Principal HRBP

The Company You’ll Join

Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Our mission is to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places.

Carta is trusted by more than 40,000 companies and over two million people in nearly 160 countries to manage cap tables, compensation, and valuations. Carta also supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under administration. Carta's tender offer solutions have returned $14B to shareholders in secondary transactions. Today, Carta’s platform manages nearly three trillion dollars in equity globally.

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page.

The Problems You'll Solve

At Carta, Our Employees Set Out On a Mission To Unlock The Power Of Equity Ownership For More People In More Places. We Believe That The Problems We Solve Today Unlock The Opportunities Of Tomorrow. As a Principal HR Business Partner, You’ll Work To:

• Provide personalized counsel to leaders at multiple levels and their teams to identify, develop, and implement People priorities (not just HR best practices for HR sake) and activities that drive growth, innovation, and organizational effectiveness. This includes implementing programs, processes, and tools that will enable Cartans for success.
• Influence others to drive and execute successful delivery of all HR programs including performance management, employee voice surveys, and compensation reviews.
• Coach and advise managers on maintaining positive employee relations in areas such as performance management, career development, compensation, and leadership development. May include conducting investigations in response to employee issues, and partnering with our Employee Relations team.
• Proactively identify ways to support or create solutions for Cartan’s development training needs through conducting regular 1:1s and check-in chats.
• Navigate people and organization puzzles and processes using high judgment, operational thinking, and effective communication through an inclusive lens.
• Proactively identify and mitigate HR-related risks, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives and labor law requirements.
• Oversee HR reports and metrics by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting HR data to identify meaningful trends, patterns, and insights that lead to innovative recommendations and new solutions.
• Support employees in the respective organizations and serve as the face of HR to these teams.

The Team You'll Work With

We put people first and design programs and experiences that are best for Carta over defaulting to a best practice approach. Our team has a very hands-on approach to HR. We meet each Cartan where they’re at and take pride in supporting their growth.

Carta is seeking a strategic Principal HRBP who is passionate about people and culture. You’re able to build strong relationships with business leaders and cross-functional partners by coaching, advising, and influencing outcomes that are best for Cartans. You’ll develop and execute HR strategies, and build programs that drive organizational and people effectiveness. There’s no task too small for our HRBPs at Carta, and they consistently seek opportunities to problem solve (we live in the gray area), and provide strategic and operational support to the leaders and functions they support.

You will play a critical role in building the capabilities of Carta’s leaders. You’ll partner with business leadership, and broader People team to establish talent management strategies and solutions to achieve strategic initiatives and deliver results. You will work with Cartans across geographies, both learning about local working norms as well as pulling a thread of Carta culture and People initiatives throughout.

About You

• Minimum of 8+ years of previous HRBP experience.
• You have a passion for understanding business goals, finding creative solutions, and improving team processes.
• You have experience working in a fast-paced technology company.
• You are creative and interactive with solutions, and thrive in a culture of high ambiguity.
• You have a forward-thinking approach to all things related to people - building first from principles.
• You have a high degree of emotional intelligence (EQ), empathy, and are a great communicator (both written and verbally).
• You’re a people connector and have experience in all aspects of HR (compliance, operations, DEI, L&D, etc.).
• You’re self-aware, resilient, and thrive in opportunities for learning new things.
• You have great organizational skills, pay close attention to detail, and have the ability to multitask, completing competing priorities efficiently.
• You have the ability to interface effectively with professionals at all levels of the organization.
• You are able to maintain confidentiality and use outstanding judgment on a daily basis.

At Carta, you’re not just an employee. You’re a builder who is creating infrastructure that accelerates innovation and empowers more ownership. Cartans are helpful, relentless, unconventional and kind; representing Carta’s Identity Traits. They work collaboratively and cross functionally to challenge the status quo; working towards a common goal of creating more owners in the private markets.

Salary and Benefits

Carta’s compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans. Our minimum cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) range for this role is:

$165,750 - $195,000 in San Francisco.

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the recruiter via email. As a company, we value fairness, helpfulness, transparency, leadership and build our teams around these values. Check out our careers page to get to know us better as you think about your next step at Carta.

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Awards and Acknowledgements

Companies and funds like Tribe and Pipe build their businesses on Carta. The company has been included on the Forbes World’s Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company's Most Innovative list, and Inc.’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. We’ve also been recognized as a 2023 Built In Best Place to Work in the U.S., a Muse VIBE Award winner in the Vacation and Time Off category and certified as a Great Place to Work.

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