Senior People Business Partner Everett, WA

We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone.

Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised over $1 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group and new investors SoftBank and Lightspeed to propel us forward. Our last prototype, Trenta, completed 10,000 high-power pulses and reached plasma temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius (9 keV). Now, we're turning up operations for Polaris, working towards delivering the world's first fusion power plant.

More than ever, it's a pivotal time to join us and have the opportunity to solve real challenges to create a better energy future. You will see first-hand how we value urgency, rigor, ownership, and hard truths, knowing it will take each to do what no one has before. Joining us, you will push the boundaries of what's possible and transform humanity for the better - because the world can't wait.

What You Will Be Doing:

As a People Business Partner at Helion, you’ll be instrumental in driving our mission by aligning our people strategies with business goals. You'll partner closely with leaders to embed and amplify our core values, optimize organizational structure, and foster a culture that empowers employees to perform at their best. Leveraging your deep understanding of the business, you'll identify and address opportunities to strengthen team performance, enhance engagement, and support our ambitious growth. This is an onsite role reporting to the Lead People Business Partner at our Everett, WA headquarters.

You Will:

1. Collaborate with teams to provide strategic guidance on key people processes, including employee relations, compensation, compliance, policy, and organizational structure.
2. Foster strong work relationships, boost team morale, and drive productivity across the company by identifying positive drivers and areas of opportunity to consistently deliver high employee motivation, satisfaction, and engagement.
3. Identify and address people-related challenges, implementing innovative strategies to overcome them.
4. Understand business objectives and propose forward-thinking approaches to improve outcomes, enhance productivity, and refine people strategies.
5. Build partnerships with all People functions, including Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and People Operations, to provide seamless support to the business.

Required Skills:

1. 8+ years of experience in the People space, as a generalist or PBP, concentrated in operations, manufacturing, or production groups.
2. 2+ years of experience in a Business Partner role.
3. Comprehensive knowledge of HR disciplines, including compensation, organizational design, employee relations, DEI, performance management, and employment laws.
4. Proven experience coaching employees across all levels and creating a culture of constructive feedback.
5. Collaborative leadership style with a focus on driving practical solutions.

Compensation and Benefits

At Helion, we are committed to fostering a fair and equitable environment in every aspect of our operations, including compensation. We ensure all our roles are competitively benchmarked and our total compensation package includes a base salary, comprehensive benefits, and equity grants, giving you a true stake in Helion's success. Final compensation is determined through a holistic evaluation of your experience, qualifications, and our commitment to maintaining internal equity, ensuring fairness and transparency across our teams.

This is an exempt salaried role.

Annual Base Pay

$115,000 - $150,000 USD

Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families.
• 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days).
• Up to 5% employer 401(k) match.
• Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance.
• Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks).
• Annual wellness stipend.

NOTE: Underrepresented people are less likely to apply unless they meet 100% of the job's requirements. We believe in hiring people, not checklists, and encourage you to apply even if you do not check all of the boxes.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. If we reach out to you to begin an interview process, we will also ask if you require any reasonable accommodation at that time.

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