Senior HR Business Partner, Technical Organizations

Seoul, South KoreaSenior8+ years

Who we are

At Twelve Labs, we are pioneering the development of cutting-edge multimodal foundation models that have the ability to comprehend videos just like humans do. Our models have redefined the standards in video-language modeling, empowering us with more intuitive and far-reaching capabilities, and fundamentally transforming the way we interact with and analyze various forms of media.

With a remarkable $107 million in Seed and Series A funding, our company is backed by top-tier venture capital firms such as NVIDIA’s NVentures, NEA, Radical Ventures, and Index Ventures, and prominent AI visionaries and founders such as Fei-Fei Li, Silvio Savarese, Alexandr Wang and more. Headquartered in San Francisco, with an influential APAC presence in Seoul, our global footprint underscores our commitment to driving worldwide innovation.

We are a global company that values the uniqueness of each person’s journey. It is the differences in our cultural, educational, and life experiences that allow us to constantly challenge the status quo. We are looking for individuals who are motivated by our mission and eager to make an impact as we push the bounds of technology to transform the world. Join us as we revolutionize video understanding and multimodal AI.

About the Role

At TwelveLabs, we are defining the frontier of Video AI. At the heart of our mission to help machines understand every moment in a video is our world-class technical organization of ML researchers, engineers, and product builders, and Korea is at the center of it.

As our Senior HR Business Partner for the technical organization, you will be a strategic partner to technical leaders and a key driver of organizational effectiveness, talent strategy, and business growth. This role goes beyond traditional HR support - you will help shape how we scale high-performing teams, develop exceptional talent, and build an environment where innovation thrives across our Research, Engineering, and Product teams, in Korea and globally.

You will work very closely with the Country Manager, Korea, the Global Head of People, and technical leadership, partnering with the global People team across Recruiting and People Operations to help our best technical talent do their best work.

We are looking for someone who pairs strategic thinking with hands-on execution, is comfortable with ambiguity, and is energized by helping technical organizations grow.

In this role, you will

Strategic & Organizational Partnership

Partner with technical leaders on org design, workforce planning, and scaling, translating business and product priorities into a clear people strategy
Guide leaders and teams through growth, restructuring, and other moments of change
Define how HRBP work functions in Korea - building the playbooks, practices, and feedback loops the People team runs on, and contributing to how global People programs evolve based on what you learn on the ground

Talent, Performance & Leadership

Own talent and performance end to end, from reviews and calibration to promotions, leveling, and succession, setting a high bar for technical talent
Coach managers and senior leaders, and strengthen a high-performance, high-trust culture and strong employee experience
Serve as a thought partner to the Country Manager, Korea & Global Head of People on cross-regional people strategy - not just executing global programs in Korea, but shaping how they work across regions

Operations, Employee Relations & Insights

Partner with the People team across the employee lifecycle and employee relations, keeping practices fair and compliant with Korean labor law
Use people data and modern tooling to sharpen decisions and improve how People programs run

You may be a good fit if you have

8+ years as an HR Business Partner (or in talent management / organizational development), including senior-level partnership with leaders
Deep experience supporting technical organizations (Engineering, Product, Research) and a real understanding of how technical talent works
Demonstrated ability to build HR infrastructure, not just operate it - playbooks, frameworks, calibration processes, or practices you've created that others now rely on
Strong track record across org design, talent management, and performance, from workforce planning to calibration and succession
Proven ability to earn senior leaders' trust and influence through judgment and data
Experience influencing at an organizational level beyond your direct client group, with a track record of leaders seeking you out rather than responding when asked
Comfort operating with high ownership in fast-paced, ambiguous, high-growth environments
Business-level English and fluent Korean

Preferred Qualifications

HRBP experience at a frontier AI, ML, or deep tech company in a high-growth (Series B-D) stage
Direct experience partnering with research scientists, ML engineers, or other deeply technical talent
Built career architecture or leveling frameworks for technical or research roles, not just operated them
Scaled a People function or organization through hypergrowth across multiple regions
Partnered at the E-Team or senior leadership level with enough credibility that you were shaping the agenda, not just supporting it