Senior Staff People Business Partner

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook. 

Senior Staff People Business Partner

At Guardant Health, People Business Partners are responsible for partnering with leaders and their leadership teams to develop and implement people and culture strategies to drive business results.  As thought partners, trusted advisors, change agents, and consultants on topics related to talent within the business.  Working closely within the People Team to perform their role and responsibilities, the People Business Partner role models collaboration with centers of excellence such as, Employee Experience, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, Talent Acquisition, People Operations and Employee Relations.  This Senior Staff People Business Partner will support our Accelerating Functions vertical. This includes (but is not limited to) Finance, Legal, and Corporate Development. It is the perfect opportunity for someone who has extensive strategic and HR functional knowledge and thrives in managing multiple key people initiatives and different interactions with senior-level business leaders.  This role requires strong change management and exceptional communication skills and the ability to plan and execute flawlessly on people-related activities (ex: organizational design, performance management cycles, workforce planning, mergers & acquisition, integration, etc.).  This role is based in our headquarters office, Palo Alto, California, and requires in-office attendance three (3) days per week (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday).    

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains strong working relationships with leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution. 
• Role models our values and leadership principles to support our organizational culture.
• Develops a deep understanding of the business to appropriately guide and influence leaders on their People agenda, which includes organizational design, external trends, and benchmark analysis, etc.
• Develops well-thought through change management and communication plans and demonstrates end-to-end thinking and continuous improvement towards processes and desired outcomes.
• Applies expertise in the following areas: organizational design, strategic HR management, workforce planning, employee engagement, performance management, career planning, executive and employee coaching, analysis of people data, total rewards, learning and development, and recognition programs.
• Provides expertise across the mergers and acquisitions lifecycle, including due diligence and integration.
• Leverages data and other metrics to proactively identify and present solutions based on business needs. Identifies and surfaces trends through both qualitative and quantitative data to help drive impact in the business. 
• Partners and drives results alongside other Centers of Excellence in the People Team (i.e., Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, and Learning & Development) to help the People Team implement solutions that support and scale the business

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience 
• 12+ years of HR experience creating measurable impact on a major business unit (preferably in a high-growth company) with at least 10 years of experience as a People Business Partner (preferably supporting C-suite leadership managing G&A functions) 
• Experience managing change and communications related to organizational design
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Senior Leadership (i.e., Executive level) 
• Equally comfortable partnering with employees and leadership and moving regularly between the tactical and strategic priorities
• Expertise in mergers & acquisitions and integration plans
• Demonstrates solid judgment and experience assessing risk relative to the business 
• Ability to solve challenges and get to the root cause of any issue. Design and quickly implement solutions that may cut across multiple disciplines.  
• Experience with influencing, decision making, driving change, etc.
• Self-motivated and assertive with the ability to hunt down answers and drive solutions autonomously 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - must be an articulate and persuasive communicator
• Displays strong business acumen – sees the big picture and operates with perspective 

Hybrid Work Model:This section is applicable to onsite employees who are eligible for hybrid work location as specified by management and related policies.  Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. This range does not include benefits or, if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, education, job-related skills, job duties, and business need. Primary Location: Palo Alto, CA Primary Location Base Pay Range: $171,900 - $236,400 Other US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $146,115 - $200,940 If the role is performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is: $154,710 - $212,760