Docker, Inc

Docker, Inc

Senior People Partner, Revenue (East/Central Preferred)

United States · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 4 days ago
DockerAgentic AIRecruitingPerformance ManagementEmployee RelationsCustomer SuccessLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • Docker has been one of the most loved brands in developer tooling, trusted by more than 20 million monthly users and over 20 billion container image pulls.
  • As AI agents redefine software development, Docker is at the center of that shift, providing the sandboxed environments, verified images, and secure infrastructure that make autonomous workflows trustworthy by default.
  • This is an experienced individual contributor role for someone who brings strong HR judgment, clear communication, business acumen, and steadiness in complex or high-pressure situations.

Responsibilities

  • Build trusted relationships across Revenue and within the People Team. Influence through credibility, direct communication, and strong partnership.
  • Raise concerns, ask hard questions, and push for better decisions when something may pose a risk, create inconsistency, or have an unintended impact.
  • Lead and support core people processes within Revenue, including performance management, talent reviews, compensation cycles, promotions, employee development, engagement planning, and organizational changes.
  • Contribute to People Team programs and practices by sharing feedback from Revenue, identifying opportunities to improve how we work, and helping build scalable approaches as Docker grows.
  • We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

Requirements

  • The ability to push back with confidence and respect.
  • You are comfortable challenging leaders, naming risks, and offering a different perspective when the situation calls for it.
  • Sound judgment and the ability to navigate complex, sensitive, and ambiguous situations with care, discretion, and a practical understanding of business impact.
  • we want you comfortable while you work
  • Strong experience as a People Partner, HR Business Partner, or similar role, preferably in a technology company or fast-moving global environment.
  • Strong HR knowledge across employee relations, performance management, talent management, compensation, organizational design, change management, engagement, and leadership coaching.
  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex or sensitive information clearly, tailor messages to the audience, and create alignment when stakeholders may not start in the same place.
  • The ability to push back with confidence and respect. You are comfortable challenging leaders, naming risks, and offering a different perspective when the situation calls for it.
  • Experience supporting global or distributed teams, with an understanding of how to partner across regions, cultures, and time zones.
  • Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to identify trends, tell a clear story, and recommend action.
  • A collaborative approach and the ability to work well across People Team functions, Revenue teams, and other internal partners.
  • In the first month, you will learn Docker's culture, People Team practices, and the Revenue organization's business priorities, leadership structure, team dynamics, and current people needs.
  • In the first three months, you will be actively partnering with Revenue leaders and managers, providing clear guidance, building trust, identifying patterns and risks, and demonstrating sound judgment in sensitive or complex situations.
  • In the first year, you will be seen as a trusted advisor to Revenue leaders, managers, and employees. You will operate with strong independence, bring leaders recommendations they can act on, and help improve how the Revenue organization approaches leadership, talent, team health, and people decisions.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting Revenue, Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, or other customer-facing teams is strongly preferred.
  • Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break

Compensation

  • Lead and support core people processes within Revenue, including performance management, talent reviews, compensation cycles, promotions, employee development, engagement planning, and organizational changes.

Benefits

  • Home office setup
  • 16 weeks of paid Parental leave (after 6 months of employment)
  • Technology stipend equivalent to $100 USD net/month
  • PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
  • Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
  • Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
  • Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company

Company info

  • we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
  • The more inclusive we are, the better our company will be.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity.
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