About this role
At Mercury, we believe exceptional companies are built by exceptional people — and we invest deeply in creating an environment where talented individuals can thrive. Our People Partners play a critical role in that, by coaching leaders and managers to build engaged, productive, inclusive teams. We’re looking for a Senior People Partner to partner with our Legal, Compliance, and Risk organizations.
In this role, you will report to our Head of People Partners. You’ll play a meaningful role in shaping team health, manager effectiveness, employee growth, and organizational scale during a pivotal stage of Mercury’s growth. You’ll work closely with leaders as you support and consult across a variety of people processes and programs, including career development, performance management, employee relations, executive coaching, and organizational design. If you’re energized by solving people challenges, building strong relationships, and helping a mission-driven company scale intentionally, this is an opportunity to make a real impact from day one.
*Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group and Column N.A., Members FDIC.
Here are some things you’ll do on the job:
• Deeply understand the business as a whole and act as a strategic HR partner to executives and leaders across Legal, Compliance, and Risk.
• Provide a consultative approach that combines HR expertise, business savvy, and intuition to diagnose issues and provide creative HR solutions.
• Advise leaders and managers on all things people-related, such as performance management & coaching, employee relations, leveling processes and organizational development.
• Keep a finger on the pulse of organizational health, and design interventions as you spot potential challenges or areas of risk.
• Partner with cross-functional People team colleagues to build impactful programs spanning recruiting, talent management, employee relations, internal mobility, employee engagement.
• Drive key talent processes with your client groups including annual performance reviews, talent planning, and compensation cycles.
You should:
• Have a bachelor’s degree or something you feel is equivalent.
• Have 7-10+ years of experience in a people-facing HR role, with at least 2 years as an HRBP. Preferably, you’ve spent most of your time at high growth companies.
• Be skilled in coaching, facilitation, and influencing colleagues at different levels.
• Love building thoughtful, innovative people processes that can scale.
• Be willing to say the hard thing and speak up for what you believe in.
• Be passionate about tackling problems and solving them in a creative and principled way.
• Have a high level of integrity and the ability to handle confidential information discreetly.
• Have a passion for working efficiently with great tools, suggest new tools where there are opportuniti