Senior HR Business Partner - R&D
The People Team at Chainalysis is dedicated to enabling growth, building an inclusive environment, and providing the benefits and perks that help our employees balance work, life, and happiness. Our job is to make sure Chainalysis has the right talent, structure, and people practices in place so our teams can innovate quickly and sustainably.
We’re looking for a strategic, energetic Senior Human Resources Business Partner to embed with our R&D organization — partnering closely with leaders across Engineering, Product, Data, and Security. You’ll be a critical connector between people strategy and product strategy: ensuring we have the right people in the right roles, aligning on organizational and talent plans, and using data and insight to help our technical teams ship high‑quality work at scale.
In this role, you’ll:
- Build influential, trusted partnerships with senior R&D leaders globally to design and execute people strategies that directly support product and engineering roadmaps
- Understand business and technical objectives (from delivery velocity to quality and reliability) and translate them into an HR agenda that drives team health, productivity, and sustainable performance
- Develop a deep understanding of how our R&D teams build, ship, and operate products, serving as a thought partner on org design, leadership, and team effectiveness within your portfolio and cross‑functionally
- Coach engineering and product leaders on complex employee relations topics, including performance management, feedback frameworks, and career pathing for technical roles, and step in as a neutral mediator when needed
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Finance on strategic headcount planning for R&D – identifying critical technical roles, succession pipelines, and hiring priorities that keep us ahead of business needs
We’re looking for candidates who:
- Bring strong HR expertise and a proven track record as a thought partner to senior leaders, ideally wi...