Senior HR Business Partner

About K2 Space Making previously impossible missions possible

K2 Space

Building high powered satellites for a mass abundant future.

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k2space.com

51-200 employees

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Los Angeles, California

2022

Privately Held

27k LinkedIn followers

Raised $425.5M

• As a Senior HR Business Partner at K2 Space you will play a pivotal role in
• shaping our company's culture and people strategy. You will work closely with
• leadership to design and implement HR initiatives that align with our mission,
• fostering an innovative and inclusive environment where top talent can thrive.
• You will serve as a strategic partner and reliable resource for engineering
• people managers and individual contributors, creating a positive and productive
• work environment. Leverage your well-honed understanding of applicable labor and
• employment law to ensure the company is as compliant as it is compelling. This
• is a unique opportunity to build the HR function from the ground up in a
• dynamic, cutting-edge industry, driving impact at every level of the
• organization. If you're passionate about people and space, this is the role for
• you.
• Partner with engineering and operational leadership to anticipate
• workforce risks and support organizational scaling across all sites
• Serve as a trusted, high-judgment advisor to people managers and
• individual contributors on core HR matters
• Contribute to strategic initiatives that support company goals, including
• Proactively identify and resolve employee relations matters before they
• escalate, and manage existing matters in a timely, fair, and collaborative
• way
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws across
• multiple states
• Identify, build, and implement HR policies and processes required to meet
• legal and contractual obligations while enabling the business to scale
• Coach managers on how to address people matters confidentially,
• compliantly, and with consistency
• Build manager capability that translates into high-performing,
• well-supported engineering teams
• Respond to employee questions with clear, accurate guidance on core HR
• functions
• Drive internal initiatives that strengthen employee engagement,
• satisfaction, and retention
• Partner on succession planning and longer-term leadership development to
• build internal talent readiness

Required

• 8+ years as an HR Business Partner, including experience with technical,
• engineering, or operational teams
• Demonstrated success operating in high-growth, fast-scaling startup
• environments
• Experience in a California-based aerospace, engineering, technology, or
• hardware manufacturing company
• Proven ability to influence and coach managers and individual contributors,
• resolving complex matters without damaging relationships, and coaching
• leaders toward consistently high-performing teams
• Hands-on experience independently managing complex employee relations
• matters, internal investigations, and other contentious issues
• Experience with succession planning and leadership development to build
• internal talent readiness
• Direct experience with California labor and employment law, including wage
• and hour matters, exempt/non-exempt classifications, and employee
• entitlements
• Demonstrated ability to plan, implement, and own complex, multi-stakeholder
• projects
• Direct experience with HRIS and performance management tools (e.g., 15Five,
• Experience with AI tools and applications

Preferred

• Utilization of people data analytics to make recommendations
• and impact outcomes
• Experience managing HR functions for non-exempt employees with specific
• experience with California labor regulations

• company
• Salary will be based on several factors including, but not
• limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision
• coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks
• If you don’t meet 100% of the preferred skills and experience, we encourage you
• to still apply! Building a spacecraft unlike any other requires a team unlike
• any other and non-traditional career twists and turns are encouraged!
• The person hired for this role will have access to information and items
• controlled by U.S. export control regulations, including the export control