Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems.

As a Senior Staff PX Business Partner – Software, Products & Services, you will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to senior Engineering and Product leaders, translating business priorities into people strategies that strengthen organizational performance, leadership capability, and talent.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic Engineering Partnership: Partner with senior Engineering and Product leaders to translate business and technical priorities into people and organizational strategies that enable innovation, execution, and scale.
  • Leadership Advisory & Organizational Effectiveness: Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, team performance, and complex people decisions.
  • Workforce & Talent Strategy: Partner on workforce and talent planning, identifying critical capability, capacity, succession, and retention risks and recommending actions aligned to business priorities.
  • Data & Organizational Insights: Use people and business data to assess organizational health, talent trends, leadership effectiveness, and workforce risks.
  • Change, Transformation & M&A: Partner with key stakeholders on the people strategy for complex transformations, restructures, M&A, and organizational integrations.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner across PX, Finance, Legal, Corporate Development, Product, and other functions to deliver integrated solutions to complex business and talent challenges.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
  • 12+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience, including experience supporting Engineering, Product, AI/ML, Platform, or other highly technical organizations.
  • Demonstrated success partnering with VP and Director-level leaders to develop and execute people strategies aligned with business priorities.
  • Deep experience in organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, change management, and leadership coaching within scaling technology organizations.

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)