Associate Director, People Partner

At New Engen we help brands grownot just bigger but smarter. Were a digital marketing agency built to drive meaningful impact across the entire customer journey blending media creative analytics influencer and retail strategies into performance-driven campaigns.

Some clients partner with us through long-term agency relationships. Others tap into specialized solutionslike Donut Studios our in-house creative studio for platform-native and short-form content or Acorn Creator Suite our influencer marketing solution built for retail impact. While each solution brings its own focus and flavor theyre all part of how we deliver for our clients together as one team.

Were a collaborative group of strategists creatives analysts and makers who are all in on helping brandsand each otherthrive. We work hard stay humble and build with purpose.

Lead and develop our HR Business Partner function ensuring our People Partners operate as trusted proactive advisors who understand the business and help leaders make strong decisions about their teams.

Youll manage and coach a team of HR Business Partners set the strategy and expectations for how we partner with the business and help elevate the function from solving individual people challenges to identifying patterns anticipating needs and shaping broader organizational strategy.

Partner with senior leaders on organizational design job design and workforce strategy. Youll help us answer questions like: What capabilities do we need How should teams be structured Where should accountability sit What does meaningful career progression look like

Youll own and evolve frameworks around job structure role clarity leveling career paths and organizational design creating greater consistency in how we build teams across New Engen.

Lead our approach to workforce and talent planning partnering with leaders to understand where the business is headed and what talent capabilities and organizational structures well need to get there.

Youll help connect workforce planning performance succession development retention and hiring into a more cohesive talent strategy.

Own and evolve company-wide talent practices including performance management talent reviews succession planning career development and manager effectiveness.

Rather than simply administering programs youll continually evaluate whether our People practices are helping the business make better talent decisions and evolve them as our organization changes.

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on complex organizational and talent decisions.

Youll bring together business context people data organizational insights and strong judgment to help leaders navigate change build effective teams develop talent and solve organizational challenges.

Youll also serve as a senior escalation point for complex or high-impact employee matters partnering closely with our HR Business Partners and other members of the People team.

Partner closely with the Director of People to identify and lead strategic People initiatives that support New Engens broader business priorities.

Youll take complex or ambiguous organizational challenges and turn them into clear strategies frameworks and programs that can scale across the company.

This could include work across organizational effectiveness career architecture leadership development workforce strategy performance talent mobility change management and other evolving business needs.

Work closely with our People Operations to ensure our talent strategies connect effectively with compensation benefits HR systems policies and People operations.

Youll help ensure that the employee experience feels cohesive even when different areas of the People team own different parts of it.

• 8 years of progressive HR experience with significant experience in an HR Business Partner People Partner People Strategy Talent or organizational effectiveness role
• Experience managing and developing HR Business Partners or other experienced People professionals
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior and executive leaders on complex organizational and talent decisions
• Strong experience with organizational design workforce planning job design job architecture or career frameworks
• Experience designing or leading company-wide talent programs such as performance management talent reviews succession planning career development or leadership development
• Strong business acumen and the ability to connect People strategy to business priorities and outcomes
• Ability to move comfortably between high-level strategy and practical execution
• Strong coaching and influencing skills including the ability to challenge leaders thoughtfully and navigate competing perspectives
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and creating structure where a clear playbook may not yet exist
• Strong analytical instincts and the ability to use people data and business context to identify trends and inform decisions
• Experience leading organizational change or other complex cross-functional initiatives
• Experience in an agency professional services technology or similarly fast-moving and matrixed organization is a plus
• Talent Acquisition or recruiting leadership experience is a plus but not required
• Bachelors degree in HR Business Organizational Development or a related field preferred; advanced degree or HR certification is a plus

This is a hybrid role based in our Seattle office. We believe this role is most effective with regular in-person partnership and collaboration with leaders and the broader New Engen team.

• Medical Dental Vision Short/Long-Term Disability Life/AD&D
• 401k - Employer match
• HSA - Employer contributes
• Flexible Vacation & PTO plan
• Paid Maternity / Paternity
• Paid Holidays
• Hybrid work schedule
• Laid back office environment
• The coolest team ;)
• Fun company events & off-sites

Salary Range: $130000 - $170000 annually

Compensation for each opportunity is determined based on the applicable labor market the scope and structure of the role or engagement and the individuals qualifications and experience.

New Engen is proud to have offices in Seattle New York and Northwest Arkansas each one anchoring teams that drive creativity collaboration and culture. But great work isnt limited to those zip codes. We also support a distributed team of remote employees across the country giving people the flexibility to do their best work wherever they are.

We currently hire full-time employees in the following states: Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Illinois Michigan Missouri Nevada New Jersey New York North Carolina Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington and Wisconsin

Lets Build Whats Next Together If youre passionate about media and eager to make a meaningful impact with a team thats all in wed love to hear from you.

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