Jam City is looking for a People Business Partner, located in our San Francisco office. They will report to the Senior Manager, Talent Management, and partner with leaders across assigned business groups to support organizational and talent priorities. As a key partner to the business, you will play a hands-on role in employee relations, performance management, and talent programs, ensuring our people programs are delivered consistently, compliantly, and in line with business needs. You will work closely with leaders and the broader People Team to strengthen culture and support the business through change. You will also serve as the onsite point of contact for workplace experience in our San Francisco office, supporting the Workplace Experience team in bringing programs and events to life.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned client groups, building trusted relationships with managers and employees
- Apply human-centered, data-driven approaches to address business needs and strengthen team culture
- Partner with the People team to roll out and improve programs across your client groups
- Manage day-to-day employee relations matters, including investigations, documentation, and resolution, escalating complex cases as needed
- Execute the performance management cycle for your client groups, including goal setting, calibration, and feedback
- Support talent management programs, including succession planning, career development, and internal mobility
- Coach managers to strengthen decision-making, leadership capability, and team effectiveness
- Use AI tools in your own work to improve efficiency, sharpen insights, and free up time for higher-value partnership
- Serve as the onsite partner for the Workplace Experience team in San Francisco, helping facilitate office events, employee programs, and local engagement activities
- Act as a local point of contact for office-related employee needs, escalating to Workplace Experience as appropriate
- Deliver projects on time by scoping work clearly and keeping cross-functional partners informed
QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of people business partner or HR generalist experience
- Proven ability to build credibility and trust with managers and employees
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use workforce data to inform recommendations
- Experience supporting change management and organizational initiatives
- Working knowledge of U.S. employment and labor laws; California employment law experience a plus
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Genuine curiosity about AI and hands-on experience using AI tools to improve HR workflows, with a thoughtful view on responsible use
- Comfortable supporting onsite events and employee experience activities alongside core HR responsibilities
- Must be local to the greater San Francisco area and able to work from the office 5 days a week
Skills Required
- 3+ years of people business partner or HR generalist experience
- Ability to build credibility and trust with managers and employees
- Strong analytical skills and ability to use workforce data for recommendations
- Experience supporting change management and organizational initiatives
- Working knowledge of U.S. employment and labor laws
- California employment law experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Curiosity about AI and hands-on experience using AI tools to improve HR workflows
- Thoughtful perspective on responsible AI use
- Comfort supporting onsite events and employee experience activities
- Local to the greater San Francisco area
- Ability to work from the office five days per week
Jam City Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Jam City and has not been reviewed or approved by Jam City.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare options are consistently characterized as strong, including medical, dental, vision, FSA, and life insurance. Solid coverage is highlighted as a plus across benefits descriptions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous or “unlimited” PTO alongside paid holidays, sick leave, bereavement, and parental leave is widely listed. These time-off provisions are positioned as strengths even when base pay may not be top-of-market.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as pet-friendly offices, commuter benefits, snacks/drinks, company events, and wellness activities are commonly showcased. Remote/hybrid options further support day-to-day flexibility and work–life balance.
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What We Do
Jam City is an award-winning entertainment company providing unique and deeply engaging mobile games that are played by tens of millions of people across the globe. Led by CEO Chris DeWolfe, former MySpace co-founder and CEO, and COO Josh Yguado, former 20th Century Fox executive, Jam City is the creative powerhouse behind some of the highest-grossing and most enduring mobile games. Jam City’s global franchise Cookie Jam has generated more than half a billion dollars, and Panda Pop has more than 120 million downloads to date. The company also is the go-to studio for Hollywood, having developed immersive, narrative-rich mobile games around iconic entertainment brands. The company’s popular RPG game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery was the #1 game in more than 40 countries at its launch in April 2018. Jam City has nine studios located in Los Angeles (HQ), Berlin, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Burbank, Cedar Falls, San Diego, San Francisco, and Toronto. The Jam City team is known for its creative excellence and technological innovation in key areas including storytelling, data science and audience insights.
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