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• Our mission is to automate coding. The first step in our journey is to build the best tool for professional programmers, using a combination of inventive research, design, and engineering. Our organization is very flat, and our team is small and talent dense. We particularly like people who are truth-seeking, passionate, and creative. We enjoy spirited debate, crazy ideas, and shipping code.
• We’re hiring a Senior HR Business Partner to support our rapidly scaling Business teams. This person will partner closely with senior leaders across Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations and People to help build high-performing, durable teams in a fast-moving environment.
• This is not a traditional HRBP role. You’ll operate as a strategic thought partner and hands-on builder in a high-talent-density company where expectations are high and the pace is fast. We’re looking for someone who combines strong business judgment, operational excellence, and a bias for action — someone willing to do whatever is needed to help the business scale effectively.
• You’ll work directly with leaders on organizational effectiveness, performance, talent strategy, and leadership quality while helping define what great People partnership looks like at Cursor.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders across Finance, Legal, Marketing, Operations and People
• Coach managers and leaders on performance, feedback, team health, organizational changes, and leadership effectiveness
• Support high-stakes decision-making and help leaders navigate rapid growth and ambiguity
• Raise the bar on accountability, talent density, and leadership quality across the organization
• Partner on org design, headcount planning, team structure, leveling, and mobility
• Help leaders build scalable, high-performing teams with clear ownership and accountability
• Identify organizational gaps and proactively solve for talent, structure, and execution challenges
• Support thoughtful scaling without introducing unnecessary process or complexity
• Drive and operationalize performance management, calibrations, promotions, onboarding, engagement, and development programs
• Navigate employee relations and sensitive situations with strong judgment, empathy, and pragmatism
• Ensure high standards are upheld consistently while maintaining a strong employee experience
• Help build lightweight, high-quality systems that scale with the business
• Partner cross-functionally with Recruiting, Compensation, Legal, Finance, and People Ops
• Build People infrastructure and operating rhythms from the ground up
• Bring structure, urgency, and follow-through to a fast-moving environment
• Operate with high ownership and jump into tactical work when needed
• 8–15+ years of experience in HRBP, People Partner, or related leadership roles supporting high-growth organizations
• Strong expertise in organizational design, performance management, leadership coaching, and talent strategy
• Excellent judgment and ability to navigate complex, high-stakes situations
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and minimal structure
• Pragmatic, direct, highly execution-oriented, and deeply collaborative
• Ability to influence senior leaders through credibility and partnership, not process
• View HR as a core business function, not a support function
• Care deeply about leadership quality, accountability, and talent density
• Prefer simple, high-quality systems over heavy process
• Thrive in fast-moving, high-expectation environments
• Enjoy building from first principles and operating close to the business
• This role is based in San Francisco (North Beach) with an expectation of domestic and light international travel as needed.