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HR Business Partner, Principal

Blue Shield of CA
Oakland, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/24/2026

Your Role

The Stellarus HRBP team partners with leaders to build organizations that can scale innovation, deliver results, and create an exceptional employee experience. The Principal, HR Business Partner, will report to the Senior Director, HR Business Partners for Stellarus. In this role you will be accountable for shaping and executing people strategies that enable Stellarus' business strategy. The Principal, HR Business Partner translates business priorities into integrated talent, organization, and leadership solutions that foster desired business results and a culture that is fit for purpose. This role has significant influence at the Senior Vice President, Vice President and Director levels, requires strong consulting and systems thinking skills, and demands comfort delivering candid guidance with empathy in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience

  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required; Master's degree preferred.
  • Requires 10 years of progressive HR experience, with a strong track record operating as a strategic HR Business Partner in complex, fast moving environments.
  • Requires experience operating in a high growth technology, matrixed, or transformation-oriented environment.
  • Requires demonstrated expertise in organization design, talent strategy, succession planning, and change leadership.
  • Requires proven ability to leverage data, analytics, and business insights to inform people decisions and influence leaders.
  • Exceptional consulting, coaching, and communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.
  • Strong business acumen, including comfort engaging with financial and operational data.
    Preferred credentials may include SPHR, SHRM-SCP or equivalent senior-level HR or transformation-focused certifications.

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

 

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