Senior HR Business Partner - R&D

The People Team at Chainalysis is dedicated to enabling growth, building an inclusive environment, and providing the benefits and perks that help our employees balance work, life, and happiness. Our job is to make sure Chainalysis has the right talent, structure, and people practices in place so our teams can innovate quickly and sustainably.

- Build influential, trusted partnerships with senior R&D leaders globally to design and execute people strategies that directly support product and engineering roadmaps - Understand business and technical objectives (from delivery velocity to quality and reliability) and translate them into an HR agenda that drives team health, productivity, and sustainable performance - Develop a deep understanding of how our R&D teams build, ship, and operate products, serving as a thought partner on org design, leadership, and team effectiveness within your portfolio and cross‑functionally - Coach engineering and product leaders on complex employee relations topics, including performance management, feedback frameworks, and career pathing for technical roles, and step in as a neutral mediator when needed - Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Finance on strategic headcount planning for R&D – identifying critical technical roles, succession pipelines, and hiring priorities that keep us ahead of business needs

- Bring strong HR expertise and a proven track record as a thought partner to senior leaders, ideally within or adjacent to technical or product organizations - Are skilled at navigating and facilitating change in fast‑moving environments, with the ability to influence, create alignment, and build durable support for new ideas and initiatives - Have experience working across global employment laws and HR practices - Are comfortable juggling multiple complex projects at once, setting crisp priorities, and delivering against tight timelines - Are innately curious, data‑driven, and operate with a high sense of urgency that turns insight into action and measurable results **Nice to have experience:** - High‑growth startup or scale‑up experience, especially supporting R&D or technical teams - Experience in web3 / blockchain or adjacent crypto companies - Experience in SaaS environments and subscription-based business models - Demonstrated success scaling technical organizations or teams (e.g., engineering, product, data, security) - Familiarity partnering with employees across US, UK, Denmark, and Israel in particular is a plus

Chainalysis is a blockchain data platform providing intelligence, risk management, compliance, investigation software, and services to government agencies, financial institutions, cryptocurrency businesses, and other organizations. It helps track illicit activities, ensure regulatory compliance, prevent fraud, and support growth in the crypto ecosystem, serving over 1500 customers across 70+ countries. The platform has been used in high-profile cases like the Mt. Gox hack, Silk Road, and FTX collapse.