Director, People Business Partner

About OpendoorAt Opendoor our mission is to tilt the world in favor of homeowners and those who aim to become one. Homeownership matters. It's how people build wealth, stability, and community. It's how families put down roots, how neighborhoods strengthen, how the future gets built. We're building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We’ve built an end-to-end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we’re just getting started.About the roleAt Opendoor we're tilting the world in favor of homeowners. We ship every week, test in the open, and judge our work by one thing: whether homeowners end up better off.We're hiring a Director-level People Business Partner to operate as a business leader on the company's most critical teams — using AI and data to drive execution, insight, and speed. This role exists to raise the bar, increase talent density, and make the org stronger every week — so leaders execute faster and better.This is not a traditional HR role. This is a high-judgment, high-trust operator role.What you'll doThis role has five core product areas. Each has customers, outcomes, and measurable results.Org EffectivenessDiagnose structural gaps before they become hiring or performance problemsModel team design options with tradeoffs across headcount, span, layers, and role clarityOwn workforce planning as a live model, not a once-a-year exerciseSurface org health signals proactively using dataTalent & PerformanceDrive calibration with rigor — differentiate performance with clarity and conviction, hold the barOwn talent development for high-potential leaders and drive decisive action on performance gapsRun performance conversations as a coach to the manager, not a mediatorLead with attrition rates, performance distributions, hiring velocity, and org spans — not anecdotesLeader EffectivenessBe the thinking partner executives actually call — not the one they CC on HR issuesPush back on leaders when their instinct is wrong — frame it as tradeoffs, not policyProvide direct, honest feedback and help leaders drive accountability through changePeople Product GTMOwn adoption of People initiatives within your client groupBuild a GTM plan for every People product launch: target user, narrative, rollout sequence, success metricsTrack adoption metrics post-launch and redesign where neededBuild People Systems for Humans and AgentsDesign People workflows and systems with both humans and agents as users — and ship them that wayBuild and ship AI-powered workflows across performance management, workforce planning, talent insights, and decision supportUse AI to accelerate every workflow — draft comms, synthesize data, model org options, prep for meetingsIdentify opportunities to automate anything that doesn't require judgmentWhat You'll Need10+ years of operating experience, ideally including time in People, strategy, product, or consulting roles at high-growth technology companiesProven strategic partner to senior leaders in fast-moving, ambiguous environmentsStrong operator mindset — you understand how companies are built, scaled, and correctedHigh judgment and comfort navigating complex talent and performance decisionsAnalytical rigor — you default to data to drive decisionsFluent in AI and automation — and uses both daily to do the work, not just to talk about itDirect, low-ego, high-candor communication styleBias toward action, speed, and simplicityLocationMiami, FLWe're looking for candidates who are enthusiastic about an in-office culture — people who want to build alongside their teammates, not from a distance. This role is based at our Miami office (5505 Waterford District Drive), 4 days a week.Relocation assistance is available for candidates moving to Miami.#LI-RS1