Manager, People Business Partners
GitLab
Manager, People Business Partners
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as Manager, People Business Partners, becoming a strategic ally to engineering leaders driving organizational excellence.
Empower teams within the world's leading AI-powered DevSecOps platform, accelerating human progress through collaborative software innovation.
Champion GitLab's mission to enable everyone to contribute and co-create the software powering our world.
Navigate complex engineering transformations, from job architecture evolution to leadership transitions, with clarity and impact.
Foster a high-performance culture across global teams, breaking barriers and redefining software development possibilities.
Build trusted partnerships with VP and senior director-level leaders, translating challenges into actionable people strategies.
Thrive in a fast-paced environment where AI multiplies productivity, innovation flourishes, and every voice shapes the future.
Drive consistency in talent development, calibrations, and growth for distributed engineering organizations.
Co-create engineering's future by maturing practices, aligning leaders, and supporting scalable high-performance teams.
Make a visible impact in a values-driven culture that values continuous learning, knowledge exchange, and bold problem-solving.
Locations
- Canada, Remote, US (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
170,000 - 260,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Strategic partnership and advisory skillsintermediate
- Change management expertiseintermediate
- Organization design knowledgeintermediate
- Leadership coaching abilitiesintermediate
- Facilitation of calibration processesintermediate
- Asynchronous communication proficiencyintermediate
- Cross-functional collaborationintermediate
- Data-informed decision-makingintermediate
- Global team navigationintermediate
- Stakeholder influence and relationship buildingintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Experience as a People Business Partner supporting engineering or technical organizations (experience)
- Background working with senior leaders including Senior Directors and Vice Presidents (experience)
- Ability to build trusted relationships and influence decision-making (experience)
- Experience supporting globally distributed teams across multiple regions (experience)
- Comfort operating in periods of organizational change or transformation (experience)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills for asynchronous work (experience)
- Expertise in balancing strategic work with hands-on execution of people processes (experience)
- Familiarity with providing data-informed guidance to leaders (experience)
- Exposure to fast-paced tech environments of comparable size and complexity (experience)
- Openness to learning company-specific ways of working (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep understanding of engineering-specific challenges like job leveling (experience)
- Experience facilitating calibrations and performance processes (experience)
- Knowledge of organization design and change management (experience)
- Background in coaching leaders on global team navigation (experience)
- Prior work with leadership transitions at executive levels (experience)
- Familiarity with engineering offsites and alignment forums (experience)
- Experience partnering with Talent Management and cross-functional teams (experience)
- Skills in driving job architecture changes and career path maturity (experience)
- Transferable experience from product or IT domains (experience)
- Proven ability to create cohesion among diverse leadership teams (experience)
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior engineering leaders to understand priorities and translate into people strategies
- Drive job architecture changes including new levels and consistent role expectations
- Lead and facilitate engineering calibrations with PBP and Talent Management partners
- Coach leaders on organization design, change management, and global teams
- Collaborate with other PBPs and Talent partners for consistent experiences
- Support planning and execution of engineering offsites and key forums
- Build trust quickly with senior engineering leaders globally
- Lean into engineering-wide processes like calibrations and offsites
- Help bring cohesion to leadership teams spanning tenured and new members
- Advise on maturing organizations and building high-performance cultures
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for inclusion and belonging
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement
- general: Generous Parental Leave
- general: Home office support and equipment
- general: All-remote work environment
- general: Opportunities for continuous learning and knowledge exchange
- general: Collaboration with industry leaders in a high-performance culture
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Manager, People Business Partners
GitLab
Manager, People Business Partners
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as Manager, People Business Partners, becoming a strategic ally to engineering leaders driving organizational excellence.
Empower teams within the world's leading AI-powered DevSecOps platform, accelerating human progress through collaborative software innovation.
Champion GitLab's mission to enable everyone to contribute and co-create the software powering our world.
Navigate complex engineering transformations, from job architecture evolution to leadership transitions, with clarity and impact.
Foster a high-performance culture across global teams, breaking barriers and redefining software development possibilities.
Build trusted partnerships with VP and senior director-level leaders, translating challenges into actionable people strategies.
Thrive in a fast-paced environment where AI multiplies productivity, innovation flourishes, and every voice shapes the future.
Drive consistency in talent development, calibrations, and growth for distributed engineering organizations.
Co-create engineering's future by maturing practices, aligning leaders, and supporting scalable high-performance teams.
Make a visible impact in a values-driven culture that values continuous learning, knowledge exchange, and bold problem-solving.
Locations
- Canada, Remote, US (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
170,000 - 260,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Strategic partnership and advisory skillsintermediate
- Change management expertiseintermediate
- Organization design knowledgeintermediate
- Leadership coaching abilitiesintermediate
- Facilitation of calibration processesintermediate
- Asynchronous communication proficiencyintermediate
- Cross-functional collaborationintermediate
- Data-informed decision-makingintermediate
- Global team navigationintermediate
- Stakeholder influence and relationship buildingintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Experience as a People Business Partner supporting engineering or technical organizations (experience)
- Background working with senior leaders including Senior Directors and Vice Presidents (experience)
- Ability to build trusted relationships and influence decision-making (experience)
- Experience supporting globally distributed teams across multiple regions (experience)
- Comfort operating in periods of organizational change or transformation (experience)
- Strong communication and collaboration skills for asynchronous work (experience)
- Expertise in balancing strategic work with hands-on execution of people processes (experience)
- Familiarity with providing data-informed guidance to leaders (experience)
- Exposure to fast-paced tech environments of comparable size and complexity (experience)
- Openness to learning company-specific ways of working (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep understanding of engineering-specific challenges like job leveling (experience)
- Experience facilitating calibrations and performance processes (experience)
- Knowledge of organization design and change management (experience)
- Background in coaching leaders on global team navigation (experience)
- Prior work with leadership transitions at executive levels (experience)
- Familiarity with engineering offsites and alignment forums (experience)
- Experience partnering with Talent Management and cross-functional teams (experience)
- Skills in driving job architecture changes and career path maturity (experience)
- Transferable experience from product or IT domains (experience)
- Proven ability to create cohesion among diverse leadership teams (experience)
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior engineering leaders to understand priorities and translate into people strategies
- Drive job architecture changes including new levels and consistent role expectations
- Lead and facilitate engineering calibrations with PBP and Talent Management partners
- Coach leaders on organization design, change management, and global teams
- Collaborate with other PBPs and Talent partners for consistent experiences
- Support planning and execution of engineering offsites and key forums
- Build trust quickly with senior engineering leaders globally
- Lean into engineering-wide processes like calibrations and offsites
- Help bring cohesion to leadership teams spanning tenured and new members
- Advise on maturing organizations and building high-performance cultures
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for inclusion and belonging
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement
- general: Generous Parental Leave
- general: Home office support and equipment
- general: All-remote work environment
- general: Opportunities for continuous learning and knowledge exchange
- general: Collaboration with industry leaders in a high-performance culture
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