Sr. Manager, HRBP

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UCT is looking for a talented Sr Manager, HRBP to join us in Hayward, CA!

The Sr. Manager, HRBP serves as a strategic partner to site leadership, aligning people strategies with business objectives to drive organizational performance and growth. This role leads talent management, workforce planning, and change initiatives while ensuring effective execution of HR programs and compliance with regulations. By overseeing employee relations, advancing an inclusive culture, leveraging people analytics, and guiding leaders through complex workforce decisions, the Sr. Manager, HRBP strengthens organizational capability, employee engagement, and overall business outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Partner & Change Agent

• Serve as primary HR advisor to the site leadership team; diagnose business needs and cocreate people’s strategies (organization design, talent architecture, skills/talent pipelines, succession, and engagement plans).
• Lead annual talent cycles (goal setting, calibrations, performance, rewards) and coach leaders on differentiating performance and development.
• Drive workforce planning (hiring ramps, internal mobility, contingent strategy) using analytics on hiring, retention, and internal movement.
• Guide change management and org effectiveness initiatives during scale‑up, automation, and continuous improvement efforts.

Program Implementer (Execution, Governance & Enablement)

• Operationalize HR programs (compensation planning, merit/bonus, benefits education, leaves, and policy deployment) with excellence and data integrity across HRIS (e.g. UltiPro) and reporting tools (Excel).
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on critical roles and diverse slates; refine assessment/interviewing to reduce time‑to‑fill and improve quality‑of‑hire.
• Establish people analytics dashboards for leaders (headcount, attrition, voice of the employee, engagement, attendance trends, etc.).
• Ensure regulatory compliance (federal, states, FMLA/ADA, EEO, wage/hour) and thorough documentation practices.

Employee Mediator (ER & Culture)

• Lead or oversee complex employee relations matters (investigations, high‑risk performance, dispute resolution), ensuring consistency, timeliness, and manager coaching toward sustainable outcomes.
• Advance an inclusive, transparent, and high‑trust culture aligned to our Vision, Mission, and Values (VMV); partner on engagement actions and manager capability uplift.

Emergency Responder (Preparedness & Site Leadership)

• Serve as HR lead for site events (incident response, crisis communications, etc.) in partnership with Benefits, IT, Finance, EHS, etc. where applicable.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Educational/Certification Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s (HR/OD/Business) a plus. SPHR/SHRM‑SCP preferred.

Experience Requirement:

• 7-10+ years progressive HR experience with 5+ years directly supporting senior leaders as an HRBP. Manufacturing or semiconductor/advanced manufacturing exposure strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated strength in org design, workforce planning, change leadership, and complex ER with strong judgment and confidentiality.
• Data‑literate: comfortable building and interpreting dashboards (e.g., Excel) and leveraging HRIS (e.g. UltiPro) to inform decisions.
• Knowledge of U.S./ states employment law; multi‑state/matrix experience a plus.
• Ability to interface effectively and establish trust with employees, managers, and groups at all levels in the company.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong sense of ethics and confidentiality with regard to employee and business issues.
• Attention to detail and exceptional follow-up skills.
• Training and group facilitation skills.

Ultra Clean Technology is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, and any other characteristic protected under laws and regulations.