Principal People Business Partner

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted
16 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $193k
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This role pays more than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $155,900–$222,600 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $193k versus about $189k for comparable roles.

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1697 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $146,000–$194,000 across 1504 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal People Business Partner

The Principal People Business Partner joins the executive leadership team to architect and execute a comprehensive people strategy that fuels aggressive growth and optimizes organizational performance. This role involves serving as a strategic advisor to an executive client group, leading a high-performing team of People Business Partners, and managing large-scale change management initiatives, acquisition integrations, and complex workforce planning models. The successful candidate will utilize advanced people analytics and business intelligence to identify systemic challenges and forecast future talent needs. Key responsibilities include designing leadership development programs, executive coaching frameworks, and performance management philosophies. Essential competencies include organizational development, change leadership, strategic workforce planning, executive talent management, and financial acumen regarding the commercial implications of people decisions. The role addresses the challenge of scaling a high-growth organization while maintaining a high-performance culture in a complex environment.

What you'll do

  • Architect and own the end-to-end people strategy for assigned executive client groups to align with long-range business plans.
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to executives regarding organizational effectiveness and the talent implications of strategic decisions.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of People Business Partners.
  • Drive organizational design and transformation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Manage large-scale change management programs for business transformations, acquisitions, and strategic pivots.
  • Develop complex workforce planning models to forecast talent needs and manage leadership bench growth.
  • Implement executive coaching frameworks and performance management systems to cultivate a high-performance culture.
  • Utilize advanced people analytics and business intelligence to drive data-driven decision-making at the executive level.

What we're looking for

  • Must have 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience partnering with executives.
  • Proven success in architecting and scaling people strategies that drive growth and transformation in high-growth environments.
  • Experience building, leading, and developing high-performing People Business Partner teams.
  • Expertise in organizational development, change leadership, strategic workforce planning, executive talent management, and advanced people analytics.
  • Strong financial acumen with an understanding of the commercial and P&L implications of people decisions.
  • Exceptional executive presence, influencing skills, and ability to navigate complex organizational dynamics.
  • Outstanding communication and conflict resolution skills.
  • U.S. Person status is required due to access to export-controlled data.

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