Principal People Business Partner, Software

<div class="content-intro"><p>Agility’s commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.</p></div><h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About The Role</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Our People Operations team is growing, and we are looking for a talented <strong>Principal People Business Partner</strong> to join our small, agile, world-class team. This person will serve as a strategic people partner to our technical organizations, including <strong>Software, AI/ML, Innovation, and Product Management</strong>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Principal People Business Partner will partner closely with senior leaders to shape and execute people strategies that enable organizational growth, technical excellence, and business performance. This role operates as a trusted advisor, executive coach, organizational strategist, change agent, and thought partner on complex people and talent matters.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">At the Principal level, this role is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and influence, anticipating organizational needs before they emerge, connecting people strategy to business strategy, and driving solutions across organizational boundaries. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating in ambiguity, influencing senior leaders, navigating complex organizational dynamics, and translating business priorities into scalable people strategies.</span></p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About The Work</strong></span></h2> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Strategic People Partnership</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Serve as a strategic thought partner and trusted advisor to senior leaders across Software, AI/ML, Innovation, and Product Management teams.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Partner with senior leadership to understand business strategy, organizational priorities, and future capability needs, translating them into comprehensive people and organizational strategies.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Influence and contribute to business strategy by providing insights on organizational health, talent trends, workforce capabilities, and their potential impact on business performance.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Anticipate organizational challenges and proactively identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, talent outcomes, and employee experience.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Advise leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, team structure, spans and layers, succession planning, and the capabilities required to scale the organization.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and influence decisions through sound judgment, data, business acumen, and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Talent, Performance & Organizational Effectiveness</strong></span></h3> <ul&g