Senior People Business Partner, Babylist
$126.2-189.2k
Plus equity and bonus
More information about location
Online universal baby registry
Open for applications
Online universal baby registry
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$126.2-189.2k
Plus equity and bonus
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in HR with the last 5 years in an HRBP role engaging with multiple levels to C-suite within a high growth tech company
- Extensive generalist background with experience in talent and organizational development, employee relations, performance management, compensation, and employment law
- You’ve built and managed innovative organizational development (L&D) programs
- Trustworthy, expert collaboration skills and company-first mentality
- High proficiency in data interpretation and strong ability to analyze, draw insights and communicate effectively and responsibly in order to drive business outcomes
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of modalities and formats
- Strong strategic consulting and relationship building skills that enable collaboration and networking both within the HR function and throughout the company
- Has a deep toolbox but knows how to adapt to the culture. Think critically and problem solve, coming up with sensible solutions for the Babylist culture
- Can connect and thrive in a remote first, heavy feedback culture by proactively reaching out and engaging with the People and Babylist management team
- Comfortable using Apple products and an expert in Google Suite. Bonus points for working knowledge of Paylocity, Charthop, Carta, Lattice, and Radford
- This role is expected to come into the Emeryville, CA office occasionally and be available to travel to additional department offsites as needed. The ideal candidate is based in the Pacific Standard Timezone
What the job involves
- The Senior People Business Partner is responsible for driving talent and business outcomes for leaders and teams across Babylist
- You will own and execute important strategic initiatives across areas such as organizational design, organizational development, performance management, learning and development, and employee relations
- You will not be afraid to challenge the status quo
- You thrive with ambiguity and can translate complex issues into clear and coherent solutions
- Reporting to the VP, People, you will collaborate with leaders to understand business objectives and challenges and use data to inform potential solutions that live our values and propel our business forward!
- Work closely with leaders to understand, recommend, and implement programs and structure in growing teams
- Provide expertise, creative problem solving, and coaching to leaders who are managing highly sensitive and complex employee relations matters
- Proactively analyze and identify complex people issues and trends and recommend appropriate actions
- Anticipate training & development needs, work with a training consultant to develop programs, and coordinate implementation
- Thoughtfully collaborate with recruiting teams, hiring managers and Total Rewards in proactive management of compensation packages
- Own end-to-end change management process and planning associated with reorganizations, leadership and other transformational initiatives impacting the employee experience
- Partner with team leaders on team offsite planning and curriculum development
Our take
Since its 2011 launch, Babylist has grown into one of the most highly rated baby registries in the US. The difference it offers is that it allows users to include products from any store in their registries. On top of this, the company’s model also focuses heavily on creating informational content, which allows it to generate ad revenue while building customer loyalty.
Originally scaled with fairly low venture funding, Babylist claims half of new parents in the US now use its services. This, given that the baby products industry is worth close to $90 billion, shows the immense growth of the company as well as speaking to the impact it has made in the space.
Babylist has seen strong funding in the past which fuelled projects such as the launch of virtual showrooms, and facilitated the company's expansion further into the market. The company acquired Expectful, a health and wellness tool, in 2023 with the long-term vision to combine the companies into a larger health and wellness media property, that can help people navigate all parts of parenthood from fertility to diapers.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2021
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- HAPPIER WEEKENDS – We work to live, not live to work. That means we generally don’t work nights or weekends, and we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the year, in addition to your paid time off.
- PAID TIME OFF THAT WORKS FOR YOU – Life is unpredictable. Use your time off for what you need, whether that’s a vacation, family event or a day to unplug.
- PARENTAL LEAVE – We offer a flexible, 12-week paid parental leave policy.
- FLEXIBLE BENEFITS – Choose from benefits that support your working style, whether that's remote, in the office or something in between.
- HEALTH & WELLNESS – Wellness benefits include 100% paid coverage for medical, vision and dental for full-time employees.
- BABYLIST STORE DISCOUNT – All full-time employees receive a generous Babylist Store discount.
Company values
- We Love Our Users: This is our superpower. We listen to our users relentlessly to earn their trust and find better and better ways to support them as they tackle this thing called parenthood.
- Eye on the Horizon: We are building a lasting business by focusing on the long term for our users. Day-to-day we focus on what's directly in front of us with an eye on what's ahead. We are prepared to go against what is popular or trendy at the moment in order to serve our longer-term goals. We keep one eye on the horizon with the right mix of data, intuition, and user understanding to validate our decisions.
- Always Be Learning: We approach things with a growth mindset as individuals and as a company. We believe high performance comes from curiosity and an eagerness to find ways to improve. We foster an environment where everyone can feel comfortable asking hard questions in order to learn. We are resilient.
- Intentionally Focused: In order to do hard things, we must work on the most important things first. We see the biggest impact when we simplify problems and solutions and pare back any distractions.
- Be Your Own CEO: As a remote company, we must approach our work with ownership and accountability. To have the impact we want to have, we need to excel at management, execution, and communication. We are excited and engaged with the work we do. We understand the broader context of our work and make decisions that support those efforts. We take responsibility and deliver.
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
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Leadership
Natalie Gordon
(CEO)Former Software Engineer at Amazon. Initially founded Babylist as a side project and has since taken the company to a market leading status.
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Diversity & Inclusion at Babylist
- Babylist is committed to anti-racism and inclusivity. It’s their mission to create a supportive and inclusive community for parents of all kinds, and equally important to create a supportive and inclusive environment for Babylist employees.
- We educate employees about and give them the words to challenge microaggressions because language is a powerful indicator of belonging.
- We create a safe place for people to investigate their own blind spots and racism that come from growing up in a racist society.
- We commit to challenging our own biases and those of people around us.
- We construct our company programs and processes to screen and correct for bias and unintended impact on underrepresented groups.
- We use our reach and our resources to support those who are doing anti-racist work that benefits our users and communities.
- We commit to dismantling systemic racism in the ways that it creeps into corporate structures:
- We interview manager candidates for diversity, equity and inclusion aptitude so everyone has a manager who supports their sense of belonging. If the candidate doesn’t pass, they won’t be hired.
- We articulate our anti-racist stance in our onboarding program so it’s clear where we stand.
- We survey the team annually to make sure we understand inclusivity and belongingness at Babylist.
- We measure the efforts of our DEI programs so we know if they’re working and can set objective goals to fix them if they’re not.
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