Director / Senior HR Business Partner

Power Integrations | San Jose, CA

About Power Integrations

Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI) is a leader in high-voltage integrated circuits used in energy-efficient power conversion across consumer, industrial, and automotive markets. Our technologies power billions of devices worldwide and support the global transition toward electrification and renewable energy.

As we continue to grow and expand the adoption of our PowiGaN™ technology, we are focused on scaling our organization, strengthening leadership capabilities, and enabling faster innovation across our engineering and global business teams.

The Director / Senior HR Business Partner will play a critical role in helping Power Integrations evolve into a more scalable, high-performing organization by partnering with leaders to build strong teams, develop leadership capability, and improve organizational effectiveness.

Position Overview

The Director / Senior HR Business Partner partners closely with senior leaders to translate business strategy into talent, leadership, and organizational priorities. This role will help the organization continue to mature by strengthening leadership capability, improving organizational clarity, and building the systems and practices needed to scale globally.

This role requires a strategic HR leader who understands how to support technical and engineering organizations and Business Unit Leadership, navigate complexity, and help leaders build high-performing teams in a fast-moving technology environment.

The HR Business Partner will work closely with HR Centers of Excellence—including Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, and HR Operations—to deliver integrated people solutions that enable business success.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership

- Partner with senior leaders to align people strategies with business goals and growth priorities.
- Provide strategic guidance on organizational design, talent strategy, and leadership effectiveness.
- Translate business objectives into workforce, leadership, and capability plans.

Organizational Effectiveness & Maturity

- Help leaders evolve the organization as the company scales, improving clarity, accountability, and decision-making.
- Support leaders in designing organizations that enable faster execution and collaboration across teams.
- Diagnose organizational challenges and recommend solutions that improve team effectiveness and productivity.

Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

- Partner with leaders to identify capability needs and develop workforce strategies that support future growth.
- Lead talent reviews and succession planning to strengthen leadership pipelines.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to improve hiring quality and attract strong technical talent.

Leadership Development

- Coach leaders and managers to strengthen leadership capability and team effectiveness.
- Support leadership development initiatives that build a strong pipeline of future leaders.
- Help leaders navigate organizational change and transformation.

Culture & Performance

- Help embed a high-performance culture aligned with Power Integrations’ values and strategic priorities.
- Support leaders in driving accountability, engagement, and strong team performance.
- Partner with HR colleagues to implement programs that strengthen employee experience and retention.

Global HR Partnership

- Support leaders across global teams and help ensure HR programs are applied consistently across regions.
- Partner with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated solutions in compensation, learning, talent management, and HR operations.

Qualifications

Experience

- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including experience as an HR Business Partner.
- Experience supporting technical or engineering organizations in technology, semiconductor, or similar industries preferred.
- Experience working in global organizations with distributed teams.

Expertise

- Organizational design and team effectiveness
- Talent management and succession planning
- Leadership coaching and development
- Workforce planning and talent strategy
- Change management and organizational transformation

Capabilities

- Strong business acumen and ability to align people strategy with business outcomes.
- Ability to influence leaders and build trusted partnerships across the organization.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and supporting organizations as they scale and mature.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to use data and insights to guide decisions.  Strong Talent Management background preferred.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will help Power Integrations:
- Strengthen leadership capability across the organization
- Improve organizational clarity and effectiveness
- Build strong talent pipelines for critical technical roles
- Support leaders as the company continues to scale globally
- Reinforce a culture of accountability, innovation, and performance 

Why Join Power Integrations

You will have the opportunity to partner with world-class engineering and business leaders to help shape the next chapter of Power Integrations’ growth. This role offers a unique opportunity to help build the leadership and organizational capabilities needed to support innovation and global expansion.  Power Integrations is committed to building teams that drive innovation and therefore review a range of factors when determining compensation.  The annual base pay range for this position is $158,695 to $263,639.  Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, qualifications and work location.  The range displayed on the job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position in California. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Power Integrations also offers to our eligible employees a comprehensive total rewards package that includes equity, medical benefits, ESPP, 401K, tuition reimbursement and time off programs. For additional benefits, please visit https://www.power.com/company/our-sustainability-priorities/people-our-engine-innovation.