HR business partner job description template

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A hr business partner

JD that is not generic.

One short, opinionated template. 280 words, not 1,800. Below: a side-by-side teardown of the typical job description and what to cut, the template ready to copy, and a one-click button to post it via Picked.

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The teardown

Side by side. Cut everything in red.

A typical JD · 1,847 words

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HR business partner (typical posting)

About us · cut

Founded in 2019, ACME Inc is a fast-growing, mission-driven, customer-obsessed scale-up empowering the modern hiring loop. We have been featured in TechCrunch, won several awards, and our culture has been recognised by Best Places to Work.

About the role · cut

You will be joining a passionate, collaborative team of self-starters in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. We are looking for a high-performing professional who is excited by ambiguity and ready to wear many hats.

Responsibilities · cut

- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align stakeholders - Drive impact across the business - Champion excellence - Be a culture ambassador for the team - Wear many hats - Lots more bullets like this

Requirements · cut

- 5+ years of professional experience - Strong communication skills - Self-starter - Team player - Comfortable with ambiguity - Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Nice to haves · cut

- A laundry list of every tool anyone on the team has ever used - MBA / advanced degree - Previous experience at a high-growth startup

Benefits · cut most of this

- Competitive salary - Equity - Health, dental, vision - Unlimited PTO (which no-one takes) - Free snacks (in office) - Annual offsite - Pet-friendly office - Pinball machine

Picked template · 290 words

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HR business partner, engineering and product, London

We are hiring an HRBP for our engineering and product organisation, roughly 90 people across four leadership reports. You will report to the head of people and partner day to day with the VP engineering and the VP product. You will run the performance cadence, coach first-time managers, and own the difficult conversations the business is putting off.

One paragraph, not six sections

Context. What the role owns. Team size. How you ship. Everything else is noise until the interview.

Skip the company overview

They found your JD. They can find your website. They will skim it. They will learn about you in the interview if they are still interested.

Bullets only where they earn their place

A list of "responsibilities" tells the candidate nothing they cannot guess.

Post the comp band

You will filter the wrong people anyway. Either pre-application or after offer. Pre is cheaper.

The template · plain text

Copy. Paste. Replace the bracketed bits.

Post with this · 30s

hr-business-partner.md

290 words · 3 min read

# HR business partner, [function], [city] or hybrid

We are hiring an HRBP for our [function] organisation, roughly [N] people across [M] leadership reports. You will report to the [head of people] and partner day to day with [the two leaders]. You will run the performance cadence, coach first-time managers, and own the difficult conversations the business is putting off.

## You will be good here if

- You have been an HRBP at a [stage] company before and have rewritten a policy after a single difficult conversation.
- You can sit with a first-time manager who has avoided a performance conversation for three months and prepare them in 30 minutes.
- [The third trait you actually care about].

## What you will not get

A people ops team to delegate the admin to. You will do some of it yourself for the first six months. You will also not get the cover of a long-standing HR brand or a thick policy library. You will set the standards as you go, and you will be the visible owner of every difficult call the business is putting off.

## Compensation

[Currency][low] to [high] base. [low] to [high] percent equity. We post the band because we mean it.

## How we hire

30-second post, screen plus assessment via Picked, 20-minute interview via Picked, one on-site half-day with the CEO, two managers, and a live coaching role-play. We aim to give a yes or no in 7 days.

## What is the rubric

Manager coaching, comms in conflict, policy instinct, cross-team navigation, discretion. Not your last title.

That is the JD. Apply via [link] or just send a paragraph about the last manager you coached through a hard conversation.

[Your name], [your title]

Tone rules

Eight phrases to delete
from every JD you ever write.

"Rockstar / ninja / wizard"

Nobody respectable applies to this. Replace with: nothing.

"Self-starter"

Means: we have no plan and no manager. Replace with: name the actual autonomy.

"Comfortable with ambiguity"

Same thing again. Replace with: tell them the specific ambiguity they will face.

"Fast-paced environment"

Means: chaotic. Replace with: name the cadence, sprints, ship-day, on-call.

"Champion"

A verb that means nothing. Replace with: the actual outcome.