Location: Waltham, MA (hybrid)
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Palo Alto, NEXT is an insurtech company offering digital insurance solutions tailored to small businesses across the U.S. By leveraging AI and machine learning, we provide customized policies for sectors such as general liability, professional liability, and commercial auto insurance. Business owners can easily receive quotes and purchase coverage through our online platform. Our mission is to help entrepreneurs thrive.
To date, we have raised over $1.1 billion in funding, including a $265 million strategic round in November 2023, led by Allstate and Allianz X. This funding is intended to accelerate our path to profitability and expansion. A strategic partnership with Allstate enables us to develop new commercial auto products and extend our offerings to Allstate’s customer base. Serving more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide, we employ around 700 people, with offices in Palo Alto, Waltham, Rochester, Israel, and some remote roles.
NEXT is looking for a Sr. HR Business Partner (People Partner) to join our team. This isn’t your traditional People Partner role! This is an opportunity to help lead our technology organization into the future. With the support of Next’s amazing HR COE’s, this role will create and drive the People and Business strategy, and lead all facets of HR solutioning for the Insurance organization.
What You’ll Do:
- Strategically partner with the Chief Technology Officer and the leadership team across the technology organization
- Lead the process of creating one unified global technology organization that operates in two countries (U.S. and Israel)
- Proactively identify and address critical organizational and people issues and remove barriers impeding the success of the business
- Continually assess organizational design and effectiveness and lead the organization through the appropriate change journeys required for sustained success
- Continue to build a high-performing organization through the development of top talent and supplementing the organization with key hires
- Turn data into actionable insights that help shape the future of the organization
- And most importantly, help Next and the Insurance organization win!
What You Won’t Do:
- This is not a ‘wait by the phone’ role in which you respond to employee relations issues or other business fires
- This isn’t an advisory role. This is a roll up your sleeves and ‘get stuff done’ role.
- You won’t be fighting a lot of bureaucracy or stifling processes
- You won’t be able to find a corner of the organization and hide. We are a small and mighty organization and everyone is asked to contribute to our success.
What You’ll Need To Succeed:
- Previous experience leading global technology teams (bonus points if those were in Israel)
- The ability to win as part of a team
- The combination of proactive strategic leadership and the ability to execute on ideas/plans
- The ability to effectively influence as well as coach business leaders and employees
- Solid project management experience
- A strong technological savvy with great analytical abilities
- A solid track record of expanding responsibilities as well as demonstrated success as a people leader leading a complex organization
The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in the location(s) listed. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including, without limitation, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. NEXT employees are eligible to participate in our equity incentive program and will also receive our benefits package, consisting of our partially subsidized medical plan, fully subsidized vision/dental options, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k), flexible paid time off, parental leave and more.
US annual base salary range for this full-time position:
$150,000—$200,000 USD
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that some underrepresented people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At NEXT, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
One of our core values is 'Play as a Team'; this means making sure everyone has an equal chance to participate and make a difference. We win by playing together. Next Insurance is an equal opportunity employer and prioritizes building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants of any type and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state, and local laws. Next's policy is to comply with all applicable laws related to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
What We Do
The needs of business owners have significantly changed over the past decade, the insurance industry hasn’t. When you’re running your own business, you’re placing a huge bet on yourself. Your ideas, your passion, your blood, sweat and tears define your success. Next Insurance was created to give your business the coverage it deserves. Simple, affordable and tailored. So no matter what you do, no matter how you define success, we’re right there, next to you. Behind our groundbreaking AI-based technology there are hundreds of us. Data scientists, insurance advisors, product managers, designers & more. We are passionate about helping businesses achieve their goals & are committed to serve the needs of business owners. Even our three founders started their path as small business owners so they have been there and are committed to supporting the journey of your business.
Why Work With Us
Next Insurance is looking for explorers who are filled with curiosity, have the desire to travel the unbeaten path, and realize new heights in providing small business owners with the peace of mind to run their businesses. If you move fast, customer-focused, and willing to challenge the status quo, Next Insurance might just be your next journey.
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