Lithium offers a great working environment and competitive compensation and benefits packages. We're looking for fast-thinking, innovative, passionate team players who enjoy brainstorming new ideas, working with the best and brightest in the social media software industry.

At Lithium we encourage our employees to be real. In keeping with this philosophy, we appreciate diversity and welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, genetic information or criminal history.

Job Description

At Lithium Technologies, we're looking for a strategic HR Business Partner to join our team in Austin, TX.  This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual to have a leadership role to help the company achieve its growth plans while evolving our culture and values.

As an HRBP, you will provide support for the R&D and Product Management functions.

A major focus for the role is superior talent leadership both from a strategic and tactical perspective.  In addition to a people and business growth agenda, the role will include strategic HR Business Partner support for the organization and its leaders, strategic talent planning to include leadership and employee development. On a day-to-day basis, the role requires operational and hands-on focus and is responsible for delivering all HR programs and activities in partnership with the business and in compliance with all employment laws.

In this role, you will:

• Understand the business including productivity and financial metrics, organizational capabilities, systems, and structures.
• Identify the HR implications of the business plan and develop and implement solutions to meet identified needs.
• Ensure effective communication channels across the organization, inside and outside of engineering/products.
• Utilize conflict resolution skills, and mediate between stakeholders.
• Support performance management practices (defining success, establishing measurements, providing feedback and rewarding performance).
• Apply strong cross-functional relationship, influence and persuasion skills.
• Lead projects where the impact is significant in supporting the client's needs.
• Lead and participate in HR best practices and project delivery, utilizing amazing project management skills.
• Participate in the development of and lead programs which drive employee engagement.
• Partner with the Executive team to drive a high performing culture.
• Recommend organization design updates based on the assessment of current talent.

This role requires:

• Bachelors degree plus a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in an HR Business Partner role.
• Functional expertise in employee relations, meeting facilitation, program management and leadership training, org design, and learning & development
• Ability to be proactive, to anticipate and provide alternatives and options to the business.
• Ability to develop productive and effective relationships across all levels and with diverse client groups.
• Ability to diagnose and successfully handle employee relations and organizational development issues.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; must be an articulate and persuasive communicator.
• Excellent interpersonal, group, process and influence skills.
• Ability to prepare and make senior level presentations, and collect, assimilate and analyze data.
• Advanced working knowledge of compensation and recruiting practices
• Consistent track-record of success within organizations that demand a high degree of energy, flexibility, adaptability and embrace iterative activity
• Knowledge of federal, state and local laws, statutes, etc. which govern employment policies and practices.