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# People Business Partner, South at Cobalt Service Partners

- **Company:** Cobalt Service Partners
- **Location:** Dallas Texas, United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cobaltservicepartners/jobs/5376616008

## Job description

Position: People Business Partner, South Organization: Cobalt Service Partners – Alpine Investors Portfolio Company – (https://cobaltsp.com) Location: Dallas, TX (based), with regular travel primarily across the South and Southeast regions Reports To: VP of People, with dotted line to Regional President

Cobalt Service Partners Overview

Cobalt Service Partners is a private equity–backed platform building the leading commercial access and security integration business in North America. Our partner companies design, install, and service mission-critical systems including access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and related low-voltage infrastructure for enterprise, institutional, and commercial customers.

Backed by Alpine Investors, a private equity firm specializing in middle-market companies in the services and software industries with $15B+ in AUM, Cobalt has scaled rapidly since launch. With more than 20 acquisitions completed in a highly fragmented operating environment, Cobalt is building a differentiated, data-driven platform designed to scale through both organic growth and M&A.

Cobalt's Core Values Are

- Unwavering stewardship: We believe advancing founders' legacies is a privilege. We do right by our founders, teams, and customers in good times and in bad.
- Excellence in action: We hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards. We're bold in our pursuits, don't make excuses, and relentlessly empower each other to get the job done.
- Seek and tell the truth: We're honest with ourselves and others. We do what we say we'll do, say what needs to be said, and search for the right answer regardless of where it comes from.
- Love learning: We're always learning as individuals, as a team, and as a business. We show up humble, curious, and with the courage to change our minds.
- Enjoy the ride: We're fired up by our mission, love our team, and don't take either for granted. We show up authentically, assume best intent, and try not to take ourselves too seriously.

Position Overview

The People Business Partner, South serves as an on-the-ground extension of Cobalt's People team, partnering directly with regional leaders across the South and Southeast to execute people strategy, manage talent, and lead organizational change. This is a high-autonomy, field-based role: the right person will build trust with regional leaders, translate headquarters initiatives for frontline teams in a way that upholds a people-first culture, and know when to make the call versus when to escalate.

## Key Responsibilities

- Regional People Strategy & Workforce Planning: Partner with regional leaders to execute Cobalt's people strategy across the South and Southeast, and support workforce planning as the region and portfolio grow.
- Talent Management & Organizational Change: Own talent management processes and lead organizational change initiatives, proactively identifying and addressing systemic trends in employee-relations issues.
- Headquarters Alignment & Change Management: Translate headquarters initiatives and directives for frontline teams in a way that upholds a people-first culture, supported by thoughtful, well-sequenced change management.
- Data-Driven Communication: Collect, analyze, and interpret regional people data, communicating it differently — and always actionably — for leadership versus employees.
- Field Presence & Trust-Building: Build relationships and influence with regional leaders without formal authority, spend meaningful time in the field with employees and managers, and exercise sound judgment on when to escalate.
- People Leadership: Lead direct reports with clear direction and autonomy, upholding the highest standards of execution as the team grows alongside the region.

## Qualifications

- 5+ years of relevant HR/People experience, ideally in a field-based, multi-site, or regionally distributed environment
- Experience in security integration, entrance solutions, or other blue-collar, multi-location industries (e.g., HVAC, plumbing, electrical)
- Proven people-management experience, with a clear track record of leading a team to drive results — enabling direct reports to operate with clear direction and autonomy while upholding the highest standards of execution
- Demonstrated experience in workforce planning and full-cycle talent management
- Proven ability to lead and support organizational change management initiatives
- Strong data collection, analysis, and interpretation skills, with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable recommendations for both leaders and employees
- Track record of building relationships and driving influence without formal authority over the teams being advised
- Comfort and direct experience working with blue-collar or frontline employee populations, with an understanding of how blue-collar and white-collar work environments differ
- Understanding of private equity culture and comfort navigating the tension between people and profit — finding ways to advance both without compromising performance or company values (nice to have)
- Sound, independent decision-making, including good judgment on when to escalate versus resolve directly
- Learning & development experience, including designing or delivering training content (nice to have)
- Ability to travel an average of 50%, with the possibility for more at times

Core Competencies

- Communication: Distills complex information for the audience in front of them, communicates concisely, and favors genuine, down-to-earth language over anything scripted or corporate.
- Active Listening: Listens actively and empathetically, balancing personal, employee, and business needs.
- Adaptability & Judgment: Comfortable operating in ambiguity, applying nuanced judgment that balances policy, business, and people needs.
- Decisiveness: Confident and decisive, with the courage to make a call and own it.
- Positive Energy: Brings positive, light, engaged energy no matter the moment or challenge — someone people want to see walk into the room.
- Initiative & Execution: Self-starter who takes initiative rather than waiting to be told what to do; executes according to directives or the vision, staying on task and filtering out lower-priority noise to focus on what matters most.

