sonatype - People Partner
Requirements
• 5+ years of progressive HR, People Partner, HR Business Partner, or Employee Relations experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex employee relations matters. • Strong experience managing U.S.-based ER cases, including performance concerns, workplace conflicts, investigations, accommodations, and terminations. • Working knowledge of U.S. employment laws, compliance practices, risk mitigation, and employee relations best practices. • Proven ability to coach and advise managers through sensitive employee situations with sound judgment, consistency, and discretion. • Experience partnering with Legal, HR leadership, business leaders, and regional HR teams on complex or high-risk people matters. • Demonstrated ability to identify trends, surface organizational risks, and translate insights into practical manager guidance or business action. • Experience supporting execution of core people programs such as performance management, compensation cycles, engagement initiatives, and culture-building efforts. • Ability to balance strategic awareness with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, evolving business environment. • Strong communication, documentation, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills. • Experience working in a distributed, multi-site, or global organization preferred. • Experience working in a technology company or supporting technology client groups strongly preferred. • ## Things we're proud of: • 2025 Best DevSecOps Solution by DevOps Dozen • Visionary in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing • 2025 DEVIES Award to our SBOM Manager new product for its innovation and impact in developer technology • 2024 Industry Leader in Forrester-Wave for Software Composition Analysis (2024 Q4 report) • 2023 Fast Company Best Places for Innovators • 2023 Gartner's Magic Quadrant • 2023 Software Report's Top 100 Software Companies • 2023 BuiltIn Best Places to Work • 2022 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leader Award • 2022 PeerSpot Silver Peer Award in Software Composition Analysis • 2022 Tech Ascension Best DevOps Security Solution Award • 2022 NVCT Cyber Company of the Year • Company Wellness days - We shut down company operations during some days of the year (5 in total) to enable all employees to pursue personal growth and enjoy much-needed and deserved additional rest. • Paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO) • At Sonatype, we value diversity and inclusivity. We offer perks such as parental leave, diversity and inclusion working groups, and flexible working practices to allow our employees to show up as their whole selves. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.
Responsibilities
• 1. Employee Relations Case Management & Risk Mitigation (U.S.) • Own and manage end-to-end ER cases, (US) including: • performance issues • workplace conflicts • Partner with Legal and HR leadership on complex or high-risk cases • Ensure consistent, compliant, and timely resolution • Identify patterns and emerging risks • 2. Manager Advisory & Decision Support • Provide real-time guidance to managers on: performance management and employee issues • Coach managers: handle situations consistently and build confidence in people management. Increase manager capabilities over time. • 3. Business-Aligned Culture & Engagement Execution • Translate company-wide engagement and culture initiatives into business-level execution • Partner with business leaders to:identify engagement gaps and implement targeted actions • Support:team-level engagement efforts; local culture initiatives; follow-up on survey insights (eNPS, etc.) • 4. Program Execution & Local Implementation • Support execution of core HR programs, including: performance management cycles; compensation processes; and engagement initiatives • Ensure programs are: implemented consistently and adapted appropriately for business needs • 5. Workforce Insights & Organizational Awareness • Maintain awareness of: attrition trends; team structure and dynamics; capacity and workload signals • Provide input to: Site Leads; HR leadership; & Transformation teams
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