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At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We’re united by shared goals and motivations at Justworks, reflected in our company values. Our values guide how we work and how we treat others. Who You Are
At Justworks, we’re on a mission to help small businesses grow with confidence — and we know that starts with our people. We’re looking for a strategic, solutions-oriented People Business Partner who brings curiosity, creativity, and an ownership mindset to every challenge. In this role, you won’t just advise leaders - you’ll help shape how teams grow, thrive, and deliver meaningful business results. You have a proven track record of building trusted relationships, turning insights into action, and balancing organizational goals with an exceptional employee experience. As a trusted advisor and coach, you’ll empower leaders to build high-performing, inclusive teams where Justworkers can grow, thrive, and feel seen. Curious and adaptable, you’re equally comfortable navigating complex organizational challenges, rolling up your sleeves on day-to-day needs, and driving innovative ideas forward. Most importantly, you don’t just make recommendations - you own solutions and see them through to impact. If you thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and are energized by solving complex talent challenges at scale, we’d love to hear from you. Your Success Profile
What You Will Work On
Strategic Business Partnership
Act as a strategic business partner to client group leaders, aligning people strategy with business goals to drive scalable and sustainable growth and performance. Coach and support leaders through talent-related decisions, including workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, change management, and leadership effectiveness to ensure teams are set up for success. Demonstrate strong business acumen and curiosity about Justworks’ products and services. Bring a customer-focused mindset to your partnership: understand how our HR tech solutions empower small businesses and leverage this knowledge to help leaders build high-performing teams that deliver exceptional customer value. Shape the future by identifying opportunities, addressing challenges before they surface, and delivering solutions that enable both people and business to grow with confidence. Leveraging Data
Organize data in a clear, digestible way that equips leaders to make informed, confident decisions. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify opportunities, challenges, and trends. Translate complex information into actionable insights and recommendations that improve organizational effectiveness, strengthen team health, and drive business performance. Championing Change
Serve as a change champion during periods of transformation, developing and executing change management plans that enhance organizational adoption and resilience. Take ownership of change initiatives from planning through adoption, guiding and enabling business leaders to lead and navigate through organizational changes with confidence, ensuring smooth transitions and effective communication. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Embed DEIB principles into team-level strategies and act as an advocate for inclusive culture and equitable talent practices. Talent Development
Drive a high-performance and growth culture by partnering with leaders to set clear expectations, calibrate talent, and embed feedback and accountability practices into day-to-day operations. Develop and refine functional career paths and identify opportunities to embed training and development within Justworks’ broader talent strategy. Contribute to cross-functional talent initiatives, including leadership development, high-potential identification, and strategic capability building. People Team Partnership
Collaborate with the People team Centers of Excellence to deliver programs that attract, engage, and retain top talent. Share best practices, tools, and insights with fellow People Business Partners to elevate the team’s capabilities and foster a culture of shared learning. Partner on cross-functional people initiatives, collaborating across departments to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects that impact the broader organization. Employee Relations
Support business leaders and Justworkers in addressing employee relations matters (including performance concerns and policy violations) with expertise and empathy, in close partnership with the Employee Relations team. Administrative
Perform other related duties, including administrative tasks needed to ensure timely execution of People team-related responsibilities. How You Will Do Your Work
As a People Business Partner, how results are achieved is paramount to your success. Your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies: Consultative – builds relationships, understands problems, and develops solutions through open-ended questions and active listening. Solution-oriented – identifies the source of a question or challenge and provides the right, or a better, way of doing things. Good judgement – critical thinking, analysis, risk assessment and ownership of outcomes. Functional expertise – subject matter expertise of specific function(s) and domain knowledge. Clear communication – effective articulation of ideas through multiple channels and active listening. Adaptability – flexes communication and interpersonal styles to build rapport with stakeholders at all levels. All Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS: Camaraderie, Openness, Grit, Integrity, and Simplicity. Qualifications
5+ years of HR/HRBP experience with the ability to partner with and influence managers and senior leaders. Experience owning initiatives end-to-end — diagnosing needs, shaping solutions, executing, and measuring impact. Experience guiding leaders through change, transformation, and growth with a track record in talent strategy, organizational design, and cross-functional initiatives in matrixed organizations. Success operating in high-growth, rapidly evolving environments with complex, distributed teams. Skilled at coaching and communicating across all levels; adept at navigating employee relations matters with trust, fairness, and compliance. Strong analytical and operational thinking with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and scalable solutions. Discretion and integrity handling confidential information. Knowledge of HR systems and best practices; optimizing systems a plus. Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills. Comprehensive knowledge of employment laws and compliance across federal, state, local, and international contexts. The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $137,500 to $151,250 per year. Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks. Diversity At Justworks Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. We are an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. We provide reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees as required by law. If you need an accommodation, please contact accommodations@justworks.com. Our DEIB data is available to review. Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Business Development and Sales Industries: Human Resources Services Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Justworks.
