Head of People

Head of People

We're looking for a Head of People who has done this before and built the people function from the ground up at a high-growth technical company and knows what matters at this stage.

This is not a traditional HR role but it's a builder-operator who owns the full people function: org design, comp & leveling, performance management, culture, and recruiting too. The recruiting team will report into this role.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement compensation, leveling, and career ladder frameworks from scratch
• Establish lightweight, high-signal performance management systems
• Build onboarding, offboarding, and talent development programs that actually scale
• Define and reinforce company culture: remote-first, distributed, high-trust
• Partner with founders and leadership on org design and hiring strategy
• Own core people operations: benefits, payroll, employee relations
• Build and lead the recruiting function: hire and manage IC recruiters, own hiring from ~60 → 200+ without lowering the bar

Requirements

• Have been the first or second People hire at a company that scaled from ~40 to 150+ people
• Strong People Ops generalist: comp & leveling, performance cycles, employee relations, onboarding/offboarding
• Remote-first experience is critical given our distributed culture
• Founder-friendly and low-ego; comfortable being both strategic and rolling up your sleeves
• Enough seniority to operate autonomously; no expectation of building a large team immediately
• Background in a technical company (AI, infrastructure, devtools, or engineering-heavy org)
• High agency, strong commercial mindset, will push back on leadership when needed

Bonus points

• Built a comp framework and leveling system from scratch
• Navigated a company through a period of rapid headcount growth
• Can speak to specific programs you've built: onboarding, performance reviews, manager training
• Knows how to build culture in a remote/hybrid environment
• Comfortable operating without a lot of HR infrastructure in place yet
• Prior Head of People or strong #2 stepping into a first seat
• Experience competing for top-tier AI or engineering talent