People Partner Full Time

About the role
Circle isn’t trying to become a 1,000-person company. We’re building something rarer — a team of around 350 highly skilled, highly motivated people who use leverage (including AI) to do work that most teams three times our size couldn’t pull off.

But here’s the thing: we’re only able to do that because we genuinely invest in our people. Not as a talking point. As a practice.

That means the managers, systems, and culture have to actually work for the humans inside them — not just the business goals around them.

That’s where you come in.

• As a People Partner at Circle, you’ll help us build and protect what makes this place work: managers who lead with both competence and care, programs that help people grow without adding bureaucracy, and a culture that stays strong because we’re intentional about it — not just lucky.
• You’ll be embedded with leaders across the business, working as a true partner — part coach, part architect, part trusted advisor. You’ll make our managers better. You’ll build programs that are simple, effective, and human. And you’ll help us stay the kind of company people actually want to work at, not just because the perks are good, but because they feel seen, supported, and set up to do their best work.

This is a full-time, remote role based in the Americas.

What you’ll be doing

• Coach and develop our managers, helping them show up for their teams through performance conversations, feedback, hard moments, and everything in between
• Support the building and running of our Learning & Development function — identifying real skill gaps and creating learning experiences that people genuinely find valuable
• Own and evolve our people programs alongside the Head of People: performance management, career frameworks, leveling conversations, manager training — making them smarter, simpler, and more human over time
• Stay close to team sentiment through surveys, 1:1s, and real listening — and actually close the loop when something needs to change
• Support team members in understanding their growth paths and what it takes to get there — so no one feels like they’re guessing
• Spot and address people challenges early, with empathy and clear thinking — before they become bigger problems
• Partner with leadership on talent strategy: calibrations, succession, and taking care of the people we can’t afford to lose — and the ones we just don’t want to

What you’ll need to be successful

• Strong alignment with our values: find our values on our career page
• Experience in a high-growth startup or scale-up where you weren’t just running programs, you were building them
• Strong employee relations chops — you’re calm in complex situations and you know how to navigate them with both fairness and genuine care
• A real coaching instinct — you’ve helped managers grow into better, more human versions of themselves, and you know how to earn that influence
• Experience in a global, remote-first environment with distributed teams
• The ability to design and execute — not just advise
• Exceptional written English (CEFR C2 or equivalent) — async-first communication is core to how we work at Circle

Bonus points

• You’ve built or meaningfully improved career frameworks and leveling systems
• You’ve designed L&D programs that people actually showed up for (and came back to)
• You’ve helped a company through a period of rapid growth without losing what made it good, or who made it good
• One more thing worth saying: we believe that high performance and genuine care for people aren’t in tension. They reinforce each other. If you believe that too, and you want to build systems and relationships that prove it, this might be the right place for you.
  $90,000 – $120,000 USD per year
• The cash compensation range shown is a starting point. In addition to equity, benefits and perks, your cash compensation is subject to an annual review and increase on a once per year basis.

The fun stuff

• Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!
• Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else.
• Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually. We also offer a paid sabbatical after 5 years.
• Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.*
• Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family, or medical reimbursement options where applicable!*
• Parental leave for parents expanding their family, or just starting one.
• Home office stipend to help you get up and running.
• Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills.
• Annual bonus potential for roles that don’t already receive variable income or commission.
• Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia, Portugal, and Mexico, with more planned on the horizon.
  Check out our Careers page for more.

*Your role, location and unique circumstance may affect this.

Candidate Safety & Interview Process Notice
At Circle, the safety and trust of our candidates is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, recruiting fraud is increasingly common in the job market, and bad actors sometimes impersonate companies or employees.

How Our Process Works

• All applications are submitted through our official applicant tracking system (Greenhouse).
• If selected to move forward, you may be invited to record a short introductory video, or directly into a live interview.
• All live interviews are conducted face-to-face over video (Zoom or Google Meet) with a member of the Circle team.
• We do not conduct text-only interviews.
• We do not conduct interviews via chat apps or messaging platforms.
• We do not use AI bots to interview candidates.

Official Communication Channels

• All official communication from Circle will come from no-reply@circle.co, or an email address ending in @circle.co or @circle.so.
• We will never contact you from unofficial domains (such as “.team”, “.careers”, or similar variations).
• We will never request sensitive personal information early in the process, or ask for payment of any kind.
• If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Circle, please do not respond.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
As a fully-remote international company, diversity is baked into our DNA. Here’s how our CEO, Sid Yadav, frames our hiring mission: “let’s find talent in underserved and under-represented corners of the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, change their life.” To achieve this hiring mission, we offer competitive U.S. benchmarked compensation no matter where someone’s located in the world, and we proactively seek candidates who expand representation of backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences in our teams.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Circle is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

How We Use Candidate Data
At Circle, we are committed to protecting your personal information. As a job applicant, the personal data you provide to us is collected and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This notice outlines the types of personal information we collect, the purpose for collecting it, and your rights.

Information We Collect: We collect the following categories of personal information from job applicants:

• Contact information (such as name, email address, phone number)
• Employment history and qualifications
• Education history
• References and any other information you choose to share with us during the application process

Purpose of Collection: We collect this information for the following purposes:

• To assess your qualifications and suitability for the position
• To communicate with you during the recruitment process
• To comply with legal and regulatory obligations

Your Rights Under GDPR and CCPA: You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
• The right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• The right to opt out of the sale of your personal information (Note: We do not sell personal information).
• For more information about how we handle your personal data or to exercise your rights, please refer to our full Privacy Policy.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this privacy notice.