Lead People Partner

 

Overview
SolarWinds is seeking a seasoned Lead HRBP to support our North America Go-To-Market organization. This is a senior-level HR business partner role for someone who brings strong business acumen, deep HRBP capability, and the judgment to influence leaders through growth, change, and ambiguity.

The ideal candidate is an experienced partner to senior business leaders who can quickly diagnose organizational needs, develop strategic solutions, operationalize those solutions, lead implementation, and measure success over time. This person must balance empathy with pragmatism, bring broad employee relations expertise, and build trusted, credible relationships across their business groups. This role is also expected to model SolarWinds CARE values: Collaborative, Accountable, Ready, and Empathetic.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the strategic HR partner for North America GTM leaders and teams, aligning people strategies to business priorities
• Diagnose organizational concerns and identify opportunities related to structure, effectiveness, talent, leadership capability, performance, and team health
• Build practical, scalable people solutions that address root causes and support business outcomes
• Translate strategy into execution by operationalizing plans, driving implementation, and tracking measurable results
• Partner with leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, role clarity, and team effectiveness
• Use data, business context, and sound judgment to influence decisions and shape actions
• Coach leaders through complex people matters with a balanced, thoughtful, and business-minded approach
• Lead and support change initiatives across the client group, ensuring strong communication, adoption, and follow-through
• Provide broad employee relations support, including performance management, conflict resolution, investigations, policy interpretation, and risk mitigation
• Navigate ambiguity effectively in a private company environment, making progress even when conditions are evolving or not fully defined
• Build strong, trusted relationships across the business and establish credibility as a proactive, solutions-oriented partner
• Reinforce high standards for accountability, performance, and leadership effectiveness while maintaining an employee-centered mindset

 

What Success Looks Like

• Leaders view you as a trusted thought partner on both strategic and operational people matters
• Organizational issues are identified early, diagnosed effectively, and addressed with practical, high-impact solutions
• People strategies are not only designed well, but implemented successfully and measured for business and team impact
• Employee relations matters are handled with sound judgment, care, consistency, and appropriate risk management
• GTM teams have stronger clarity, alignment, and organizational effectiveness as a result of your partnership
• You help leaders make decisions that reflect business need, scope, impact, and readiness while supporting a culture of excellence and growth.

Required Qualifications

• 7–10 years of progressive HRBP experience, including direct support of business teams
• PHR or SPHR certification required, or equivalent HR certification/credential
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior leaders in a strategic HRBP capacity
• Proven ability to diagnose organizational concerns, build strategic solutions, operationalize them, implement them, and measure outcomes
• Strong organizational design and workforce planning capability
• Broad employee relations experience, including complex and sensitive matters
• Strong business partnership skills with a proven track record of building excellent working relationships with client groups
• Ability to balance empathy and pragmatism in decision-making and partnership
• Strong influencing, coaching, and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting North America GTM organizations
• Experience in a private company environment
• Background in high-growth, evolving, or transformation-oriented organizations
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to connect people insights to business decisions

Candidate Profile

The right candidate is equal parts strategist and operator. They can zoom out to assess the broader organizational landscape, then zoom in to execute with discipline and consistency. They are credible with leaders, steady in complex situations, and trusted by employees. They know how to navigate difficult issues with both humanity and clarity, and they are comfortable building structure where ambiguity exists.

Why This Role Matters
This role will play a critical part in strengthening leadership effectiveness, team health, and organizational performance across North America GTM. The Lead HRBP will help ensure that people strategies are aligned to business needs, scalable in execution, and measurable in impact.