People Business Partner - Technology

About the role

We are looking for a People Business Partner to support our Technology organization, including approximately 225 employees and 20 people leaders across San Jose and our global offices. As one of the PBPs supporting our Technology teams, you will work with peer PBPs, leaders, and specialist teams to give leaders consistent support. You will translate business priorities into practical workforce, talent, leader and organization actions through change.
 
Base salary range is $130,000 - $167,000 a year. The base salary offer will depend on factors such as education, experience, training, skills, qualifications, and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus, equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.
 
Why Credo

• Purpose: We invest in what matters. From meaningful-future shaping projects to competitive compensation, we empower you to grow your career while making a lasting impact.
• People: Connection starts within. We collaborate, celebrate wins, and create an environment where everyone can do their best work.
• Possibilities: Our belief shapes what’s next. Our technology powers the most reliable and energy-efficient connections around the world – and our team powers new products and markets that come next.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a people plan tied to Technology team priorities, workforce needs and organizational risks.
• Coach leaders on role clarity, performance, feedback, development, team effectiveness and difficult conversations while reinforcing leader ownership.
• Lead workforce and hiring planning with business leaders, Finance and Talent Acquisition; partner on role definition, hiring priorities and recruiting strategy.
• Lead portfolio execution of talent reviews, performance cycles, succession and development planning; turn decisions into clear, owned actions.
• Advise on organization design, role clarity, workforce decisions and change implications.
• Use workforce data and business context to identify patterns, frame tradeoffs and recommend practical actions.
• Coordinate with peer PBPs and global People partners, and bring in Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, Employee Relations and Legal when specialist support is needed.
• Manage plans, milestones, decisions and risks through completion while protecting confidentiality.
• Create practical leader guidance and reusable decision tools that improve consistency and execution.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Demonstrated success as a People or HR Business Partner with primary responsibility for a complex technical or product portfolio. Your experience includes advising leaders and coaching a substantial portfolio of leaders through workforce, performance, talent and organizational change.
• Strong leader-coaching skills, including the ability to challenge constructively and reinforce accountability.
• Experience leading workforce planning, talent or performance processes, or organization change from diagnosis through follow-through.
• Working knowledge of California employment practices and sound judgment about when to engage Employee Relations or Legal.
• Ability to analyze workforce information and translate it into clear recommendations for leaders.
• Clear written communication, practical leader guidance, discretion, organization and the ability to influence across functions, levels and locations.
   

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in semiconductors, hardware, engineering or another product-development environment.
• Experience partnering across the United States and Asia or another globally distributed organization.
• Experience with organization design, workforce analytics, succession planning or change leadership.
• Experience in a rapidly scaling or public company.
• Experience improving People practices through responsible use of analytics, AI, automation or employee self-service.

About Credo

Credo’s mission is to transform connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions. Our high-speed copper and optical interconnect products deliver industry-leading power and performance at up to 1.6T to meet the ever-expanding data infrastructure demands of AI. 
 
Our product portfolio includes ZeroFlap (ZF) Active Electrical Cables (AECs) and ZF optical transceivers, OmniConnect memory solutions, and a suite of retimers and DSPs for optical and copper Ethernet and PCIe, all leveraging the PILOT diagnostic and analytics software platform. Credo innovations enable our customers to connect the systems that connect the world. 
 
Credo is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, ethnicity, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected].