People Business Partner Director, Technology

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The role focuses on partnering with the CTO to enhance leadership capabilities and driving change management for the Technology teams in a flexible-first, high-growth organization.

As Marqeta’s People Business Partner Director - Technology, you partner with a new CTO to enhance leadership capabilities and the overall Marqetan experience for our Technology teams. Your focus will involve providing leadership coaching, driving change management initiatives, and ensuring the successful adoption of various programs. As an integral member of the People Business Partner team, you will contribute to the Technology organization's development as we support leaders and teams in navigating a complex business and organizational environment. This role reports to the Head of Global People Business Partners and plays a critical role in a global, flexible-first, high-growth organization.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the U.S. or from our Oakland headquarters, with a preference for candidates who are local to the Bay Area of California. We’d love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

  • Accelerate business performance by coaching and consulting with leaders and managers on people-related matters, aligning Technology talent initiatives with business priorities. 
  • Partner with the CTO and their leadership team by defining and implementing standards for high-performance engineering teams, including technical career frameworks, engineering metrics, and talent density improvements
  • Drive company-wide alignment and efficiency by fostering seamless cross-functional collaboration across the People Experience organization - you build effective people programs and solutions while minimizing unnecessary complexity. 
  • Establish executive trust and influence by serving as a strategic partner to business leaders, you enable confident, data-informed decisions on complex people and organizational issues. You leverage data to deeply understand of the Technology team’s talent needs and make decisions that stick and can scale. 
  • Elevate leadership effectiveness by coaching senior executives and leaders on talent strategy, organizational design, and employee experience, you ensure that people initiatives drive business growth and transformation. Champion a high-performance culture where teams thrive and deliver results. 
  • Lead Marqeta-wide people initiatives by providing HR expertise and executing performance management initiatives, career planning, performance cycles, and engagement surveys.
  • Driving organizational decision by leverage people analytics and organizational insights to advise on critical talent moves, retention strategies, and succession planning for technical leadership roles
  • Design and facilitate team and talent discussions by leveraging your people and organizational expertise to drive clarity, collaboration, engagement, and alignment across the organization.

Who You Are

  • Experience: You bring 10+ years of progressive experience as a People Business Partner (HRBP) or in other talent roles. At least 5 of these years have been focused on partnering with technical leaders/organizations, ideally within a technology company. You have experience in driving change management, leadership changes, organization design, talent strategy, performance management, coaching, executive relationship building, etc. 
  • Problem Solver: You have an analytical mindset and a deep understanding of organizational dynamics. You uncover root causes and use data, technology, and tools (e.g., AI) and experience-informed intuition to guide your approach.
  • Owner: You align people initiatives to strategic priorities, balancing short-term business needs with long-term organizational health. You keep stakeholders informed, manage risk proactively, and always deliver with integrity.
  • Innovator: Whether designing org structures, rethinking performance management, or advising on talent planning, you listen to the business and bring solutions that enable the business priorities.
  • Collaborator: You build strong partnerships rooted in trust, transparency, and shared goals with Technology leaders and the broader People Experience team. You easily navigate global, cross-functional relationships and bring people together to solve challenges with diverse perspectives and mutual respect.
  • Doer: You act with urgency and intention. You’re comfortable rolling up your sleeves to execute and get the work done.
  • Leader: You coach, influence, and inspire. You are a trusted advisor to C-suite leaders and a thought partner to peers. You lead by example, upholding company values and championing a high-performance culture.  

Nice-To-Haves

  • BA/BS or equivalent work experience; advanced degree in Human Resources or related area + PHR/SPHR preferred.
  • Experience supporting C-suite leader(s)

Your Manager

Typical Process

  • Application Submission
  • Recruiter video call
  • Hiring manager video call
  • Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
  • Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

  • National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.
  • Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA
  • Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:

  • National: $179,800 - $224,700
  • Premium: $194,600 - $243,200
  • Premium Plus: $211,400 - $264,300

We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.

Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers

  • Multiple health insurance options
  • Flexible time off – take what you need
  • Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions
  • Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
  • Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice
  • Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
  • Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
  • Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that.  This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.


Marqeta’s Values

– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.

– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.

– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.

– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.


Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy 

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.

Personal data that is provided as part of the application and recruitment process is processed in accordance with the Applicant Privacy Notice. Additional information for California residents can be found here.  

 

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: Multiple health insurance options
  • Home Office Stipend: Monthly stipend to support our remote work model
  • Learning Budget: Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development
  • Paid Parental Leave: Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off: Flexible time off – take what you need

Marqeta is a pioneer in modern card issuing and payment solutions, offering businesses instant card issuance and payment processing through their innovative open API platform.

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