Principal People Business Partner

The role At SoFi, our People Business Partners are strategic and trusted advisors to senior leaders, responsible for aligning people strategies with business objectives. In this role, you’ll lead and implement the people strategy for our Borrow, Credit, Regulatory Relations & Business Controls organizations, working directly with SoFi’s Group Business Unit Leader of our Borrow Businesses, and SVP of Regulatory Relations & Business Controls and their leadership teams. You'll also manage a team of People Business Partners who support their organizations. Your work will empower the business to make smart, data‑driven decisions while fostering a high‑performing culture. This role balances strategic influence with hands‑on execution, operating as a thought partner to executives and a coach to leaders. What you’ll do: Lead, Enable, and Develop High‑Performing HR Talent: Manage a team of People Business Partners, supporting their professional growth, capability development, and effectiveness as strategic advisors. Be a Strategic Partner: Serve as a trusted advisor to your business leaders, shaping and executing people strategies that align with business goals to enable high performing and engaged teams. Design and Deliver Impactful People Solutions: Diagnose root cause organizational and talent challenges, develop scalable and innovative solutions, and lead execution to drive sustainable business outcomes. Coach and Advise: Provide executive‑level coaching to leaders on leadership effectiveness, performance, team dynamics, and change management. Lead Change and Transformation Initiatives: Address highly ambiguous organizational challenges and drive large‑scale initiatives to shape the future of the organization, ensuring clear communication and leader readiness. Leverage Data for Results: Use people analytics and business data to inform decision‑making, anticipate future organizational needs, identify trends and risks, and proactively improve organizational health and performance. Ensure Compliance and Support: Balance employee and business needs by providing expert guidance on employment practices, maintaining up‑to‑date knowledge of legal requirements and ensuring a fair, compliant, and supportive workplace. Execute with excellence: You make it easy for the business to work with the people team, simplifying programs, weaving the people strategy throughout multiple touchpoints to drive intended business outcomes through people programs with tailored business knowledge. Collaborate across the People Team: Work closely with People Team Centers of Excellence and HR Business Partners to design and deliver integrated people programs that drive measurable impact for the business. What you’ll need: People Management Experience: Demonstrated experience directly managing and developing People Business Partner teams that deliver with excellence. Strategic and Hands‑On Expertise: Proven ability to balance big‑picture thinking with hands‑on execution, including progressive HR experience in dynamic environments. Influential Advisor: Trusted sounding board for executives, shaping leadership decisions through strong influence and executive presence, while also developing senior leaders. Data‑Driven Decision‑Making: Strong capability to leverage people analytics and business data to identify trends, assess risk, inform decisions, and drive meaningful organizational change. HR Knowledge and Expertise: Strong understanding of key HR domains such as compensation, performance management, employee engagement, employee relations, talent management, and inclusive culture. Influence and Relationship Management: Exceptional communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships, adapt messaging to diverse audiences, and influence outcomes across the organization. Clarity in Ambiguity: Effectively navigates complexity to drive aligned, focused action. Adaptable and resilient, quickly adjusting priorities and recommendations based on new information. Nice to have: Experience in a banking or tech company Workday experience Compensation and Benefits The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, and location. To view all of our comprehensive and competitive benefits, visit our Benefits at SoFi page. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law. The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights. SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email View email address on click.appcast.io. Remote Work Restrictions Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time. Internal Employees If you are a current employee, do not apply here - please navigate to our Internal Job Board in Greenhouse to apply to our open roles. #J-18808-Ljbffr