Sr. People Business Partner (Temp Position - 12 months)

We want people who are passionate about supporting people and making sure our teams are strategic and thoughtful about enabling and developing their talent to drive performance.

As a Senior People Business Partner, you will act as a key strategic partner to multiple  departments, working to grow people programming, tools, and strategic insights to develop and deliver value to both our technical and non-technical teams. You will be a resource to our leadership team, people managers, and employees, helping drive effective and impactful operations and employee engagement. You’ll be charged with handling day-to-day ER issues and strategic talent & compensation planning activities. And finally, you’ll be instrumental in scaling our growing company, championing our values and ensuring that DigitalOcean remains a great place to work.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Partner with the People team as an advocate, resource, and frontline for your client groups.
• Leverage an analytical mindset to drive thoughtful workforce planning and serve as a strategic partner both internally to the people team and externally to your clients.
• Play an instrumental role in building our high-performance culture by ensuring that all DO employees are receiving the support they need to perform at their full potential.  
• Offer guidance to leadership in the following areas: talent planning, performance management, compensation planning, employee relations and talent development
• Acting as a liaison with our Talent Acquisition, OrgDev, Total Rewards, and People Operations teams to ensure proper delivery and impact of programs
• Provide feedback or create employee focused programs or processes. 

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Experience as a Senior HR business partner, ideally in a technology organization that has experienced massive growth. You should be able to understand the operational areas of the business so that you can help our managers and leaders with complex challenges, and give guidance on People topics.
• Experience implementing people programs including compensation, performance feedback, HR compliance, and professional growth & development initiatives.
• Ability to work proactively in addressing people related opportunities and getting ahead of people challenges faced by our business.
• Passion for change management and guiding our business through ambiguity and constant evolution / iteration.
• The ability to effectively translate metrics and data into actionable strategy.
• Technical curiosity and knowledge of emerging best practice trends in HR products and services.
• A deep sense of empathy. You connect well with employees of all levels and understand their needs.
• A friendly and approachable communication style where both ICs and managers are comfortable confiding in you.
• A belief in a People-first approach to building teams and driving effective performance across the organization.

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is $150,000 - $170,000 based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible emp