Senior People Business Partner
at Roblox
San Mateo, United States
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
Join our People, Places, and Systems Group as part of the Grow Team as a Senior People Business Partner and work with a group of senior leaders and their organizations to align creative, progressive talent strategies with business objectives to deliver tailored, value-added support to cross-functional teams.
In this role, you will champion the Creator group’s mission to democratize digital creation of engaging digital co-experiences for global audiences through revolutionary tools and services, directly supporting our 2026 goal of capturing 10% of the global gaming market through novel, high-fidelity content. Partnering with senior leaders, you will navigate a pivotal organizational shift toward novel content creation and game incubation, requiring expert change management to align nearly 400 builders with our evolving Creator business and corresponding people strategies. You will serve as a critical advisor in scaling high-demand technical talent in ML and game engineering while fostering a culture of Creator empathy to drive innovation across our Studio, Success, Solutions, Services, Creator Ecosystem, Developer Relations, and Content pillars.
Role is based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters. #LI-Hybrid
You will:
- Establish yourself as a knowledgeable, trusted, reliable partner for the Creator leadership team
- Develop multi-year talent roadmaps and strategic workforce architecture that prioritizes the aggressive scaling of principal-level engineering, ML, and game development talent required for high-fidelity content and genre expansion
- Synthesize complex workforce analytics (attrition, engagement, productivity, etc.) into actionable insights that help leaders prioritize high-impact people initiatives over tactical fixes.
- Collaborate with other People and Talent teams, as well as various Centers of Excellence in the design and implementation of innovative People programs to attract, retain, and promote a diverse and inclusive workforce
- Provide strategic guidance on a wide range of people-related topics, including organizational design and effectiveness, talent management, strategic workforce planning, employee engagement, performance management, and other key initiatives
- Serve as an executive coach, provide guidance, and support the development of our leaders
- You will report to one of the three Senior Director, People Business Partner Leads
You have:
- 7+ years of experience as a People Business Partner or equivalent, with a proven track record of leading large-scale organizational redesigns (affecting 100+ people) in high-growth, technical environments
- Demonstrated ability to diagnose root causes of organizational friction rather than just treating symptoms
- Experience to design and deliver innovative approaches in workforce planning, talent management, change management, leadership development, employee engagement, change management, culture transformation, and organizational design
- Mastery in building trust-based partnerships with skeptical technical leaders and the courage to challenge senior stakeholders when people practices conflict with long-term organizational health.
- The ability to flourish in a mission-driven yet volatile environment where strategic priorities pivot frequently based on market-understanding and creator insights.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.