Senior People Partner

Requirements

• You're a People generalist who's comfortable spanning business partnering, ops, and project delivery
• You've worked in a startup or scaleup environment (ideally post-Series A) and are used to building things from scratch, not just running established processes
• You bring a commercial mindset - you understand business strategy and organisational priorities, and you frame People decisions in terms of what's right for the business
• You've personally handled performance management, probation, and difficult people situations - not just designed policy around them
• You're self-sufficient - you can manage senior stakeholders, navigate ambiguity, and make judgment calls without constant input
• You communicate clearly and directly, adapting your style across different audiences and levels of seniority
• Bonus: experience scaling a People function through 150-300+ headcount, international employment experience, or exposure to building performance management or L&D frameworks from scratch

What the job involves

• We're hiring a Senior People Partner to own the day-to-day of our People function as Sona scales through its next phase of growth
• Reporting to the Chief of Staff & VP of People (single person, dual role!), this is a role for someone who wants to do excellent business partnering and execution work: from partnering with senior leaders on the people decisions that matter through to building and improving the processes that help a 150+ person, globally distributed team do their best work
• Day to day, that means being the go-to partner for managers navigating performance conversations, probation, and difficult people decisions
• It also means driving forward projects like performance management, learning and development, and the systems that support a high-performance culture, executing the strategy while the VP of People holds the overall direction
• This isn't a role where you'll inherit a fully formed function and keep it running. Much of what you'll be responsible for needs to be built from scratch or improved
• If you're energised by that kind of ambiguity, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and the org evolves quickly, this will be a great fit. For the right person who comes in and excels, there's a clear path to Head of People
• Own the day-to-day of the People function, acting as a key business partner across the business
• Partner with managers and leaders on performance management, probation, employee relations, and people decisions
• Drive People projects - including performance management frameworks, L&D, and culture initiatives - from design through to delivery
• Help ensure our operational processes are documented, AI-first and scalable
• Work closely with the VP of People to execute the People strategy as Sona scales past 150 headcount and into new international markets