Human Resource Business Partner

About Ascendion :

Ascendion is a full service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands

Solve complex problems - and learn new skills

Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients

Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change-makers!

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

Title: Resources Business Partner

Location: Remote

Job Description:

The ideal candidate is a hands-on HR practitioner who thrives in the details &mash; building trust with managers and employees through consistent, high-quality execution across the full employee lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Employee Relations: Handle employee relations matters with sound judgment, consistency, and compliance with policy and applicable law. Conduct thorough, objective investigations and document findings appropriately. Partner with managers on corrective action and performance improvement processes.
• Manager Coaching & Support: Serve as a go-to resource for managers on day-to-day people questions — from delivering feedback and navigating team dynamics to handling attendance, conduct, and performance concerns. Help managers build confidence and consistency in how they lead.
• Performance Management supports the full performance cycle: goal setting, mid-year check-ins, year-end calibration, and performance improvement plans. Ensure managers are equipped to have clear, timely conversations with their teams.
• HR Operations manages leave of absence processes, accommodation requests, and return-to-work planning in partnership with HR Operations. Ensure data accuracy in Workday and timely completion of HR administrative processes.
• Employee Experience: Serve as an accessible, approachable point of contact for employees. Surface trends and concerns from day-to-day interactions to inform broader HR planning.
• Compliance & Process Consistency: Apply HR policies consistently and escalate edge cases appropriately. Stay current on employment law basics and flag potential compliance risks to senior HR partners or Employee Relations.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a strategic HR Business Partner.
• Must have prior experience working with senior directors and managers for talent strategy, employee relations, performance management, coaching leaders with compensation review, etc.
• Must have worked with a company with at least 1000+ employees.
• Must have Suite exp
• Must have prior experience supporting a "to-market" or sales function company.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills working with executive to employee level individuals, excellent organization and time management skills (as days constantly change and they need to pivot priorities)
• Ability to gain credibility quickly and build strong relationships.
• Location doesn't matter as long as they are able to work 8-5ish PST, but the manager is flexible
• The manager doesn't believe in being overqualified as long as the individual understands they are in the day-to-day weeds.

Thanks

Salary Range: $97,760 - 1,04,000 Annually -Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year]

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