Senior People Partner

About Semgrep

Semgrep is on a mission to make it expensive to exploit software. As the team behind the most popular SAST, we built the Semgrep AppSec Platform to deliver industry-leading code, dependency, and secrets scanning to enable organizations to ship secure code quickly without slowing down development. 

With fast, customizable code analysis across large codebases, Semgrep helps teams catch vulnerabilities early and fix them faster. Leading companies like Snowflake, Plaid, Figma, Lyft, and Dropbox rely on Semgrep to secure their software.

Semgrep is funded by top investors, including Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.

About the role

Semgrep is looking for a savvy Senior People Partner to join our small but mighty People Team in San Francisco. In this role, you will be asked to think strategically, be a voice for Semgreppers, and create thoughtful HR programs and initiatives that make the company and team more successful.

As a Senior People Partner at Semgrep, you will partner closely with people leaders to maintain and strengthen a company culture where all team members feel respected and supported to bring their best selves to work, no matter where they are located. You will thrive in this role if you have experience navigating organizational change and developing high performing and exceptional workplace cultures. Your firsthand experience with scaling businesses means you understand how HR functions need to adapt at different growth stages, allowing you to quickly identify and implement the right priorities for Semgrep's current phase while setting the foundation for our future needs. You know that the role of HR is changing, especially with AI, and you’re excited to adapt and be a part of the evolution. 

Our expectation is you will be based out of our San Francisco office, coming into the office 1-2 days a week (Tuesdays + Wednesdays). There is no flexibility for this role to be fully remote. Prior people leadership experience in a fast-paced, tech environment is preferred, but we are more interested in your problem solving skills than your pedigree. So if this opportunity excites you but you don’t meet the exact requirements, apply anyway!

What you'll do:

• Act as an employee champion and change agent, and manage employee relations issues
• Successfully partner with and influence others by providing direction, knowledge, and support to create a high-performing organization
• Provide professional counsel to the business (not just HR best practices to check a box) and help shape the People priorities and initiatives
• Drive People strategy to align with business objectives
• Offer guidance on workforce planning, compensation, promotions, and legal compliance
• Mentor and coach our managers to be world class
• Lead and continue evolving our performance management process according to business needs
• Help us navigate what HR structures and processes we need to put in place as we scale, with a focus on impact, not bureaucracy

You are ideal for this role if you:

• Embrace the dynamic, uncertain environment of a Series D startup
• Have 8+ years of HRBP experience
• Have a pulse on the evolving state of HR and can help us navigate what absolutely needs to be done versus what can wait
• Have experience with international team members (highly recommended)
• Experience with the following tech stack is highly preferred: Rippling, Remote.com, Tilt, CultureAmp, Pave, Carta
• Exemplify the attributes we think make a great People Partner at our stage:
• You are curious: You ask questions and are obsessed with understanding the "why" behind HR best practices, not just implementing process for process sake.
• You care about people: You have a high degree of empathy and have an interest in all things HR (operations, DEI, L&D, etc.)
• You are a coach: You have successfully partnered with and influenced people leaders in a previous role.
• You are biased to action: You are confident in your ability to make thoughtful decisions under tight deadlines.
• You have good judgment: You are able to maintain confidentiality and use outstanding judgment on a daily basis.
• You are organized and a great communicator: You pay attention to the details and are a strong communicator both verbally and in writing.

Compensation

Salary Range: $160,000-$190,000

Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary.

Please note that the range listed is for someone based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

What we offer

Our goal is to competitively and fairly compensate every Semgrep employee with a system that equally rewards those who are vocal and those who are less comfortable making demands during the final steps of the hiring process. To that end, we generate internal compensation bands that are used when discussing and negotiating salaries. We update these based on market data to make sure they’re above the average for comparable roles.

We also invest in our employees’ well-being and long term success with comprehensive health plans, generous vacation time, 401k, learning stipends, and more. Our benefits are for everyone, so that you’re taken care of, and we work with individuals to make sure they have what they need, whether that’s quiet work space, adjusted hours, or something else.

Who we are

We have people from France and the Philippines, physics and philosophy, formal methods research and full fledged corporations. We’re new parents and new grads, aspiring authors and aspiring Americans, dog lovers and dogfooders. We get together often to bike, bake, and meet up in parks. In our interactions, we believe respect and honesty go hand in hand, and prioritize both.

Semgrep is an equal-opportunity employer seeking a diverse range of backgrounds. We value who you are — including your cultural heritage, your socioeconomic status, your age, your race, your gender, your sexual orientation, your disabilities. We value what’s vitally important to you — your family, your religion, your politics. We value what you love in this world — your music, your weekend pursuits. We believe in welcoming varied professional backgrounds, educations, and interests. If you’re exceptional in your role, believe in Semgrep’s mission, and treat Semgrep’s values as your own, you belong here.