[Hiring] People Partner @Newsela

Role Description

The People Partner (HRBP) will focus their support on the Go to Market (GTM) organization (Sales, Customer, and Marketing), serving as a trusted advisor to leaders on talent strategy, organizational design, performance management, leadership development, and employee relations. This role partners closely with leaders to translate business objectives into people strategies that enable high-performing, scalable, and engaged teams.

Reporting to the VP of People, the People Partner will develop a deep understanding of the GTM organization’s goals, operating rhythms, and challenges in order to proactively identify risks, opportunities, and people solutions. You will balance strategic partnership with hands-on execution, offering pragmatic guidance that supports both near-term delivery and long-term organizational health.

• Partner with GTM leaders to support talent planning, performance management, organizational design, and team effectiveness.
• Serve as a coach and thought partner to managers and leaders on leadership effectiveness, feedback, performance calibration, and employee development.
• Advise leaders through complex employee relations matters, ensuring thoughtful, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes in partnership with Legal and People Operations.
• Support workforce planning efforts, including headcount planning, role design, leveling, and career path clarity across teams.
• Partner with Recruiting and leaders to shape hiring strategies, interview plans, and onboarding readiness for roles.
• Lead and support performance management cycles, including goal-setting, calibration, promotion discussions, and development planning.
• Use people and performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, and translate insights into actionable recommendations for leaders.
• Support change management efforts related to reorganizations, leadership transitions, new initiatives, or scaling teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with People Operation and Recruiting to deliver cohesive people solutions.
• Create clear, leader-ready materials and communications to support people programs, organizational changes, and talent initiatives.

Qualifications

• You have 3–5+ years of experience in an HR Business Partner or similar strategic HR role, ideally supporting Sales and Customer-facing teams.
• You bring strong experience coaching leaders on performance, team dynamics, and leadership challenges.
• You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity and can translate business needs into practical, scalable people solutions.
• You have a solid understanding of employment laws and compliance considerations (e.g., FLSA, contractor classifications) and know when to escalate appropriately.
• You’re data-informed and able to identify patterns and insights that drive better people decisions.
• You balance empathy and rigor, advocating for employees while supporting business outcomes.
• You communicate clearly, build trust quickly, and influence effectively at all levels of the organization.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits with employer contribution to premiums and to HSA accounts.
• Additional benefits such as pet insurance, free access to the Calm app, and more to help you stay healthy: mind, body, and soul.
• We are a fully remote company. We provide a monthly tech stipend to support your WFH needs!
• Inclusive benefits to support you and your family, including parental leave, fertility support, adoption, and more!
• Invest in your future with our 401(k) plan, which includes an employer match to help you build long-term financial security.
• Flexible PTO plus 10 company holidays plus winter break (Dec 24th - Jan 1st).
• Newsela offers an annual learning and development allowance to employees to attend external training sessions, classes, workshops, conferences, and educational materials to foster professional growth within their current role and career aspirations at Newsela.
• No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers.

Company Description

Newsela takes authentic, real world content from trusted sources and makes it instruction ready for K-12 classrooms. Each text is published at five reading levels, so content is accessible to every learner. Today, over 3.3 million teachers and 40 million students have registered with Newsela for content that's personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for instruction and students accountable for their work. With over 15,000 texts on our platform and multiple new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose.