People Business Partner Director, G&A

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (U.S. only) or Oakland, CA
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

As Marqeta’s People Business Partner Director - G&A, you partner with the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer to enhance leadership capabilities and the overall Marqetan experience for G&A teams. Your focus will involve providing leadership coaching, driving change management initiatives, and ensuring the successful adoption of various programs. As an integral member of the People Business Partner team, you will contribute to the G&A organization's development as we support leaders and teams in navigating a complex business and organizational environment. This role reports to the Head of Global People Business Partners and plays a critical role in a global, flexible-first, high-growth organization.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the U.S. or from our Oakland headquarters. We’d love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

• Accelerate business performance: Coach and consult with leaders and managers on people-related matters, aligning G&A talent initiatives with business priorities.
• Drive company-wide alignment and efficiency: Foster seamless cross-functional collaboration across the People Experience organization, building effective people programs and solutions while minimizing unnecessary complexity.
• Establish executive trust and influence: Serve as a strategic partner to business leaders, enabling confident, data-informed decisions on complex people and organizational issues. Leverage data to deeply understand G&A’s talent needs and make decisions that stick and can scale.
• Elevate leadership effectiveness: Coach senior executives and leaders on talent strategy, organizational design, and employee experience, ensuring that people initiatives drive business growth and transformation. Champion an inclusive and high-performance culture where teams thrive and deliver results.
• Lead Marqeta-wide people initiatives: Provide HR expertise and execute performance management initiatives, career planning, performance cycles, and engagement surveys.
• Design and facilitate team and talent discussions: Leverage people and organizational expertise to drive clarity, collaboration, engagement, and alignment across the organization.

Who You Are

• Experience:
  • 10+ years of progressive experience as a People Business Partner (HRBP) or in other talent roles.
  • Experience in driving change management, leadership changes, organization design, talent strategy, performance management, coaching, and executive relationship building.
• Problem Solver:
  • Possess an analytical mindset and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics.
  • Uncover root causes and use data, technology, and tools (e.g., AI) and intuition to guide your approach.
• Owner:
  • Act with purpose and accountability.
  • Align people initiatives to strategic priorities, balancing short-term business needs with long-term organizational health.
  • Keep stakeholders informed, manage risk proactively, and always deliver with integrity.
• Innovator:
  • Design org structures, rethink performance management, or advise on talent planning by listening to the business and bringing solutions that enable business priorities.
• Collaborator:
  • Build strong partnerships rooted in trust, transparency, and shared goals with G&A leaders and the broader People Experience team.
  • Easily navigate global, cross-functional relationships and bring people together to solve challenges with diverse perspectives and mutual respect.
• Doer:
  • Act with urgency and intention.
  • Comfortable rolling up your sleeves to execute and get the work done.
• Leader:
  • Coach, influence, and inspire.
  • A trusted advisor to C-suite leaders and a thought partner to peers.
  • Lead by example, upholding company values and championing a high-performance culture.

Nice-To-Have

• Not specified