Senior Human Resources Business Partner

NVIDIA is seeking a Senior Human Resources Business Partner to provide onsite HR support for its Worldwide Field Organization in Santa Clara, CA. This role involves partnering with senior leaders to develop and execute HR strategies that champion organizational and people effectiveness. The ideal candidate will focus on staffing, onboarding, development, motivation, retention, and organizational structure, requiring strong communication, critical thinking, and adaptability in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Must Have

• Provide HR support onsite in Santa Clara, CA for the Worldwide Field Organization.
• Partner with senior leaders to develop and execute HR strategies that champion organizational and people effectiveness.
• Design and execute strategies for staffing, onboarding, development, motivation, retention, and organizing work.
• Understand business priorities and translate them into an HR agenda.
• Serve as a liaison between the business and central corporate teams to assess human resources needs.
• Work with assigned organization and senior management teams to understand business strategies, diagnose current organization performance, and develop/implement plans to build needed organization capabilities and support ambitious growth.
• Engage on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management and building talent pipeline.
• Serve as an advisor and coach on diverse people issues.
• Review and analyze business metrics including data on employee experience and life cycle to recommend improvements.
• Partner with the business to lead annual review processes which focus on performance management and talent development.
• Provide compensation guidance and support including salary planning, approval of salary actions, promotions and job re-leveling.
• Participate in BU leadership team meetings and contribute as a business leader.
• Be a key member of the HRBP team helping to develop world-class HR capabilities.
• Partner with managers and employees to address various employee issues, fairly representing all interests.
• Work with business groups to assess, create and implement innovative solutions for a variety of employee engagement initiatives within the client group.
• Drive teamwork within Global HR to provide excellent HR service delivery.
• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management or related field or business preferred or equivalent experience.
• A combination of 6+ years of HR experience in organizational design, change management, building management bench strength, performance management, diversity and inclusion, compensation and rewards, recognition programs, culture champion, employee engagement, coaching and development, talent management, conflict resolution, talent acquisition, data analysis, and employee relations.
• Strong business insight with a keen aptitude to quickly assimilate new information.
• Demonstrated ability to establish trust, fairness and credibility with employees, managers and other partners in a multicultural environment.
• Solid team player and ability to thrive in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent consulting and conflict management skills.
• Experience working with senior management in an “influence-without-authority” role.
• Ability to confidently express an opinion with thoughtful data and analysis that help make business decisions.

Good to Have

• Experience handling cross-functional projects and initiatives on a global level.
• The ability to adapt to change quickly and work in an agile environment.
• Prior experience supporting a global sales organization.
• Self-starter with strong results-orientation and strong communication and presentation skills.
• Consistent track record of reliability and willingness to focus and commit with sound judgement in handling confidential or sensitive information.
• Be well-versed in managing distributed teams, fostering remote employee engagement, and addressing associated challenges.
• Ability and talent with using AI to solve people problems.
• Fluency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and HR systems (preferably Workday).

Perks & Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits

Job Description

Job Requisition ID

JR2010884

Job Category

Human Resources

Time Type

Full time

Are you a person who likes to work in a fast-paced organization? NVIDIA is the world leader in Visual Computing. We are passionate about four markets: Gaming, Automotive, Enterprise Graphics and HPC/Cloud Datacenters; in addition to our traditional OEM business. We are well positioned as the ‘AI Computing Company’, and our GPUs are the brains powering modern Deep Learning software frameworks, accelerated analytics, big data, modern data centers, smart cities, and driving autonomous vehicles. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people on the planet working for us. If you're forward-thinking, hardworking, driven and if working with extraordinary people across countries sounds interesting, this job is for you.

We are now looking for a Human Resources Business Partner to provide HR support onsite for our Worldwide Field Organization in a dynamic and collaborative environment. This is a global organization, and we are looking for someone to be passionate about supporting and building strategies to enable NVIDIA to achieve success. You’ll partner with a cross-functional group of subject matter experts to design and execute strategies for how we staff, onboard, develop, motivate, retain and organize work. You will need excellent communication skills, critical thinking and planning ability, and the agility to function in a fast paced and innovative environment.

What you'll be doing:

This position will be an integral enabler of the mission of our Field organization. In this position you will work with the senior leaders and leadership teams within organizations to develop and execute the HR strategies that champion organizational and people effectiveness. You will think strategically as well as roll up your sleeves and dive deep into practical application. You must understand business priorities and translate them into an HR agenda that supports the business as it grows rapidly. At NVIDIA, the Senior HR Business Partner also serves as a liaison between the business and the central corporate teams to assess the human resources needs in areas such as performance management, employee relations, compensation, career development and leadership development. In addition, you will be responsible for:

• Work with assigned organization and senior management teams to understand business strategies, diagnose current organization performance, and develop/implement plans to build needed organization capabilities and support ambitious growth.
• Engaging on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management and building talent pipeline.
• Serve as an advisor and coach on diverse people issues.
• Review and analyze business metrics including data on employee experience and life cycle to recommend improvements.
• Partner with the business to lead annual review processes which focus on performance management and talent development.
• Provide compensation guidance and support including salary planning, approval of salary actions, promotions and job re-leveling.
• Participate in BU leadership team meetings and contribute as a business leader.
• Be a key member of the HRBP team helping to develop world-class HR capabilities.
• Partner with managers and employees to address various employee issues, fairly representing all interests.
• Work with business groups to assess, create and implement innovative solutions for a variety of employee engagement initiatives within the client group.
• Drive teamwork within Global HR to provide excellent HR service delivery.

What we need to see:

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management or related field or business preferred or equivalent experience
• A combination of 6+ years of HR experience in the following areas: organizational design, change management, building management bench strength, performance management, diversity and inclusion, compensation and rewards, recognition programs, culture champion, employee engagement, coaching and development, talent management, conflict resolution, talent acquisition, data analysis, and employee relations.
• Strong business insight with a keen aptitude to quickly assimilate new information.
• Demonstrated ability to establish trust, fairness and credibility with employees, managers and other partners in a multicultural environment.
• Solid team player and ability to thrive in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent consulting and conflict management skills.
• Experience working with senior management in an “influence-without-authority” role.
• Ability to confidently express an opinion with thoughtful data and analysis that help make business decisions.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Experience handling cross-functional projects and initiatives on a global level. The ability to adapt to change quickly and work in an agile environment.
• Prior experience supporting a global sales organization.
• Self-starter with strong results-orientation and strong communication and presentation skills. Consistent track record of reliability and willingness to focus and commit with sound judgement in handling confidential or sensitive information.
• Be well-versed in managing distributed teams, fostering remote employee engagement, and addressing associated challenges.
• Ability and talent with using AI to solve people problems. Fluency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and HR systems (preferably Workday).

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 108,000 USD - 172,500 USD for Level 3, and 140,000 USD - 224,250 USD for Level 4.

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 12, 2026.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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