Team Lead, People Partner

Success Academy is seeking an intellectually curious, highly proactive, and experienced HR professional to join our People team as a Team Lead, People Partner. Reporting directly to the Lead, People Partner, you will have ownership over the talent strategy for key client groups within the Network Office, while spearheading high-impact people projects across the organization.

This is a role for an elite individual contributor who refuses to accept the status quo. You will not manage a team; instead, you will be given the autonomy to own your business groups, identify gaps, take the initiative to implement new ideas, and drive organizational change from the ground up.

• Own & Advise Key Business Groups: Serve as the dedicated, high-impact talent partner to senior leaders of designated Network Office business units. Deeply understand their strategy, goals, and challenges to act as a true thought partner.
• Challenge the Status Quo: Actively audit and question existing people processes, policies, and structures. Take the initiative to propose and implement innovative solutions that drive efficiency, speed, and overall business performance.
• Drive Strategic People Projects: Lead the execution of complex cross-functional people initiatives (e.g., redesigning performance management processes, talent reviews, or retention strategies) in partnership with specialized pillars like Total Rewards and Talent Acquisition.
• Cultivate a High-Feedback Culture: Model and champion a healthy, robust feedback culture within your client groups. We do not tiptoe around issues; we lean in, address conflict directly with the trust that we can resolve it, and always choose "ethics first" by taking the high road.
• Lead with Data & Strategic Subtraction: Ensure talent strategies within your business groups are output and data-driven. Regularly practice "strategic subtraction" by identifying and eliminating redundant workflows to keep teams lean and productive.
• Proactive Risk & High Accountability: Use data and analytics to diagnose team health, identify systemic people risks, and promote a culture where accountability is a moral imperative, mistakes are owned, and a victim mentality is rejected.
• Establish Operational Velocity: Lead by example when it comes to speed. Be FAST on the things that can be done fast, over-communicate, and meet our commitment to respond to communications within 24 hours.

• Proactive Ownership: Identifies and solves complex, ambiguous problems within the immediate team or business project scope, reliably acting without detailed instruction.
• Executive Capability: Effectively coaches business leaders on day-to-day talent execution and organizational problem-solving. Handles basic performance and organizational challenges with courage.
• End-to-End Navigation: Proactively communicates status to all stakeholders and efficiently navigates Success Academy's organizational structure to secure resources and information.
• Accountability & Efficiency): Consistently meets deadlines with high efficiency. Owns mistakes immediately, ensures they are not repeated, and uses data to track and report on client group performance.
• Domain Mastery: Serves as the key go-to expert for technical HR execution, policy design, and problem resolution within your client groups.

• Experience: 6 to 8+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 3+ years in a strategic HRBP/People Partner role supporting complex, fast-paced, or transforming client groups.
• Track Record of Initiative: You don’t wait for permission or a playbook. You have a demonstrated history of identifying organizational inefficiencies, building buy-in, and implementing new ideas.
• Change Agent Mentality: You do not seek to be a people-pleaser. You have successfully guided client groups through organizational shifts, restructurings, or rapid scaling phases.
• A "See Something, Say Something" Reflex: You act with high integrity, proactively address gaps, and refuse to make others scramble on your behalf.
• Platform Familiarity: Foundational knowledge of modern HRIS platforms (Workday HCM experience is a strong plus, willingness to learn is essential) to drive speed and scalability.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

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