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People Business Partner
role at
Justworks Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Overview
At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues. We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We’re united by shared goals and motivations at Justworks, reflected in our company values. Our values guide how we work and how we treat others. Who You Are
At Justworks, we’re on a mission to help small businesses grow with confidence — and we know that starts with our people. We’re looking for a strategic, solutions-oriented People Business Partner who brings curiosity, creativity, and an ownership mindset to every challenge. In this role, you won’t just advise leaders - you’ll help shape how teams grow, thrive, and deliver meaningful business results. You have a proven track record of building trusted relationships, turning insights into action, and balancing organizational goals with an exceptional employee experience. As a trusted advisor and coach, you’ll empower leaders to build high-performing, inclusive teams where Justworkers can grow, thrive, and feel seen. Curious and adaptable, you’re equally comfortable navigating complex organizational challenges, rolling up your sleeves on day-to-day needs, and driving innovative ideas forward. Most importantly, you don’t just make recommendations - you own solutions and see them through to impact. If you thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment and are energized by solving complex talent challenges at scale, we’d love to hear from you. Your Success Profile
What You Will Work On
Strategic Business Partnership
Act as a strategic business partner to client group leaders, aligning people strategy with business goals to drive scalable and sustainable growth and performance. Coach and support leaders through talent-related decisions, including workforce planning, organizational design, succession planning, change management, and leadership effectiveness to ensure teams are set up for success. Demonstrate strong business acumen and curiosity about Justworks’ products and services. Bring a customer-focused mindset to your partnership: understand how our HR tech solutions empower small businesses and leverage this knowledge to help leaders build high-performing teams that deliver exceptional customer value. Shape the future by identifying opportunities, addressing challenges before they surface, and delivering solutions that enable both people and business to grow with confidence. Leveraging Data
Organize data in a clear, digestible way that equips leaders to make informed, confident decisions. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify opportunities, challenges, and trends. Translate complex information into actionable insights and recommendations that improve organizational effectiveness, strengthen team health, and drive business performance. Championing Change
Serve as a change champion during periods of transformation, developing and executing change management plans that enhance organizational adoption and resilience. Take ownership of change initiatives from planning through adoption, guiding and enabling business leaders to lead and navigate through organizational changes with confidence, ensuring smooth transitions and effective communication. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Embed DEIB principles into team-level strategies and act as an advocate for inclusive culture and equitable talent practices. Talent Development
Drive a high-performance and growth culture by partnering with leaders to set clear expectations, calibrate talent, and embed feedback and accountability practices into day-to-day operations. Develop and refine functional career paths and identify opportunities to embed training and development within Justworks’ broader talent strategy. Contribute to cross-functional talent initiatives, including leadership development, high-potential identification, and strategic capability building. People Team Partnership
Collaborate with the People team Centers of Excellence to deliver programs that attract, engage, and retain top talent. Share best practices, tools, and insights with fellow People Business Partners to elevate the team’s capabilities and foster a culture of shared learning. Partner on cross-functional people initiatives, collaborating across departments to ensure alignment and successful execution of projects that impact the broader organization. Employee Relations
Support business leaders and Justworkers in addressing employee relations matters (including performance concerns and policy violations) with expertise and empathy, in close partnership with the Employee Relations team. Administrative
Perform other related duties, including administrative tasks needed to ensure timely execution of People team-related responsibilities. How You Will Do Your Work
As a People Business Partner, how results are achieved is paramount to your success. Your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies: Consultative – builds relationships, understands problems, and develops solutions through open-ended questions and active listening. Solution-oriented – identifies the source of a question or challenge and provides the right, or a better, way of doing things. Good judgement – critical thinking, analysis, risk assessment and ownership of outcomes. Functional expertise – subject matter expertise of specific function(s) and domain knowledge. Clear communication – effective articulation of ideas through multiple channels and active listening. Adaptability – flexes communication and interpersonal styles to build rapport with stakeholders at all levels. All Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS: Camaraderie, Openness, Grit, Integrity, and Simplicity. Qualifications
5+ years of HR/HRBP experience with the ability to partner with and influence managers and senior leaders. Experience owning initiatives end-to-end — diagnosing needs, shaping solutions, executing, and measuring impact. Experience guiding leaders through change, transformation, and growth with a track record in talent strategy, organizational design, and cross-functional initiatives in matrixed organizations. Success operating in high-growth, rapidly evolving environments with complex, distributed teams. Skilled at coaching and communicating across all levels; adept at navigating employee relations matters with trust, fairness, and compliance. Strong analytical and operational thinking with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and scalable solutions. Discretion and integrity handling confidential information. Knowledge of HR systems and best practices; optimizing systems a plus. Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills. Comprehensive knowledge of employment laws and compliance across federal, state, local, and international contexts. The base wage range for this position based in our New York City Office is targeted at $137,500 to $151,250 per year. Actual compensation is based on multiple factors that are unique to each candidate. Salary ranges for positions based in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. For more information about Justworks’ Total Reward Philosophy, including all of the perks and benefits we are proud to offer our team members, please visit Total Rewards @ Justworks. Diversity At Justworks Justworks is committed to maintaining a workplace where diversity of identity, culture, and life experience is the norm and is celebrated authentically and respected consistently. We are an equal opportunity employer open to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or familial status, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. We provide reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees as required by law. If you need an accommodation, please contact accommodations@justworks.com. Our DEIB data is available to review. Seniority level: Mid-Senior level Employment type: Full-time Job function: Business Development and Sales Industries: Human Resources Services Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Justworks.
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