Backed by Index.
About the role
Strategic Partnership: Build deep, trusted, long-term relationships with business unit leaders and their teams. Serve as a genuine thought partner — not just a service provider —on organizational health, talent strategy, and team effectiveness. Business Acumen: Develop a thorough understanding of each client group's business model, goals, and pressures. Use that knowledge to anticipate needs, shape people strategies proactively, and connect People initiatives directly to business outcomes.
What they're looking for
- Education: BS/BA degree or equivalent professional experience
- Experience: 8–10 years of HRBP or People Business Partner experience, preferably in a fast-growth SaaS or technology company
- Strategic Influence: Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisory relationships with senior and C-suite leaders — not just execute requests but shape thinking
- Business Fluency: Ability to learn a business quickly, connect People initiatives to business outcomes, and speak the language of the leaders you support
- ER Expertise: Sound judgment and experience handling complex employee relations situations with care, consistency, and appropriate urgency
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication — clear, direct, and compelling across audiences from ICs to executives
More about this role
Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.
The Senior People Business Partner is one of the most important roles on our People team.
You are the bridge between our business and our People strategy — and you are far more than a resource the business calls when something goes wrong. You are a proactive, strategic thought partner...
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