People Business Partner, G&A

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Meet Your Future Neighbors

As a Senior People Business Partner at Nextdoor , you’ll play a critical role in shaping the people strategy that enables our teams to perform, grow, and thrive. You’ll partner with our CFO, Chief Legal Officer, and Chief Marketing Officer and their leadership teams to design organizational strategies, lead key people programs, and use data-driven insights to inform high-impact decisions. Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll bring analytical rigor, sound judgment, and strategic influence to help scale our teams and strengthen our culture.

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience for our valued employees.

The Impact You’ll Make

If you thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative environment where the work you do directly impacts leadership effectiveness and the employee experience this is the place for you. Reporting to the Head of People Business Partners, you’ll partner closely with our G&A leaders and their teams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Partner & Advisor
• Partner with senior executives to shape organizational and people strategy across G&A
• Coach leaders on org design, hiring, performance, compensation, and development
• Anticipate business needs and design proactive, data-driven people solutions
• Align talent, structure, and culture to advance company priorities
• Model AI fluency — using data, insights, and emerging tools to enhance decision-making, scale impact, and enable smarter ways of working
• Operational Excellence & Program Leadership
• Lead people programs — performance, engagement, compensation, and talent development
• Drive cross-functional initiatives from design through delivery and measurement
• Build frameworks that improve effectiveness, accountability, and consistency
• Partner with stakeholders to define success metrics and ensure seamless execution
• Data-Driven Insight
• Use analytics to inform decisions on org design, engagement, and performance
• Translate data into actionable insights and recommendations for leaders
• Continuously measure and optimize program impact
• Trusted Coach & Cultural Steward
• Build trusted relationships and coach leaders to elevate team performance
• Role-model curiosity and fluency in AI-powered tools, helping leaders and teams work smarter and stay ahead of change
• Manage complex people matters with integrity and discretion
• Champion a culture of feedback, inclusion, and belonging

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• 10+ years of experience as a People Business Partner preferred, or in a strategic Compensation or Talent role with proven success partnering with the business — ideally in a fast-paced, matrixed, or tech environment
• Proven success as a proactive thought partner to C-suite executives, influencing strategy and driving organizational effectiveness across multiple functions
• Strong analytical capabilities — able to interpret data, surface insights, and craft actionable, business-focused recommendations
• Demonstrated AI fluency — leveraging emerging tools and data-driven approaches to enhance decision-making and scale impact to to reimagine how work gets done
• Exceptional communication and executive presence; skilled at advising senior leaders with confidence, tact, and credibility
• Experience leading or contributing to organizational design, change management, and talent planning initiatives
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution and follow-through
• Sound judgment, integrity, and a deep commitment to fostering trust, inclusion, and continuous learning

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create our total rewards package. Compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications. Compensation may also vary by geography.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $170,000 - $220,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role.

We expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With quarterly vesting, your first vest date will take place within 3 months of your start date.

When it comes to benefits, we have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee only plan option, and we also provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we serve. We encourage everyone interested in our mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here .

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