Sr. HR Business Partner (Product & Tech)

About DAT

Discover your future at DAT Freight & Analytics, where innovation meets impact. For over four decades, DAT has been at the forefront of transportation and logistics, helping businesses move freight with greater efficiency and confidence. We are a technology company that removes uncertainty from freight for truckers, brokers, and shippers every day. Our advanced tools and data intelligence empower professionals to make smarter decisions, optimize costs, and operate more successfully. Through the industry's largest digital freight marketplace and insights derived from over $1 trillion in freight transactions, we provide the mission-critical information that keeps supply chains running smoothly across the country. DAT is proud to be an award-winning workplace that fosters innovation, celebrates success, and values professional growth. With strategic offices in Beaverton, OR, Denver, Seattle, Springfield, MO, and Bangalore, India, our teams collaborate to solve the transportation industry's most complex challenges. Ready to shape the future of freight technology? Learn more at dat.com/company.

Job Application Deadline: 07/15/2025

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join our Human Resources team in Seattle, WA.

This role will work in a true partnership model with our Executive leaders in Product & Technology developing and implementing strategic people initiatives. You will report into the Chief People Officer and play a key role in the transformation of the HR function at DAT. We are redefining the way HR engages with and supports the business to enable a high performance culture. Your experience working in organizations that have experienced different phases of evolution while also prioritizing employee experience will enable you to be a strong partner on the HR, Product & Technology teams.

This role will balance being a trusted partner and advisor to the Executive team with leading and developing an HR Generalist who will work closely with you to support the Product &Technology teams.

What You'll Do

• As an active member on the Product & Technology leadership teams you will collaborate with senior leaders to understand the business priorities, identify workplace challenges and develop strategies to achieve organizational goals. This will enable you to drive the people strategy for these teams with a direct connection to business objectives.
• Own the development and execution of a strategic people plan for your portfolios, leveraging analysis of key people trends and metrics and a deep understanding of the business to inform focus areas and achieve buy-in from the senior leaders you support.
• Help design, deliver & drive DAT's people programs, initiatives and annual processes across the Product & Technology teams (ie: talent development, performance management, calibration, etc)
• Participate in team planning sessions across Product & Technology to translate how the HR strategy aligns with business strategy.
• Advise on employee issues, driving timely resolution while also ensuring we balance support for our employees with the demands of high performance culture and employment practices.
• Play a leading role in the shaping of change management initiatives, driving communications across Product & Technology teams and guiding senior leaders through the implementation of changes.
• In partnership with the Talent Acquisition & Finance teams along with senior leaders, play a key role in strategic workforce planning through the development and ongoing refinement of the headcount plan; ensure Product & Technology has the needed skills & experience to deliver and recruitment priorities are met.
• In partnership with our OD Partner, develop programs that support the ongoing professional development of your stakeholder group, uplifting capability and performance.
• Influence Compensation outcomes to consider internal equity, retention of key talent and fair reward for high performance through recurring Salary Review processes
• Identify and take action on coaching opportunities, sharing uncomfortable information in a clear and helpful manner when required, engaging in challenging conversations with stakeholders and team members
• Lead, guide and mentor the HR Generalist on your team as they deliver on a wide range of HR activities, processes and programs.
• Collaborate with the HR leadership team on initiatives and participate in projects and workstreams as needed

You are someone who:

• Collaborates strongly, ensuring that stakeholders remain well informed and are across the right information at the right time.
• Balances the need to plan, with the need to deliver value, working with the mindset of progress over perfection in order to deliver at pace. Foresees risks, resolves problems and delays. Ensures swift progress.
• Works with a sense of accountability and readily takes ownership of challenging or difficult tasks while also enjoying the support & camaraderie of a team.
• Applies a commercial mindset to make educated and skilful judgement calls, while managing risk for the business.
• Communicates effectively by knowing your audience. Delivers information in a polished, precise, and compelling manner. Is able to influence all levels of stakeholder through these communications.
• Looks at complex issues from many angles in order to deeply understand the issue. Evaluates a range of options and their implications to gain a clear understanding of the impact of each alternative, making sound recommendations to stakeholders, leveraging data along the way.
• Is honest and straightforward when working with others; shares uncomfortable information in a clear and helpful manner.

The Skills and Experience You'll Bring

• Proven experience in a fast paced Business Partnering role, covering the broad generalist spectrum of HR along with partnering with senior leaders and leadership teams, ideally in a mid-large size global SaaS company.
• Deep understanding of multiple HR disciplines, including compensation practices, employee relations, creating inclusive cultures, performance management, and employment legislation
• Experience leading and managing the people impacts of an evolving organization
• Active participation in due diligence and integration activities related to M&A
• Senior stakeholder management experience with the ability to influence senior leaders and quickly develop credibility and trust
• Experience working with and coaching senior stakeholders on complex people issues
• Experience building or reinforcing a high performance culture

Why DAT?
DAT is an award winning employer of choice.

For starters, we have a hybrid work environment, but we also know what makes a great workplace. We have a time-tested and resolute set of operating values predicated on integrity, mutual respect, open communication, and executing with excellence. These values inform our strategic vision as much as any one of our products does. We've been an employer of choice in the Portland metropolitan area for four decades, and within one year of opening our Denver office, DAT was #26 on Built In Colorado's 100 Best Places to Work In Colorado.

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Up to 20 days of paid time off starting in year one
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness
• Free TriMet transit pass (Beaverton Office)
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Work on impactful projects in a cutting-edge environment
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Opportunity to make a real difference in the trucking industry
• Employee Resource Groups

This position is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

For Washington-based candidates, in compliance with the Washington States Pay Transparency Law, the minimum salary for this role is $150,000.00 + benefits + target bonus. The maximum compensation for this role can vary significantly depending on your job-related skills and experience. DAT considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education and training, core skills, internal equity, and market and business elements when extending an offer.

DAT embraces the value of a diverse workforce, and believes it is a core strength of our company that we encourage those values in every DAT employee, at every level of our organization, regardless of tenure or rank. We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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