Skills can be taught. Experience is transferable. Culture fit is not. This section matters more than any other in this posting — please read it carefully.
You have a growth mindset — and you mean it.
You walk into Tekion knowing there is a lot you don’t yet know, and that excites you. You are not here to demonstrate that you already have all the answers; you are here to learn a new company, a complex industry, and a rapidly evolving environment. You ask questions. You absorb context. You adapt. You understand that being excellent at HR elsewhere doesn’t automatically mean you’re excellent at HR here — and that gap is not a threat to you. It’s a starting point.
You are genuinely, sustainably positive.
Not performatively positive. Not “positive on Mondays” positive. Your natural orientation is glass half full — and it holds up under pressure, in hard conversations, and on difficult days. You are the person on the team who raises the energy in the room, not the person who quietly drains it. You coach leaders and employees toward higher engagement and performance — which means you have to model it every single day. The People team sets the bar for what a great culture looks and feels like. That starts with you.
You are fiercely loyal to the People team.
You love your client groups. And you love your People team. These are not in competition. You invest in People team relationships and the collective success of the function with the same energy you bring to your business unit portfolio. You do not share frustrations about the People team with leaders or employees. You do not position yourself as “different from the rest of HR.” You are a champion for the function — publicly, consistently, and without exception. When the team succeeds, you succeed.
You thrive in a full build — and you don’t romanticize it or resent it.
Tekion is building. Processes exist in some places and not others. Systems are evolving. Some things that should be documented aren’t. Some things that should be consistent aren’t yet. You see this as a canvas, not a complaint. You are the person who identifies a gap and says “let me fix that” — not the person who says “that shouldn’t be my job.” You build things with positivity and enthusiasm because you understand that what you build today will matter for years.
You are a strategic owner, not an order taker.
You understand the difference between doing tasks for a leader and owning the people health of their organization. You are not waiting to be told what to do. You are showing up with a point of view, an agenda, and a plan. You do the administrative work that sometimes comes with the role — and you do it without complaint — but it is not where you live. You are in the business, knowing it deeply, anticipating what it needs, and driving outcomes that make your client group measurably more successful.
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Education: BS/BA degree or equivalent professional experience.
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Experience: 4-6 years of HRBP or People Business Partner experience, preferably in a fast-growth SaaS or technology company.
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Strategic Influence: Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisory relationships with senior and C-suite leaders — not just execute requests but shape thinking.
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Business Fluency: Ability to learn a business quickly, connect People initiatives to business outcomes, and speak the language of the leaders you support.
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ER Expertise: Sound judgment and experience handling complex employee relations situations with care, consistency, and appropriate urgency.
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Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication — clear, direct, and compelling across audiences from ICs to executives.
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Organizational Agility: Comfortable managing a broad portfolio of priorities in a fast-moving environment without losing precision or follow-through.
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Resilience: Able to absorb feedback, adapt quickly, and maintain composure and positivity when things don’t go as planned — because sometimes they won’t.
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Drive to Make Others Successful: You measure your own success by how much better the people and teams around you are performing. Seeing others grow, succeed, and thrive because of your partnership is what fuels you.