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About the Role

The Senior People Partner acts as a trusted advisor to leaders, driving organizational performance, leadership effectiveness, and workforce health. This role involves managing complex employee relations, coaching leaders, and shaping team dynamics to ensure Riot's growth aligns with its culture, fairness, and performance standards. It is a strategic leadership position within People Operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, and team performance.
• Anticipate people risks, capability gaps, and cultural issues.
• Lead strategic conversations on engagement, retention, workforce health, and organizational effectiveness.
• Align talent and people decisions with Riot’s business strategy and operating goals.
• Own high-complexity, high-risk employee relations matters, including investigations, performance issues, and sensitive workplace concerns.
• Ensure outcomes are legally sound, consistent, and people-centered.
• Coach leaders on proactive, preventative people practices and accountability expectations.
• Serve as an escalation point and mentor for People Partners on complex or high-stakes cases.
• Lead performance calibration for assigned client groups.
• Coach leaders on expectation-setting, feedback, documentation, and performance differentiation.
• Translate performance insights into clear development actions, talent decisions, and risk mitigation.
• Partner on succession planning and talent risk management for critical roles.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships with leaders across the organization.
• Facilitate difficult conversations and alignment-building discussions within and across teams.
• Shape leadership behavior, team dynamics, and decision-making through coaching and influence.
• Act as a stabilizing presence during periods of change, growth, or conflict.
• Reinforce Riot’s expectations for accountability, clarity, and performance at scale.
• Identify engagement risks and partner with leaders on meaningful action plans.
• Use employee engagement data, ER data, and workforce insights to guide leadership decisions.
• Partner closely with Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, and L&D on people strategy and program execution.
• Ensure consistent adoption of performance, compensation, and talent processes.
• Provide feedback to COEs based on frontline leadership and employee insights.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressive HR or People Partner experience, including ownership of complex employee relations.
• Deep expertise in employee relations, performance management, and leadership coaching.
• Strong executive communication skills and sound judgment in high-stakes situations.
• Ability to see patterns, connect dots, and translate insight into action.
• Comfort operating with autonomy, ambiguity, and organizational complexity.
• Experience supporting fast-moving, operationally complex environments (manufacturing, energy, data centers, tech, or similar) strongly preferred.

Skills

• Organizational design
• Workforce planning
• Team performance
• Employee relations
• Performance management
• Leadership coaching
• Executive communication
• Judgment
• Pattern recognition
• Insight translation
• Autonomy
• Ambiguity tolerance
• Organizational complexity navigation
• Talent management
• Total Rewards
• Talent Acquisition
• Learning and Development (L&D)

Experience Level

• Senior
• 7+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive Salary: Base range (commensurate with experience) + bonus + sign-on equity grant.

Benefits

• Long-Term Growth: Eligible to participate in Riot’s equity incentive programs and share in the success you help build.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan: Includes a generous company match.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Multiple medical plan options, including 100% company-paid plans.
• Wellness & Lifestyle Perks: Enjoy free gym memberships, pet insurance, childcare discounts, and more.

Equal Opportunity

• Riot is an equal opportunity employer.
• We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.