A rapidly growing, remote-first technology organization needed greater clarity around career growth and compensation for over 150 employees.

As headcount expanded across global teams, leaders faced:

• Inconsistent promotion decisions

• Unclear differentiation between levels

• Performance conversations that varied by team

• Compensation decisions that risked feeling subjective

• Limited alignment between impact, title, and reward

The organization needed a structured, equitable framework — without introducing unnecessary hierarchy or rigidity.

HRBP Consulting partnered with executive leadership and the People team to design and implement an integrated talent architecture focused on clarity, equity and scalability.

• Built a company-wide leveling and titling framework

• Designed individual contributor and manager pathways to support diverse career growth

• Extended and aligned engineering levels to industry standards while preserving internal consistency

• Introduced OKR-based performance management to shift evaluation from task completion to measurable impact

• Integrated performance reviews with defined level expectations to standardize promotion criteria

• Designed a structured total rewards model tying individual impact and company performance to compensation outcomes

• Introduced calibration processes to reduce bias and improve cross-team consistency in reviews and rewards

• Implemented the performance architecture within a centralized performance platform (15Five)

Over the course of the engagement, the nonprofit:

• Built a more consistent, inclusive, and legally sound policy foundation

• Successfully navigated complex employee relations scenarios with expert guidance

• Strengthened the People & Culture function by investing in their first-time HR leader’s growth

• Increased leadership alignment around HR priorities, systems, and compliance

• Created more capacity for their internal team to focus on long-term strategic work

This partnership reflects HRBP Consulting’s commitment to meeting organizations where they are—offering expert HR leadership that empowers internal teams and aligns people strategy with mission.