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GitHub is the world’s leading platform for agentic software development — powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot.
Locations
In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced People Consultant to join our team. The role will serve as a consultant to the company on People-related issues. You will work directly with leaders, people managers and employees to provide consulting, coaching and People strategy and operational support. You will work very closely with people managers to provide guidance, implement various company-wide programs, and implement team-specific initiatives based on feedback and needs. We work with integrity and openness in supporting both people managers and employees with the goal of ensuring team members feel comfortable coming to us for counsel, support, and ideas at any time. GitHub is dedicated to fostering a positive workplace culture and ensuring the well-being of our employees.
Responsibilities
People Consulting and Solutions
Provide guidance and coach managers and employees on People-related matters, serving as a subject matter expert.
Collaborate with leaders on team development, identify training needs, and contribute to People programs. Navigate and advise on U.S.-specific practices related to performance management, investigations, and terminations.
Support talent initiatives (management development, Diversity & Inclusion, job eliminations) in partnership with People Business Partners and Centers of Excellence.
Identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness, recommend initiatives, and collaborate with leaders.
Partner with Talent Development for skill advancement opportunities and initiative implementation.
Interpret people analytics data to inform business strategy and address issues proactively.
Support design and implementation of People Team projects and programs based on divisional or regional needs.
Employee Relations
Partner with managers on performance management cases, offering guidance from initiation to resolution.
Advise on performance management and contribute to fostering a positive workplace culture.
Lead diagnostics and resolution of complex issues related to policy or culture concerns by collaborating with the People Team and Legal.
Assist in investigations, implementing remediation as needed and ensuring proper documentation.
Identify trends in employee relations issues, collaborating with People Business Partners and business partners to implement solutions.
Provide input on updating policies and procedures for managed People Team projects, collaborating with stakeholders as needed.
Proactively seeks partnership opportunities with employees and managers on compliance to policies and procedures.
Queue Management
Collaborates with People Services to manage People Team related tickets in Zendesk, adhering to GitHub policies.
Provides feedback and suggestions to People Services for the ongoing improvement of tools.
- Shares feedback/suggestions with shared services regarding the use and continued
improvement of the tools
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years work experience in human resources, business programs/processes, or related fields.
- OR Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or related field AND 6+ years work experience in human resources, business programs/processes, or related field
- OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of Employee Relations experience.
- 2+ years of experience working with employment and labor laws in the U.S.
Preferred Qualifications:
Extensive experience with change management, coaching, problem-solving, and organizational assessment of talent skills
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, multinational environment, balancing global consistency with local compliance
Business acumen and understanding of data and metrics
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Society for Human Resources Management-Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), or country-equivalent certification.
Compensation Range
The base salary range for this job is USD $103,200.00 - USD $273,700.00 /Yr.
These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
GitHub values
- Customer-obsessed
- Ship to learn
- Growth mindset
- Own the outcome
- Better together
- Diverse and inclusive
Manager fundamentals
- Model
- Coach
- Care
Leadership principles
- Create clarity
- Generate energy
- Deliver success
Who We Are
GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
EEO Statement
GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
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