People Partner, GTM

Notion
San Francisco, US
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior HR professionals who thrive in fast-paced SaaS environments and can navigate GTM transformations.

Best fit for

  • Experienced HRBP with deep GTM expertise in SaaS or AI companies.
    — “10+ years of HRBP/People Partner experience; ideally at least 5+ years supporting GTM, Sales or Revenue Orgs inside SaaS/AI companies
  • Strategic thinker comfortable advising C-suite on talent and org design.
    — “Advise on, create, and execute people strategies that drive the business forward
  • Adaptable leader who can manage rapid change and async collaboration.
    — “Highly adaptable and will thrive in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment

Things to consider

  • Requires 3 days per week in-office despite remote location tag.
    — “work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • Must balance high-level strategy with hands-on employee coaching.
    — “one minute, you’ll be building a people strategy with a member of our leadership team, and the next, you’ll be coaching an employee

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate concrete examples of using AI in HR workflows.
    — “Use AI to increase leverage and quality; builds repeatable workflows
  • Highlight experience with large-scale GTM transformations in interviews.
    — “Demonstrated experience navigating large-scale business model and/or go-to-market transformations
  • Showcase data-driven insights from past people analytics projects.
    — “Share proactive insights from people data, to uncover hot spots
Pace · VariedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • build deep partnerships with leadership
  • execute people strategies
  • support 360 performance review process
Typical background
10+ years of HRBP experienceexperience in SaaS/AI companies

Skills & requirements

Required

HRBP ExperiencePeople StrategyTalent PlanningOrg DesignRetention StrategiesChange Management

Preferred

AI KnowledgeSaas Experience

Stack & domain

HrbpPeople PartnerTalent PlanningOrg DesignRetention StrategiesChange ManagementCommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingHrSaasAI

About the role

As a People Partner at Notion, you'll blend strategic planning with hands-on coaching, bridging the gap between leadership and the People Team to foster a culture of growth and innovation, ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Original posting from Notion via Ashby

ABOUT US:

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The People Team at Notion exists to help build a generational company that enables people to do their best and most meaningful work. This role operates at all altitudes - one minute, you’ll be building a people strategy with a member of our leadership team, and the next, you’ll be coaching an employee.

This role will be partnering very closely with our AMER GTM Leaders across Sales, CX, and Marketing. As Notion continues to evolve and expand not just on what we’re offering across the board, but also on the front of how we’re constantly adapting and setting the tone for where we are meeting our customers at!

WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE:

  • Build deep partnerships with Notion’s leadership team, and serve as a conduit between stakeholders up to C-suite and the People Team.
  • Advise on, create, and execute people strategies that drive the business forward.
  • Consult with the leadership team on Talent Planning, Org Design, Retention Strategies, and Change Management.
  • Apply systems thinking to evolve how we operate — translating patterns and friction into improvements across people programs and operating rhythms.
  • Use AI to increase leverage and quality; builds repeatable workflows; experiments and shares.
  • Share proactive insights from people data, to uncover hot spots, and ensure Notion is being proactive to retain top talent.
  • Support and help shape the 360 performance review process: manager calibrations, facilitate training sessions, compensation planning, and host office hours.
  • Coach Managers to lead through change, effectively performance manage and increase employee engagement with ongoing feedback and effective communication.
  • Provide targeted performance management support, devise and implement development plans, and enhance managers' training for improved team performance.

SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING:

  • 10+ years of HRBP/People Partner experience; ideally at least 5+ years supporting GTM, Sales or Revenue Orgs inside SaaS/AI companies
  • Strong learning velocity and able to ramp quickly on new organizations, leaders, and evolving operating models.
  • Adept at building relationships with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated experience navigating large-scale business model and/or go-to-market transformations.
  • Solutions-oriented with an analytical approach to problem-solving.
  • Ability to remain tactful and calm in all situations.
  • Highly adaptable and will thrive in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment.
  • Effective written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to thrive with async and global teams
  • Understanding of state and federal laws concerning labor relations.
  • You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you’re curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results.

NICE TO HAVES:

  • Working in a fast-growing technology company
  • Familiarity with Notion as a product and enthusiasm for how tools shape how people work.

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.

Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco, the estimated base salary range for this role is $220,000 - $245,000 per year.

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Source: Notion careers (Ashby)

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