Neo4j is the leader in Graph Database & Analytics, helping organizations uncover hidden patterns and relationships across billions of data connections deeply, easily, and quickly. Customers use Neo4j to gain a deeper understanding of their business and reveal new ways of solving their most pressing problems. Over 84% of Fortune 100 companies use Neo4j, along with a vibrant community of 250,000+ developers, data scientists, and architects across the globe.
At Neo4j, we’re proud to build the technology that powers breakthrough solutions for our customers. These solutions have helped NASA get to Mars two years earlier, broke the Panama Papers for the ICIJ, and are helping Transport for London to cut congestion by 10% and save $750M a year. Some of our other notable customers include Intuit, Lockheed Martin, Novartis, UBS, and Walmart.
Neo4j experienced rapid growth this year as organizations looking to deploy generative AI (GenAI) recognized graph databases as essential for improving it’s accuracy, transparency, and explainability. Growth was further fueled by enterprise demand for Neo4j’s cloud offering and partnerships with leading cloud hyperscalers and ecosystem leaders. Learn more at neo4j.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
At Neo4j, we have always strived to help the world make sense of data.
As business, society and knowledge become increasingly connected, our technology promotes innovation by helping organizations to find and understand data relationships. We created, drive and lead the graph database category, and we’re disrupting how organizations leverage their data to innovate and stay competitive.
We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our People Strategy Team. This position will report directly to the General Counsel. As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will collaborate with other members of the global People (HR & Recruiting) team to deliver exceptional HR support. Your role will involve providing both day-to-day assistance and strategic guidance to the organization, ensuring that our HR practices are of the highest standard.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the key HRBP for our Field Engineering Org globally.
- Act as a partner to the business by advising on best practices as well as supporting the development and implementation of innovative and strategic people strategies and initiatives
- Understand business goals and recommend new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity and development of HR within the company.
Take a hands-on approach to successfully monitor the "pulse" of the employees to ensure a high level of employee engagement. - Maintain in depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the legal department as needed.
- Provide counsel and guidance on complex employee relations situations
- Serve as one of the senior HR Partners across the company, helping to drive the transformation of the People team.
- Build relationships and focus on the missions and objectives set forth by the organization.
- Partner closely with people managers on how to appropriately influence and support them to navigate processes and people practices (includes employee engagement and development, performance management, career progression, change management and total rewards).
- Support the implementation of Company-wide people initiatives (includes performance reviews, engagement surveys, employee events, etc) within the business through communication, coaching and effective guidance of team leads and line managers.
- Collaborate with the global People team to champion and accelerate a culture of excellence in which people feel valued and inspired to do the best work of their career at Neo4j.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 6+ years in an HR role within a fast-paced organization (ideally in the tech sector) with at least 3 + years in a business partner/employee relations position
- Past experience with growth and departmental transformation in a Go To Market organization
- A strong communicator with the ability to prioritize and be hands-on
- Effective coaching and facilitation skills and ability to influence colleagues at all levels
- In depth knowledge of HR practices and initiatives, including local employment laws and regulations
- Ability to work in ambiguity and knowing when to ask for assistance
- Effective analytical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills
- Experience using data to influence decision making outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to be innovative, flexible and adapt to a company’s evolving stages and needs within a complex and rapidly changing work environment
- Passion for innovative HR solutions and process improvement.
The annual base salary range for this position based in the United States is listed below. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on Neo4j’s compensation practices, job related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and trainings, in addition to geographic location. Based on the factors above, Neo4j utilizes the full width of the range.
In addition to the range below, US employees are eligible for a stock option grant and certain roles are eligible for an annual bonus. Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), paid time off, and certain leaves of absence.
Neo4j is, without question, the most popular graph database in the world. We have customers in every industry globally, and our products are a proven product/market fit. Joining our team is an opportunity to shape the future of data and analytics. Below are just a few exciting facts about Neo4j.
- Neo4j is one of the fastest-scaling technology companies in this industry. It recently surpassed $200M in annual recurring revenue (ARR), doubling its ARR over the past three years.
- Raised the biggest funding round in database history ($325M Series F). Backed by world-class investors like Eurazeo, GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Inovia Capital, Neo4j has raised over $600M in funding and is currently valued at over $2Bn. This puts Neo4j among the most well-funded database companies in history.
- 84% of the Fortune 100 and 58% of the Fortune 500 use Neo4j. Examples include Boston Scientific, BT Group, Caterpillar, Cisco, Comcast, Department for Education UK, eBay, NBC News, Novo Nordisk, Worldline, and others.
- Co-founder and CEO Emil Eifrem has built an amazing culture that prides itself on relationships, inclusiveness, innovation, and customer success.
- Countless industry awards. Massive enterprises and individual developers/data scientists love Neo4j. A strong sense of community and ecosystem is built around the platform.
- A recent Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study cited Neo4j as delivering 417% ROI to customers.
- Neo4j was named as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems among 19 other recognized global DBMS vendors. Neo4j was also ranked as a Strong Performer among 14 top vendors in The Forrester Wave™: Vector Databases, Q3 2024.
Research shows that members of underrepresented communities are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all the qualifications. If this is part of the reason you hesitate to apply, we’d encourage you to reconsider and give us the opportunity to review your application. At Neo4j, we are committed to building awareness and helping to improve these issues.
One of our central objectives is to provide an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace for everyone to develop their potential and have a positive, career-defining experience. We look forward to receiving your application.
Neo4j is a Silicon Valley company with a Swedish soul. We foster collaboration and each of us is empowered to contribute and put our innovative stamp on projects. We hire candidates who reflect the following Neo4j core values:
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(we)-[:ASSUME]->(:Intent {direction:’Positive’})
(we)-[:WELCOME]->(:Discussions {nature: ‘IntellectuallyHonest’})
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