Redwood Materials
Director, HR Business Partner & Talent Management
McCarran, NV · Director · Full-time
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About the role
- Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America - recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain.
- On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house.
- This leader will help shape the people, organization, and talent strategies that enable Redwood's manufacturing, operations, supply chain, commercial, and business development organizations to scale effectively.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the strategic People partner to the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, and their leadership teams, helping shape organizational strategy, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, and talent priorities.
- Partner directly with executives and senior leaders to align people strategies with business objectives and support organizational growth, performance, and workforce effectiveness.
- Act as a trusted advisor and coach, providing guidance on organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, change management, employee relations, and team effectiveness.
- Lead and develop a small team of HR Business Partners supporting our Nevada and South Carolina manufacturing facilities and partner closely with the HR leader supporting our Germany manufacturing operations.
- Together, ensure consistent people practices, talent strategies, and leadership support across Redwood's manufacturing footprint while balancing local business and regulatory needs.
- Build strong relationships across all levels of the organization, from executive leaders to frontline employees, ensuring people strategies remain grounded in operational realities.
- Partner with leaders to assess organizational capabilities, identify workforce risks and opportunities, and develop plans that support long-term business objectives.
- Influence hiring, workforce planning, organizational design, compensation, talent, employee experience, and workforce analytics strategies by effectively leveraging the expertise of Centers of Excellence across the People Team.
- Lead complex organizational and talent initiatives, balancing strategic thinking with practical execution in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- In partnership with a peer HRBP leader, this role will help design and build Redwood's talent management capability from the ground up.
Requirements
- Proven success serving as a strategic advisor to senior executives in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business strategy into talent and organizational solutions.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, operations, industrial, energy, or similarly complex workforce environments.
- If you have additional privacy-related questions, please contact us at privacy@redwoodmaterials.com.
Compensation
- Influence hiring, workforce planning, organizational design, compensation, talent, employee experience, and workforce analytics strategies by effectively leveraging the expertise of Centers of Excellence across the People Team.
Company info
- About Redwood Materials Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist.
- As we continue to scale, we are seeking a strategic, hands-on HR leader who thrives at the intersection of business strategy, organizational effectiveness, talent development, and operational execution.
- Leverage workforce data, talent insights, and business metrics to identify trends, challenge assumptions, and improve business outcomes.
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