Vast

Senior People Business Partner

Long Beach, California, United States

$115-155k

Full Time

4 days ago

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Job description

At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. We are building artificial gravity space stations, allowing long-term stays in space without the adverse effects of zero-gravity. Our initial crewed space habitat will be Haven-1, scheduled to be the world’s first commercial space station when it launches into low earth orbit in August 2025. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.

The People Team drives our values of respect, curiosity, action and excellence across our diverse teams and workforce in multiple locations. We work together to empower our teams to hire thoughtful and passionate innovators, help people do their best work, grow their careers, and build healthy and productive workspaces in a safe and cohesive community.

We’re looking for a Senior People Business Partner, reporting into the Senior Manager, People Business Partners, to join the People Team.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities:

Serve as the key HR leader supporting various teams across multiple locations.
Partner with stakeholders to ensure employee and business needs are met, focusing on organizational design, change leadership, and talent management.
Recommend, develop, and implement new HR processes as required to grow the business.
Influence business and talent initiatives that support our short and long-term business goals, including driving practices that enable high performance and operational excellence.
Provide counsel and guidance on complex employee matters.
Act as an executive coach for key clients and leaders; hold a high bar for leadership values and behaviors.
Influence and/or deploy practices to increase employee engagement and satisfaction.
Manage and develop Associate People Business Partner.
Model and reinforce our cultural values of All In, Make it Happen, and Commitment to Safety and Reliability.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in human resource management or related field or equivalent years of experience.
5+ years experience in an HR Business Partner role.
Ability to coach leaders on personal and team development.
Ability to prioritize workload and self-manage projects; demonstrates initiative and manages multiple, competing priorities.
Experience designing and deploying HR systems and processes.
Experience with core HR domains, including performance management, organizational design, talent management, compensation, and employee relations.
Experience influencing and advising executive leadership on talent and employment matters.
Experience with people data analytics; ability to influence with data.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

Master’s degree in HR or similar field.
HR experience in a tech start-up or high growth company.

Additional Requirements:

Occasional travel to Mojave (1-2x/quarter) and Hawthorne (up to 1x/week).
Willingness to work evenings and/or weekends to support critical mission milestones.

Salary Range: California

$115,000—$155,000 USD

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package. Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 15 days of vacation for non-exempt staff, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, free catered meals and snacks and beverages, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, One Medical membership, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks.

U.S. EXPORT CONTROL COMPLIANCE STATUS

The person hired will have access to information and items subject to U.S. export controls, and therefore, must either be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.62 or otherwise eligible for deemed export licensing. This status includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), and asylees and refugees with such status granted, not pending.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.