaders

• You will use data and analytics in order to inform key business and talent decisions

• You will act as a cultural ambassador, fostering diversity and inclusion

• You will mentor and coach other members of our People team

• You will ensure employee advocacy and fairness

What you must have:

• You possess 8+ years experience as strategic HR Business Partner

• You have a strong understanding of local labor laws with regards to a contingent workforce as well as full time employment 

• You have excellent judgment and problem-solving capabilities; as well as the ability to make thoughtful decisions.

• Analytically driven, you are experienced in using qualitative and quantitative approaches to problem solving and root cause analysis

• You possess experience driving key people programs and processes (e.g. annual performance management cycles, calibration facilitation, compensation planning, executive coaching, employee relations/conflict resolution, organizational design, e