Graphcore is a UK-headquartered semiconductor and AI compute company, now part of SoftBank’s global AI ecosystem. Our headquarters are in Bristol, with offices in London, Cambridge, Poland, Germany, and Taiwan. In 2026, we opened new key locations in India and US with the aim to build out key engineering and operational hubs to support our next phase of growth.
Our mission is to build the future of AI compute – and that depends not only on exceptional engineering but also on an outstanding People function. As we scale globally, the People team is focused on building strong operational foundations and a great employee experience everywhere we operate.
You will be part of the Global People Team, working closely with People Partners and collaborating with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, and Workplace teams.
Job Summary
The Regional People Partner Lead – US will act as the senior People partner for the US region, supporting leaders and managers while establishing and scaling the people model locally. the regional People model.
The role combines strategic business partnering, employee relations leadership and operational ownership, acting is is a balanced business partnering role, combining leadership support, organisational effectiveness, and regional ownership.
The role will act as the key interface between the US organisation and the global People team, ensuring local needs are translated into scalable solutions.
You will support The role will senior leadership across provide primary People support to the Systems Engineering and the broader US population organisation, including senior leadership based .primarily in Austin and Milpitas, while working across a and support a distributed workforce across US states.across multiple US locations.
This is a role for someone who can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution, operating effectively in a scaling, fast paced environment.
As we build at the cutting edge of AI compute, this role requires pace, pragmatism, and a strong bias to action.
You will be a act as a visible and trusted People presence across the US region.
Responsibilities and Duties
Business Partnering
- Partner closely with leaders, including senior Systems Engineering leadership, acting as a trusted advisor
- Coach and develop managers to build strong leadership capability
- Support org design, workforce planning and change initiaitives.
- Provide coaching and guidance to managers
- Build manager capability
- Build strong relationships across the business to understand the needs and improve the employee experience.
- Support organisational change
Regional Ownership and Build
- Act as the primary People contact for the US region
- Act as the on-the-ground People partner across multiple locations
- Establish and evolve the US regionaoperating l model as the location scales.
- Hire a Support hiring of People Operations Advisor – to ensure execution of day to day people operations and Graphcore People Policies.onboarding, offboarding.
- Support transition from secondees and contractors
Employee Relations and Compliance
- Lead and resolve
- Support and manage employee relations cases including performance, grievances and conflict resolution.
- Advise leaders on risk, complaince and best practice.
- Act as regional expert on US and California employment law [FMLA, ADA, CRFA]
- Coach managers through difficult conversations
- Ensure compliance with US employment law
- Partner with Legal and external providers (i.e Sequoia One (PEO)
Operations and Vendor Alignment
- Work with People Operations to deliver lifecycle processes
- Partner with PEO Sequoia One for benefits and compliance
- Ensure effective use of PEO model and alignment alignment with global processes
- Collaborate with Finance, Legal, Workplace and Talent Acquisition
- Ensure compliance across multi-state operations
Insight, Scale and Continuous Improvement
- Identify trends and translate into actionable improvements.
- Feed insights into global strategy
- Support continuous improvement – simplications and scalability of process
Candidate Profile
Essential
- (8-12 + years) Strong People Partner and Leadership experience in the US
- Experience in a multi-state, scaling environments
- Strong knowledge of US and California employment law
- Strong knowledge of California employment law
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Ability to travel to other US sites and occasional international travel to HQ corporate office
Desirable
- Experience in software, technology or AI
- Experience supporting engineering teams
- Experience in multi-site environments
- Experience with PEO models
- Experience working for an international Organisation
Mindset and Approach
- Acts as a Trusted partner to leaders and employees
- Comfortable in ambiguity and scaling fast-paced environments
- Builds accountability and ownership
- Demonstrates urgency and a “say yes” mindset
- Thrives at the cutting edge of technology
- Pragmatic with bias to action
- Balances pragmatism with compliance
- Focused on enabling high performance employee experience
Top Skills
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
At Graphcore, we’re building the future of AI compute. We’re a team of semiconductor, software and AI experts, with deep experience in creating the complete AI compute stack - from silicon and software to infrastructure at datacenter scale. As part of the SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we are delivering key technology into the fast-growing SoftBank AI ecosystem. To meet the vast and exciting AI opportunity, Graphcore is expanding its teams around the world. We are bringing together the brightest minds to solve the toughest problems, in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products and the future of artificial intelligence.
Why Work With Us
Our team is at the forefront of the machine intelligence revolution, enabling innovators from all industries to build AI-native products to expand human potential. What we do at Graphcore really makes a difference.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
At Graphcore, we value wellbeing and flexibility to support a healthy work/life balance. Our hybrid approach encourages office-based colleagues to work onsite three days a week, with trusted flexibility built on trust and transparency for everyone.
