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Overview
Cursor is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to support its rapidly scaling Business teams, focusing on organizational effectiveness and talent strategy in a fast-paced environment. Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.
What You’ll Do
#### Partner Closely With Functional Leaders
- •Act as a trusted advisor to leaders across Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations and People
- •Coach managers and leaders on performance, feedback, team health, organizational changes, and leadership effectiveness
- •Support high-stakes decision-making and help leaders navigate rapid growth and ambiguity
- •Raise the bar on accountability, talent density, and leadership quality across the organization
#### Drive Org Design and Talent Strategy
- •Partner on org design, headcount planning, team structure, leveling, and mobility
- •Help leaders build scalable, high-performing teams with clear ownership and accountability
- •Identify organizational gaps and proactively solve for talent, structure, and execution challenges
- •Support thoughtful scaling without introducing unnecessary process or complexity
#### Own Performance and Employee Experience
- •Drive and operationalize performance management, calibrations, promotions, onboarding, engagement, and development programs
- •Navigate employee relations and sensitive situations with strong judgment, empathy, and pragmatism
- •Ensure high standards are upheld consistently while maintaining a strong employee experience
- •Help build lightweight, high-quality systems that scale with the business
#### Build and Scale the Function
- •Partner cross-functionally with Recruiting, Compensation, Legal, Finance, and People Ops
- •Build People infrastructure and operating rhythms from the ground up
- •Bring structure, urgency, and follow-through to a fast-moving environment
- •Operate with high ownership and jump into tactical work when needed
You Might Be a Fit If You
- •View HR as a core business function, not a support function
- •Care deeply about leadership quality, accountability, and talent density
- •Prefer simple, high-quality systems over heavy process
- •Thrive in fast-moving, high-expectation environments
- •Enjoy building from first principles and operating close to the business
What We’re Looking For
- •8–15+ years of experience in HRBP, People Partner, or related leadership roles supporting high-growth organizations
- •Strong expertise in organizational design, performance management, leadership coaching, and talent strategy
- •Excellent judgment and ability to navigate complex, high-stakes situations
- •Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal structure
- •Pragmatic, direct, highly execution-oriented, and deeply collaborative
- •Ability to influence senior leaders through credibility and partnership, not process