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Salary: USD 144,640 - 180,800 / annual
Brex is seeking a People Business Partner focused on Employee Relations & Performance to join its New York office on a hybrid basis (3 days/week in-office minimum, with up to 4 weeks/year fully remote flexibility).
In this role, you will be a key driver of Brex's high-performance culture, partnering with front-line managers to ensure consistent, fair, and rigorous performance management across the organization. You will coach managers on setting clear expectations, delivering effective feedback, and taking appropriate action on performance outcomes. You'll serve as the first point of contact for manager questions on performance-related cases and processes, building and maintaining resources such as coaching plan templates, toolkits, and training to strengthen manager effectiveness.
Key responsibilities include running employee investigations end-to-end with thorough documentation and escalation of themes and risks; providing guidance and operational support on employee terminations to ensure consistency; owning operational logistics for promotion and performance check-in calibrations; and partnering with People Partners and Workplace Experience on return-to-office audits.
You'll need 5–8 years of HR experience, ideally in high-growth organizations, with demonstrated hands-on experience running employee investigations and supporting or executing terminations. Strong understanding of performance management practices in high-performance cultures is essential, along with proven ability to build trusted relationships with managers and influence outcomes. You should be highly organized, able to manage multiple workstreams, and a clear communicator (written and verbal) who can handle sensitive information with discretion.
Bonus qualifications include experience supporting customer-facing or fast-scaling teams, familiarity with performance management systems (Lattice) or HRIS tools (Workday), experience with manager enablement or training programs, and strong interest in building scalable People processes and improving operational efficiency.
Success in this role means managers consistently uphold Brex's high bar for performance; performance processes, promotions, and check-in cycles run smoothly with strong logistics support; risks and underperformance are surfaced early with thoughtful escalation; and you are recognized as a trusted, solutions-oriented partner. Over time, you will build the skills and scope to grow into a client-facing People Business Partner or Employee Relations leadership role.
