Principal HR Business Partner (Remote, US)

Why Openly

Openly is rebuilding insurance from the ground up. We are re-envisioning and enhancing every aspect of the customer experience. Doing this requires a rapidly growing team of exceptional, curious, empathetic people with a wide range of skill sets, spanning technology, data science, product, marketing, sales, service, claims handling, finance, etc.

The Openly Difference

We created Openly because we saw an evident gap in the market for premium insurance made simple. Consumers deserve more complete coverage at competitive prices.

• The Price Difference: Using cutting-edge data and technology, we provide you with customizable, competitive prices to protect your most valuable assets.
• The Policy Difference: Coverages are truly customizable to meet your individual protection needs, for both standard coverages and optional add-ons.
• The Experience Difference: From tailored claims handling to highly responsive customer service, we are focused on making the home insurance purchasing process a better overall experience.

Welcome to your next adventure.

At Openly, our people are just as important as our product. For us, collaboration, communication, and work-life balance are more than nice-to-haves— they’re the must-haves that make us who we are. We believe a great company is the result of a shared set of values, so we look for these qualities in every candidate we hire.

• Integrity
• Empathy
• Teamwork
• Curiosity
• Urgency

We've designed our hiring process with you, the candidate, in mind. At every step, you have the chance to present your strengths and learn more about what makes Openly a great place to work.

We're committed to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

We embrace individuality and believe diverse teams are winning teams. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day.

Job Details

We're looking for a Principal HR Business Partner to join our team. In this role, you'll act as a strategic partner to functional and executive leaders, aligning people systems with company goals and values. You will lead the execution of integrated People Plans and drive initiatives in leader enablement, organizational development, and change management. This is a chance to use your expertise to solve complex business challenges, from process improvement to exploring AI-driven solutions for HR.

This role is ideal for a self-motivated, high-energy individual who can thrive in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and a strategic focus. You should be comfortable navigating ambiguity, influencing leaders at all levels, and delivering results in a dynamic, performance-driven culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a thought partner to functional and executive leaders, ensuring alignment with company strategy, culture, and values.
• Partner cross‑functionally to ensure leadership and people systems are consistent, scalable, and aligned enterprise‑wide.
• Lead the execution of integrated People Plans for each supported function, ensuring talent, structure, and capability needs are met for both current and future growth.
• Design and deliver cascaded communications, storytelling frameworks, and manager enablement tools for functional adoption.
• Execute on leadership operating systems and models; run Director‑level capability building.
• Develop and deploy change management playbooks and communications for supported function and cross‑functional transformations.
• Facilitate process improvement sprints to drive operational efficiency, scalability, and cross‑team collaboration.
• Establish an HR AI Test Lab to explore and pilot AI‑driven solutions for people processes and leadership enablement.

Core HR Excellence

• Oversee and continuously improve performance management processes—training leaders to deliver feedback and drive results.
• Partner with members of the PaC team to design and implement scalable, data‑driven people solutions.
• Utilize data to identify, inform and