Principal HR Business Partner (R&D)Posted today$140K

The opportunity

Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage customers, and keep employees happy. We're looking for a Principal People Success Partner (more commonly referred to as "HRBP")…

What you'll do

  • Partner with R&D SVPs, VPs and senior directors to design and evolve org: structures that scale; Serve as a trusted advisor during reorgs and structural changes, helping leaders navigate people impacts with care and clarity.

  • Lead org design initiatives end-to-end: from diagnosing root causes through to stakeholder alignment, change communication, and implementation.

  • Drive consistent, high-quality performance calibrations across Engineering,: PM, and Design — building leader capability and ensuring fair, differentiated outcomes.

  • Champion a culture of clear expectations and candid feedback; help leaders: understand what "raising the bar" looks like in practice.

  • Cultivate an AI "Builder" approach by adopting and testing AI solutions to address challenges at scale.

  • Use engagement data, pulse surveys, and qualitative signals to surface org: health risks and partner with leaders on action planning.

What they're looking for

  • Serve as the R&D voice in the design and rollout of company-wide people: programs — ensuring compensation cycles, leveling frameworks, and engagement initiatives land effectively.
  • Bring an analytical lens to your work: using data to shape decisions, measure outcomes, and tell a coherent story to senior stakeholders.
  • + years of HR Business Partner experience, with at least 5 years supporting: engineering, product, or design organizations.
  • Demonstrated expertise in org design: you've led restructuring initiatives, not just supported them.