Lead People Business Partner

Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We want people who are passionate about supporting people and making sure our teams are strategic and thoughtful about enabling and developing their talent to drive performance.

As the Lead People Business Partner, you will act as a key strategic partner with our PaaS, Ai/ML, Engineering Shared Services and Information Security leadership teams.You will be an integral part of those leadership teams; working to grow people programming, tools, and strategic insights to develop and deliver value to our business and teams. You will be a resource to the leadership team, people managers, and employees, helping drive effective and impactful operations and employee engagement. You will lead the charge on employee engagement, organization effectiveness and strategic talent performance, development & compensation planning activities. And finally, you’ll be instrumental in scaling our growing company, championing our values and ensuring that DigitalOcean remains a great place to work.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Partner with a global leadership and People team as an advocate, resource, and frontline for your client groups.
• Strategize in support of business objectives for how we staff, onboard, develop, motivate and organize work.
• Provide HR guidance and support to the assigned business area across a breadth of areas including workforce planning & organizational design, talent management, employee development, performance management and change management.
• Leverage analytics and data to drive thoughtful workforce planning and serve as a strategic partner both internally to the people team and externally to your clients.
• Play an instrumental role in building our high-performance culture by ensuring that all DO employees are receiving the support they need to perform at their full potential.  
• Offer guidance to leadership in the following areas: talent planning, performance management, compensation planning, employee relations, benefits and talent development
• Facilitate talent reviews and succession planning discussions and work with the business to ensure plans are actively put into practice.
• Acting as a liaison with our Talent Acquisition, OrgDev, Total Rewards, and People Operations teams to ensure proper delivery and impact of programs
• Knowledgeable in labor and employment laws, policies and processes, in depth knowledge of India, Pakistan and UAE will be a plus.
• Provide feedback or create employee focused programs or processes. 
• Experience in working with a HRIS system ideally Workday 

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• Experience as a Senior HR business leader, ideally in a technology organization that has experienced massive growth. You should be able to understand the operational areas of the business so that you can help our managers and leaders with complex challenges, and give guidance on People topics.
• Experience implementing people programs including compensation, performance feedback, HR compliance, and professional growth & development initiatives.
• Ability to work proactively in addressing people related opportunities and getting ahead of people challenges faced by our business.
• Passion for change management and guiding our business through ambiguity and constant evolution / iteration.
• Experience building relationships and collaborating with key stakeholders. Highly self-motivated and driven, able to work well in both team environments and independently.
• The ability to effectively translate metrics and data into actionable strategy.
• Technical curiosity and knowledge of emerging best practice trends in HR products and services.
• A deep sense of empathy. You connect well with employees of all levels and understand their needs.
• A friendly and approachable communication style where both ICs and managers are comfortable confiding in you.
• A belief in a People-first approach to building teams and driving effective performance across the organization.

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We are proud to work here. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support your overall well-being, from one-time work from home stipend to wellness allowance to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is between $165,000 - $175,000 based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. 
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

*This is a remote role

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