Thinking Machines Lab
HR Business Partner
San Francisco · Senior
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About the role
- You will coach managers at Thinking Machines Lab to be more effective leaders.
Responsibilities
- Coach managers by observing how they lead, identifying strengths and blind spots, and working on continuous improvement.
- Build feedback and evaluation processes that help people improve, not just get measured.
- 5+ years experience working as a people leader or HR business partner in a high-growth technical environment.
- Proven track record of developing HR practices and supporting a diverse set of talent.
- You will provide strategic support on researcher and engineer performance, team dynamics, and personal growth.
- The new role of HR Business Partner will combine two tasks: leadership coaching, and people systems design.
Nice to have
- We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all preferred qualifications.
- Experience in setting up novel systems that scale in a fast-growing company.
- Track record of supporting a high trust and low ego environment for high caliber talent with strong retention and growth.
- Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas.
- While we can't guarantee success for every candidate or role, if you're the right fit, we're committed to working through the visa process together.
- As set forth in Thinking Machines' Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
Skills
- Thinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence.
- leadership coaching, and people systems design.
- The two require different skillsets, but a shared vision for managing talent.
Compensation
- Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $225,000 - $275,000 USD.
Benefits
- Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.
- Design compensation structures that let us compete for the best machine learning talent in the world while staying aligned on values and principles.
Company info
- We are a small team of scientists, engineers, and builders who've created some of the most widely used AI products including ChatGPT, Character.ai, and PyTorch.
- Create career/leveling frameworks that work for a research lab where career advancement often doesn't mean managing people, contributions such as mentorship and taste are harder to measure, and where senior researchers expect to grow and learn even after a decade in the role.
Visa & Work Authorization
- We sponsor visas.
- While we can't guarantee success for every candidate or role, if you're the right fit, we're committed to working through the visa process together.
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