People Business Partner

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here.  We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. 

As a Senior People Business Partner, you will be the trusted people advisor to a business leader and their leadership team within the CPTO organization. You'll combine business judgment with deep people expertise to help leaders build high-performing teams, navigate change, and develop talent. You'll have the credibility to challenge and coach senior leaders, and the flexibility to roll up your sleeves when a team needs hands-on support.

What You'll Do

Strategic Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to the business leader and their direct reports
• Translate business plans into workforce plans, and challenge assumptions about headcount and structure
• Proactively bring data and employee insights into leadership discussions to shape decisions

Organizational Design and Change Management

• Advise on restructures, team design, spans and layers, and role clarity
• Lead the people side of change: planning, consultation, and communications
• Help managers carry their teams through disruption

Talent and Succession

• Own the talent strategy for your unit, including workforce planning and hiring priorities
• Identify high performers and future leaders, and partner with leaders to develop succession plans
• Ensure critical roles are not single points of failure

Performance and reward

• Support performance cycles and calibrate ratings for fairness and consistency
• Advise on promotions and compensation decisions
• Coach managers on addressing underperformance

Employee Relations

• Guide managers through complex cases, including grievances, disciplinary matters, investigations, absence, and exits
• Balance legal compliance, fairness to the individual, and risk to the organization
• Escalate to counsel when needed

Culture, Engagement, and Retention