Lead People & Culture Partner

**Hybrid Position: 1-2 days per week in our Union Square, NYC office is required

Unqork empowers enterprises to accelerate growth by rapidly building, testing, and running applications that are designed to be AI-native. Trusted by the world’s largest organizations in highly regulated industries, these applications become more secure over time while significantly reducing technical debt—allowing businesses to focus on innovation rather than maintenance. Unqork’s customers include Goldman Sachs, Marsh, BlackRock, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

At Unqork, we value inclusive and innovative thinkers who boldly challenge the status quo. We encourage you to apply!

The Impact U will make:

The HR Business Partner for the Technology Group is a strategic partner responsible for aligning human resources initiatives with business objectives. This role will collaborate closely with technology, product, and design leaders to provide guidance and support on a wide range of HR functions, including internal communications, talent management, performance enablement, learning & development initiatives, employee relations, and workforce planning.

The ideal candidate will leverage their deep HR expertise and coaching skills to cultivate a transparent, high-performing culture that drives continuous learning, growth, and innovation.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Engineering, Product, and Design leaders, providing strategic guidance and translating business goals into people strategy.
• Lead key people processes for client groups, including performance calibrations, promotion reviews, compensation planning, and workforce planning, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Coach leaders and managers on effective performance management, career development conversations, and building high-performing, resilient teams.
• Contribute to HR projects and initiatives, such as performance management, engagement programs, culture initiatives, learning & development, and policy updates.
• Translate people data into insight-driven action plans that fuel high-impact initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional internal communications strategies and programs to ensure employees feel inspired, informed, and aligned. Create two-way dialogue channels that surface feedback, strengthen trust, and build alignment.
• Oversee learning & development programs that meet the needs of the business from needs assessment and design to rollout and ongoing program management.
• Act as a culture amplifier, reinforcing our Qorks (values) and fostering an inclusive, high-performance environment.

What U bring:

• 7–10 years of experience in a dynamic, people-centric environment as an HRBP, with a strong track record of delivering measurable learning and talent development outcomes.
• Experience with internal communications.
• A strategic, empathetic partner—thoughtful in approach, confident in influencing upward or laterally.
• Hands-on, high-energy doer—comfortable in ambiguity, eager to try new ideas, and quick to act.
• Familiar with HR systems, internal comms tools, and learning platforms.

Why U will love being here:

• You get to wear multiple hats—where strategy, communication, and coaching intersect—making a real impact every day.
• You'll join a one-team culture that celebrates energy, innovation, and openness. We deliver boldly, together.
• A chance to shape the employee experience from first hello to the ongoing journey—helping people grow, connect, and feel proud to belong.

Compensation, Benefits, & Perks

💻 Work from home with a remote-first community

🏝 Unlimited PTO (and the encouragement to use it)

📝 Student loan payback program

🏥 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you and your dependents

💸 Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

🏠 Monthly stipend toward your WFH setup, vacation, development and more

💰 Employer-sponsored 401(k) with contribution match

🏋🏻‍♀️ Subsidized ClassPass Membership

🍼 Generous Paid Parental Leave

💲 Hiring Ranges:

• Tier 1: $130,000 - $170,000 base salary
• Tier 2: $117,000 - $153,000 base salary

Unqork employs a market-driven approach to establish compensation ranges. In addition to a base salary, employees may also be eligible to receive a target incentive and company equity in the form of stock options.

An employee’s compensation within the range provided above depends on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, their location, role, skillset, level of experience, and similar peer salaries.

As a remote-first company, Unqork incorporates a geographic differential into our compensation structure, depending on the candidate’s location. We utilize a tiered system—Tier 1 and Tier 2—to accurately reflect local market rates and ensure our compensation packages are both fair and competitive.Our geographic tiers are defined as follows:

• Tier 1: New York Metro, Seattle Metro, San Francisco Bay Area
• Tier 2: All other US and US territory locations

Unqork embraces a culture of security and privacy awareness by consistently safeguarding sensitive information, adhering to company policies, and actively participating in training and initiatives to protect our data and the privacy of our stakeholders.

Unqork is an equal opportunity employer. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age.

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