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About the Role

Lambda is seeking an HR Business Partner to champion culture and values, provide strategic HR partnership to engineering teams, and drive HR initiatives. This role focuses on supporting team leadership, executing HR strategy, managing performance, and fostering talent acquisition and development within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Champion Culture and Values: Act as a key driver in promoting and integrating our culture, mission, values, and purpose across teams.
• Ensure culture, mission, and values are embedded into all HR processes and initiatives, especially when it comes to hiring, performance management, and team dynamics.
• Provide HR partnership to high-performing engineering teams, with a strong focus on the team’s goals, business needs, and challenges.
• Become deeply embedded in team activities and dynamics, not just at the team level but across the organization.
• Engage in team meetings to stay informed and identify blind spots that impact team cohesion, performance, and morale.
• Act as a trusted advisor to team leaders, offering guidance on executing key initiatives and providing a fresh perspective on team dynamics and individual performance.
• Help leaders assess how their teams are working together, offering feedback on interpersonal relationships, conflict resolution, and ways to build a stronger team culture.
• Develop and execute HR strategies tailored to the unique needs of engineering teams, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives.
• Serve as a thought partner to leadership on how to optimize team performance through workforce planning, talent development, and succession planning.
• Provide consistent performance management support to leaders, ensuring they are equipped to handle coaching, counseling, and career development.
• Actively monitor team performance and provide constructive feedback to help leaders make informed decisions on promotions, development, and performance improvement.
• Take an active role in the hiring process, specifically in culture interviews, ensuring that new hires align with team values and bring the necessary talent to drive business success.
• Work with leaders to refine the interview process and raise the hiring bar across the organization.
• Focus on understanding the interpersonal dynamics within teams.
• Use high emotional intelligence (EQ) to coach individuals and teams on how to collaborate more effectively and resolve conflicts in a constructive way.
• Work closely with leadership to identify and address any organizational issues or inefficiencies that may hinder team performance.
• Challenge the status quo and bring common-sense, innovative solutions to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Influence who is hired, promoted, and let go based on our core values.
• Ensure that HR decisions align with the broader mission and values, and be courageous in driving organizational change and improvements.
• Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues with a focus on fairness and transparency.
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements, while providing guidance and support in handling sensitive employee matters.
• Partner with the broader HR team to analyze trends and metrics that will drive improvements in team performance, engagement, and retention.
• Use data to provide actionable insights for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5+ years of HR Business Partner experience.
• At least 3+ years working directly with high-performing engineering teams.
• Extremely high EQ and a deep understanding of the dynamics within high-performance teams.
• Able to coach, influence, and challenge teams and leaders in ways that drive better outcomes.
• Able to seamlessly transition between strategic initiatives and day-to-day HR operations.
• Comfortable providing both big-picture guidance and hands-on support for executing key HR functions.
• A true coach at heart, with a mindset of building and maintaining a high-performance "sports team" culture.
• Strong sense of common sense and the ability to question the status quo when outcomes aren’t meeting expectations.
• Have the courage to take risks and challenge norms to build an exceptional team.
• Possess the ability to diagnose organizational issues and provide pragmatic solutions that drive both individual and collective performance.
• Experience in driving diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that support high-performing teams and create an environment where all employees feel valued and heard.
• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills, enabling you to manage multiple priorities effectively and communicate clearly with senior leadership, team members, and stakeholders.
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information with the highest degree of professionalism and integrity.
• Experience managing HR projects within a fast-paced, high-growth environment, such as a startup or remote-first organization.
• A demonstrated passion for driving organizational change and continuous improvement in HR practices.
• A commitment to raising the bar in recruitment processes, ensuring that the best talent is hired and integrated effectively into the team culture.
• Solid experience in HR roles, particularly in supporting high-performance engineering teams.
• High emotional intelligence, with the ability to effectively navigate complex interpersonal dynamics and coach leaders.
• A coach-like mindset, with a focus on building high-performing teams and achieving business outcomes.
• Courage to challenge the status quo and ask tough questions in the pursuit of excellence.

Skills

• HR Business Partnering
• Culture and Values Championing
• Strategic HR Planning
• Performance Management
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Development
• Employee Relations
• Conflict Resolution
• Organizational Development
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
• Communication Skills
• Time Management
• Organizational Skills
• Confidentiality
• Discretion
• Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
• Coaching
• Influencing
• Critical Thinking
• Problem-Solving

Location

• San Francisco, CA
• San Jose, CA

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 5+ years HR Business Partner experience
• 3+ years supporting engineering teams

Salary/Compensations

• Salary range set based on market data and other factors.
• A salary higher or lower than this range may be appropriate for a candidate whose qualifications differ meaningfully from those listed in the job description.

Benefits

• Generous cash & equity compensation
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles
• 401k Plan with 2% company match (USA employees)
• Flexible paid time off plan that we all actually use

About the Company

• Lambda, The Superintelligence Cloud, is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving tens of thousands of customers, ranging from AI researchers to enterprises and hyperscalers.
• Lambda's mission is to make compute as ubiquitous as electricity and give everyone the power of superintelligence.
• Founded in 2012, with 500+ employees, and growing fast.
• Investors include TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, Gradient Ventures, Mercato Partners, SVB, 1517, and Crescent Cove.
• Has research papers accepted at top machine learning and graphics conferences, including NeurIPS, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, and TOG.
• Values are publicly available: https://lambda.ai/careers.

Equal Opportunity

• Lambda is an Equal Opportunity employer.
• Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.