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People Business Partner Manager, People for People

Apple

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Compensation
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Location
Cupertino, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The People Business Partner Manager leads a small team delivering strategic and tactical People support and programs to worldwide client groups. The role partners with business leaders on compensation, performance management, organizational design, culture, and leadership challenges. It provides data and recommendations to guide decisions across the employee lifecycle, including organizational structures, retention, and promotions, while driving initiatives through cross-functional partnership and data-driven decision-making.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Strategic ThinkingData-Driven AnalysisAnalytical Problem SolvingOwnership and AccountabilityIndependent LeadershipCollaborationRelationship BuildingChange ManagementWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationInformation DiscretionOrganizational SkillsAdaptability

Qualifications

15+ Years HR Business Partner ExperienceTeam Leadership ExperienceBachelor's DegreeAdvanced Degree in Human Resources or Equivalent

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200691112-0836

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just craft products - they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

In this role, you will lead a small team to deliver a full spectrum of both strategic and tactical People support and programs for the client groups worldwide organizations. From educating clients on compensation practices and the performance management process to advising on organizational design, Culture development and numerous leadership & management challenges. Providing relevant data and recommendations to guide decision-making related to compensation, organizational structures, retention, promotions and other actives, are key aspects of this role.

Description

This role serves as a key strategic partner to the business, responsible for aligning people strategies with organizational objectives and driving critical initiatives across the employee lifecycle. The ideal candidate will bring strong business acumen, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to influence and guide leaders through complex challenges. Success in this role requires building trusted relationships, fostering high-performing teams, and consistently delivering results through cross-functional partnership and data-driven decision making.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 15+ years of HR (People) Business Partner experience

  • Proven Track record of leading a team of HR (People) Business Partners

  • Requires a BA/BS

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advance degree in Human Resources or equivalent

  • Strategic thinker, data-driven, and analytical in approach to solving programs

  • Results-oriented, driven, and demonstrates a high degree of ownership and accountability

  • Resourceful, inventive, self-motivated and able to independently lead

  • Highly collaborative style with the ability to quickly develop trusted relationships

  • Active change agent committed to developing creative, sustainable solutions that are uniquely Apple

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to synthesize key insights for senior leadership team

  • Ability to handle highly sensitive information with discretion and maturity

  • Ability to demonstrate strong organization skills with shown experience in dealing with rapid change in ambiguous environments

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 701 open Human Resources Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$97–125K/yr59 salary ranges
  • US median$45–58/hr20 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 74 open Human Resources Manager jobs in California and 701 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Human Resources Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 542 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 224 of the 701 open Human Resources Manager jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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