Senior Staff Human Resources Business Partner

Are you a strategic partner who thrives on empowering leaders and teams to scale effectively? Do you bring a deep understanding of Go-to-Market dynamics and a passion for building high-performing, values-driven organizations? Are you excited to leverage data, technology, and coaching to shape a future-ready workforce and culture?
If so, we invite you to be a part of our innovative team.

As a Senior Staff / Principal HR Business Partner at Ridgeline, you’ll serve as a critical advisor to our Go-to-Market (GTM) leadership team across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Product Strategy. This highly visible role blends strategy and execution, influencing everything from organizational design and workforce planning to leadership development and performance culture. You’ll craft people strategies that directly support scalable growth and innovation—and you’ll be empowered to leverage the latest tools, including AI platforms like ChatGPT, to amplify impact and efficiency across the function.

*NOTE: This role may be hired at a Senior Staff level or a Principal Level.*

At Ridgeline, how we work matters as much as what we build. Ridgeliners act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and communicate with transparency. We assume positive intent, bias toward action, and bring solutions—not just problems. We celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and thrive in a resilient, collaborative, high-performing culture.
If this excites you, we’d love to meet you.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

The impact you will have:

• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to GTM and executive leaders, aligning people strategies with business goals.

• Design and implement scalable organizational structures, workforce strategies, and talent roadmaps through cross-functional alignment and influence.

• Coach executives and senior leaders to elevate their leadership effectiveness, impact, and organizational health.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives to build leadership capability and drive talent planning across GTM.

• Partner with Finance, GTM Operations, and HR to shape compensation and incentive programs that balance competitiveness, accountability, and fiscal discipline.

• Apply data, analytics, and AI-driven insights to inform people decisions, identify organizational opportunities, and measure program outcomes.

• Navigate and resolve complex employee relations matters with integrity and alignment to Ridgeline values

• Drive a culture of accountability, feedback, and inclusion to promote team clarity and engagement.

• Mentor other HR team members and model Ridgeline’s culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and resilience.

• Stay informed on HR and technology trends (including AI) and translate insights into actionable strategies that enhance GTM effectiveness and innovation.

What we look for:

• 10–12+ years of HR Business Partner experience, ideally in high-growth, customer-facing tech environments.

• Demonstrated success advising executive leadership and shaping people strategy in GTM functions.

• Strong background in organizational design, talent planning, leadership development, and change management.

• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate insights into strategic people programs.

• Skilled at influencing cross-functional stakeholders with clarity and empathy.

• Exceptional communication and coaching skills.

• High comfort with ambiguity and a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.

• Experience with or curiosity about using AI tools and people analytics to scale impact.

• Experience leading HR initiatives during a period of GTM hypergrowth

Bonus:

• Familiarity with investment management or enterprise SaaS business models

About Ridgeline
Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to apply his successful formula of solving operational business challenges with bold innovation and human connectivity to the unique needs of the investment management industry.

Ridgeline started with a clean sheet of paper and a deep bench of experts bound by a set of core values and motivated to revolutionize an industry underserved by its current tech offerings. We are building a new, modern platform in the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management industry and we are prioritizing security, agility, and usability to empower business like never before.

With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company,” and by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Startup Employers.”

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.
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Compensation and Benefits

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. This role may be hired at a Senior Staff Level or Principal level depending on candidate skill, experience and qualifications

The typical starting salary range for this role at the Senior Staff Level is: $170,000 - $190,000.

The typical starting salary range for this role at the Principal Level is: $200,000 - $235,000.

Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above.

As an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product.

In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.

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