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# Senior HR Business Partner at PLACE Corporate Careers

- **Company:** PLACE Corporate Careers
- **Location:** Bellingham, WA
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://place.com/corporate-careers/4730994005?gh_jid=4730994005

## Job description

Your Opportunity:

At PLACE, we're building a category-defining company at the intersection of real estate, technology, business services, and the consumer. As a profitable, hypergrowth startup, on the path to an IPO, our standards are high, our team is scrappy, and our commitment is to execute the best work of our lives.

This is YOUR CHANCE to shape the backbone of a company that's scaling rapidly and innovating boldly. As our Senior HR Business Partner, you'll partner with the VP of Human Resources, business unit leaders, and department heads across PLACE's Technology & Services companies to drive organizational planning, talent strategy, and employee relations — while also owning a functional area within our enterprise People Operations Center of Excellence, such as Performance Management & Rewards or Culture & Engagement. If you thrive in complexity, entrepreneurial problem-solving, and believe in scaling through tech and AI, this is your PLACE.

Who Develops You: VP of Human Resources

What You're Great At:

You're a seasoned HR professional with 7+ years of progressive experience, including time spent as an HR Business Partner navigating complex employee relations issues with objectivity and care. You know how to coach leaders through tough conversations and translate business goals into talent strategies that actually move the needle. You've built or governed a CoE-style program before — whether that's performance management, engagement, onboarding, or compliance — and you're comfortable being the go-to expert multiple stakeholders rely on. You're analytical at your core, able to turn data into insights leadership can act on, and you have a solid grasp of employment law that keeps HR practices compliant and risk-aware. You communicate with clarity and build trust easily across all levels of an organization. A PHR, SPHR, or equivalent certification is a strong plus, and familiarity with HRIS and performance management tools (ADP experience a bonus) rounds out your toolkit.

What You'll Do:

- Partner with business unit and department leaders across PLACE Companies supporting the Real Estate Teams ecosystem on all talent-related activities and HR matters
- Guide organizational planning — including org design, headcount and workforce planning, and succession planning
- Help leaders translate business and department goals into talent strategies and initiatives
- Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues through thorough, objective investigations
- Coach leaders and managers on navigating HR situations and difficult conversations
- Collaborate with Legal on compliance, benefits, and risk mitigation strategies
- Support goal setting, performance review processes, and calibration for assigned business units
- Partner with the VP of HR to develop and maintain HR policies and procedures
- Lead or assist special projects that strengthen talent initiatives and HR infrastructure
- Partner with the broader People Operations team on onboarding, compensation, training, benefits, and employee services
- Own a Center of Excellence functional area (e.g., Performance Management & Rewards or Culture & Engagement) — building manager toolkits, driving enterprise-wide programs, and reporting on effectiveness to HR leadership
- Ensure consistent adherence to HR policies and procedures across assigned business units

Salary: $100,000-$120,000/year depending on experience

Why PLACE:

We believe people do their best work when they're trusted, supported, and surrounded by others who are equally driven. Our competitive benefits include PTO as needed, comprehensive insurance coverage, a 401(k) match, stock option grants, and a stock purchase plan. Every team member is an owner, building the "PLACE" they are proud to call "my company."

## About PLACE Corporate Careers

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PLACE is an end-to-end real estate technology and business services platform that powers top-producing real estate teams across North America.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Bellingham, Washington, United States
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Ben Kinney and Chris Suarez

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Real Estate Technology (PropTech)
- Target customers: Top-tier real estate agents and teams (B2B), and consumers buying, selling, and maintaining homes (B2C)
- Mission statement: "Delivering the dream of homeownership everywhere" by putting the most informed, most empowered real estate professional at the center of the experience.

## Products & Services
- **PLACE Platform (Agent-Facing)**: A proprietary technology and business services suite that offloads up to 75% of agents' operational tasks (accounting, HR, legal, marketing, talent acquisition, coaching). It is brokerage-agnostic, meaning it works with any brokerage.
- **Consumer Services Suite**: A one-stop shop for consumers that streamlines buying, selling, maintaining, and investing in properties. Includes in-house mortgage brokers, title and escrow services, an insurance portal, and a home improvement network referral system.
- **Brivity**: A CRM and marketing automation platform acquired by PLACE to support agent workflows.
- **Remine**: A real estate data and analytics platform acquired by PLACE in April 2025.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Annual Revenue**: USD $85,000,000 (latest available)
- **Total Funding**: USD $100,000,000 (Series A, led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, November 2021)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Goldman Sachs Asset Management (lead investor)
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Employee headcount of approximately 350 people (+24% year-over-year)
    - Presence in 100+ locations across the United States and Canada
    - Acquisitions of Livian (Sept 2024) and Remine (April 2025) for $1.5M
    - Expanding into mortgage, title, insurance, and home improvement services

## Competitive Advantages
- **Brokerage Agnostic**: Unlike many PropTech companies that tie agents to a single brokerage, PLACE works with leading teams regardless of their brokerage affiliation, solving a major pain point for top talent.
- **Operational Offloading**: The platform handles back-office tasks (HR, accounting, legal, marketing) that are notoriously difficult for independent agents, allowing them to focus on client relationships.
- **All-in-One Ecosystem**: PLACE is building a vertically integrated consumer experience (mortgage, title, insurance, home improvement) that creates a "one-stop shop" and deepens the agent-to-consumer relationship.
- **Founder Expertise**: Founders Ben Kinney and Chris Suarez have built some of the most successful real estate organizations in the industry, giving the company deep domain credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **Vertical Integration**: Expanding the consumer services model to include mortgage, title, escrow, insurance, and home improvement referral networks to capture more of the real estate transaction lifecycle.
- **Platform Expansion**: Deepening integrations across all stakeholders (agents, loan officers, title partners, inspectors, service providers) to create a unified homeownership experience.
- **Data & AI**: Recent hiring for a Senior Product Manager, AI & Data, and the acquisition of Remine (data analytics) signals a push toward data-driven tools for agents and consumers.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Active recruiting for both corporate HQ roles and on behalf of partner teams across the US.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: PLACE emphasizes a "Win Make Give" philosophy, a strong focus on teamwork, and a mission-driven approach to changing the real estate industry. The company has a high employer rating of 4.8/5.0 on LinkedIn (100 reviews), with particularly strong scores for Culture (4.9) and Work-Life Balance (4.8).
- **Benefits & Perks**:
    - Flexible paid time off and 9 paid holidays
    - Company-subsidized health, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance
    - 401(k) program
    - Wealth-building and goal-setting curriculum
    - Real estate license sponsorship (opens doors to investing, savings, and referral income)
    - Partnership with 60+ nonprofits and a company 501(c)(3), "A Giving PLACE"
- **Work Policy**: The company is headquartered in Bellingham, WA, but has roles across the US and Canada. Specific roles may be remote, hybrid, or in-office; job postings should be checked for details.
- **Engineering/Product Culture**: The company is actively hiring for product management (AI & Data, Point of Sale), technical delivery, and engineering roles, suggesting a growing tech team working on modernizing real estate infrastructure.

## Sources
1. [place.com - About PLACE](https://place.com/about-place/)
2. [place.com - Corporate Careers](https://place.com/corporate-careers/)
3. [LinkedIn - PLACE Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/placeinc)
4. [Indeed - PLACE Careers & Employment](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Place-cde9ce21)

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