Senior People Business Partner

About Us: YipitData is the leading market research and analytics firm for the disruptive economy and most recently raised $475M from The Carlyle Group at a valuation of over $1B. Every day, our proprietary technology analyzes billions of alternative data points to uncover actionable insights across sectors like software, AI, cloud, e-commerce, ridesharing, and payments. Our data and research teams transform raw data into strategic intelligence, delivering accurate, timely, and deeply contextualized analysis that our customers—ranging from the world’s top investment funds to Fortune 500 companies—depend on to drive high-stakes decisions. From sourcing and licensing novel datasets to rigorous analysis and expert narrative framing, our teams ensure clients get not just data, but clarity and confidence. We operate globally with offices in the US, APAC, and India. Our award-winning, people-centric culture—recognized by Inc. as a Best Workplace for three consecutive years—emphasizes transparency, ownership, and continuous mastery. What It’s Like to Work at YipitData: YipitData isn’t a place for coasting—it’s a launchpad for ambitious, impact-driven professionals. From day one, you’ll take the lead on meaningful work, accelerate your growth, and gain exposure that shapes careers. Why Top Talent Chooses YipitData: Ownership That Matters: You’ll lead high-impact projects with real business outcomes Rapid Growth: We compress years of learning into months Merit Over Titles: Trust and responsibility are earned through execution, not tenure Velocity with Purpose: We move fast, support each other, and aim high—always with purpose and intention If your ambition is matched by your work ethic—and you’re hungry for a place where growth, impact, and ownership are the norm—YipitData might be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. About the Role: As a Senior People Business Partner at YipitData, you will advise managers and senior leaders globally, translating business priorities into effective organizational and talent strategies. You will help leaders strengthen team performance, develop their leadership capabilities, plan for future workforce needs, and navigate complex organizational challenges. You will proactively identify people and organizational risks, influence critical decisions, and lead scalable initiatives that enable our teams to grow while sustaining YipitData’s high-performance, people-centered culture. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen, sound judgment, and exceptional coaching skills with a bias for action. You thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and can move seamlessly between strategic advising and hands-on execution, independently leading complex work from concept through implementation. As our Senior Business Partner, you will : Serve as a trusted advisor to managers and senior leaders, using business acumen and sound judgment to influence organizational design, talent strategy, leadership development, and workforce planning. Coach managers through ambiguous, high-stakes people and organizational challenges, strengthening their judgment, accountability, and ability to lead high-performing teams through growth and change. Partner with managers, Talent Acquisition, and Finance to develop workforce and hiring strategies that align team structures and investments with the company’s highest priorities. Strengthen the systems and management practices that support a high-performance culture, creating clear and consistent expectations for performance, accountability, and development. Lead core talent processes, including performance management, calibration, promotions, succession planning, compensation planning, engagement, and leadership development for the Public Investor business Identify emerging organizational and talent risks—including retention concerns, leadership gaps, succession needs, and scaling challenges—and develop practical, data-informed solutions before they become business blockers. Guide managers and leaders through reorganizations and other significant organizational changes, ensuring thoughtful planning, clear communication, and a strong employee experience. Navigate complex and sensitive employee relations matters in partnership with Legal and People Operations, exercising sound independent judgment and escalating appropriately. Partner across the People team to build and improve scalable programs, processes, and operating practices—not simply administer existing ones. Shape communication strategies for significant people and organizational initiatives, ensuring leaders and employees have the context and clarity they need. Champion YipitData’s culture and leadership expectations, helping leaders build inclusive, high-performing teams and reinforce our values throughout the employee lifecycle. Use AI and technology to increase the effectiveness and scalability of your work and help leaders and teams operate more efficiently. You Are Likely To Succeed If: You have 6+ years of experience in HR Business Partner, People Partner, Organizational Development, or a related role within a high-growth technology, SaaS, or similarly fast-paced environment. You have significant experience advising managers and senior leaders, including Director-level and above stakeholders, through complex business, organizational, and people decisions. You bring strong business acumen and can connect financial and operational priorities to talent decisions, building credibility beyond traditional HR topics. You have led organizational design, workforce planning, or talent strategy initiatives supporting meaningful company or department growth. You proactively identify organizational risks and develop practical, systemic solutions rather than waiting for issues to escalate. You have built, redesigned, or significantly improved People programs or systems, not only administered established processes. You have led core talent processes such as performance management, compensation planning, engagement, succession planning, or leadership development. You exercise strong independent judgment in sensitive employee relations, performance, and organizational matters and know when to escalate. You are an exceptional communicator who can influence senior stakeholders, adapt across audiences, and bring clarity to complex or sensitive topics. You use business context, qualitative signals, and quantitative insights to develop recommendations and guide decisions. You thrive in high-growth, ambiguous environments where priorities evolve and systems are still being built. You have experience supporting globally distributed teams and navigating cross-cultural organizational dynamics. Bonus Points If: You have supported Data, Insights, Revenue, GTM, and / or Engineering organizations. You have built or redesigned career frameworks, leveling structures, performance systems, or leadership development programs. You have partnered closely with Finance and Talent Acquisition on strategic headcount planning and investment decisions. You have led significant organizational changes, restructurings, or transformation initiatives. You have helped a growing organization define and operationalize a high-performance culture. What We Offer: Our compensation package includes comprehensive benefits, perks, and a competitive salary: We care about your personal life, and we mean it. We offer flexible work hours, flexible vacation, a generous 401K match, parental leave, team events, wellness budget, learning reimbursement, and more! Your growth at YipitData is determined by the impact that you are making, not by tenure, unnecessary facetime, or office politics. Everyone at YipitData is empowered to learn, self-improve, and master their skills in an environment focused on ownership, respect, and trust. See more on our high-impact, high-opportunity work environment above! Base Salary + Performance-Based Bonus: The annual base salary range for this position is anticipated to be $150K-$175K, with eligibility for an annual performance-based bonus of up to 10% . Final compensation may be determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the applicant’s experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and internal team benchmarks. This role may be performed fully remotely within the United States. Please note that our US headquarters are located in NYC. We also have office hubs in Austin, Miami, Denver, Mountain View, and Seattle. If the remote work is performed outside of these offices, income may be subject to New York State tax withholding. Please note that for this position, we are not able to consider candidates who currently or in the future will require visa sponsorship. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. Job Applicant Privacy Notice