## Compensation and Timing

This role offers a base salary of $120-135k (DOE), plus bonus, along with a comprehensive benefits package (healthcare, 401(k) match, flexible time off).

## About Cobalt Service Partners

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cobalt Service Partners is a permanent home for market-leading commercial access and security businesses, acquiring and supporting them while preserving their local brands and culture.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Alpine Investors)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: Not publicly available (likely founded in the 2020s)
- **Founders**: Tyler Hoffman (Co-Founder & Co-CEO); another co-founder is not named on public sources.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Facilities Services / Commercial Access & Security
- **Target customers**: B2B – specifically owners of commercial access and security companies (door installation, access control, video surveillance) looking for a long-term acquisition partner; and their end customers (businesses needing commercial door and security services).
- **Mission statement**: “Securing legacies, unlocking possibility.”

## Products & Services
Cobalt Service Partners does not offer a single product to end users. Instead, it provides a platform for acquired companies via its "buy and build" model:

- **Acquisition & Stewardship**: Buys market-leading commercial access and security businesses, keeping their local brands, leadership, and culture intact.
- **Operational Support**: Provides hands-on help with recruiting (especially technicians, sales, leadership), training and professional development, finance and accounting, compliance, and technology implementation.
- **People Development**: Offers access to learning programs, training hubs, and a national network of peers for employees of partner companies.
- **Long-Term Home**: Positions itself as a permanent owner (not a flip or roll-up into a bureaucratic machine), allowing founders to exit while preserving their legacy.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed as a private company.
- **Key Metric**: Headcount of 55 employees (as of mid-2026), with strong growth: +25.7% YoY.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by **Alpine Investors**, a values-driven investment firm.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Acquired at least three companies: **Automatic Entrances of Wisconsin** (Sep 2024), **Digi Security Systems** (Jun 2024), and **Piedmont Door Solutions** (date not specified).
  - Portfolio includes 16+ partner companies across the US (Toepfer Security, i-Tech Security, Homeland Safety Systems, etc.).
  - Rapid LinkedIn follower growth: +110.6% year-over-year, now at 10,850 followers.
  - Actively hiring with 22 open positions across finance, operations, M&A, and field technician roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **People-first stewardship**: Unlike typical private equity roll-ups that cut costs and centralize, Cobalt preserves local brands, leadership, and culture.
- **Long-term ownership model**: Described as a “permanent home” for acquired businesses, not a flip. This builds trust with sellers who fear losing their legacy.
- **Alpine Investors backing**: Access to capital, talent networks, and operational expertise from a well-known PE firm committed to "building enduring businesses by investing in and developing exceptional people."
- **Niche focus**: Concentrates solely on commercial access and security, allowing deep domain expertise and targeted support.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling the portfolio through further acquisitions, building out operational infrastructure (recruiting, training, finance), and strengthening the network of partner companies.
- **Direction for growth**: Expand geographic footprint and service offerings by acquiring more market-leading companies in the same space, while investing heavily in the development of their people and technology.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes a "people-first" ethos, stewardship, and "love learning" values. The company aims to create fulfilling, long-term homes for employees.
- **Growth Opportunities**: Employees at partner companies gain access to professional development programs and a national peer network. The company is actively growing (22 open roles), offering career advancement in a fast-scaling environment.
- **Work Model**: Mix of on-site (field technicians, regional roles) and remote (corporate functions: FP&A, Integration Controller). Headquarters in NYC.
- **Notable Perks**: Strong training culture, hands-on recruiting support, and a mission-driven focus on preserving the "blue-collar" roots of the business (named Cobalt to honor blue-collar workers).
- **Engineering/Technical Roles**: Field technicians and sales engineers are in high demand; the company highlights support for these roles as a core strength.

## Sources
1. [cobaltsp.com](https://www.cobaltsp.com/why-cobalt)
2. [cobaltsp.com](https://www.cobaltsp.com/our-team)
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cobalt-sp)
4. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/cobaltservicepartners)
5. [cobaltsp.com](https://www.cobaltsp.com/our-companies)

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