Head of People

What you’ll do

• This is not a traditional HR role. It is a builder-operator role focused on talent, systems, and scaling

  Build and own the recruiting engine as Head of Recruiting

  Hire and manage a team of IC recruiters

  Hire from ~50 → 200+ employees without lowering the talent bar

  Own core people operations: Onboarding and Offboarding, Benefits, Payroll

  Design and implement compensation, leveling, and career ladder frameworks

  Establish lightweight, high-signal performance management systems

  Build talent development systems including career paths, leveling, and internal mobility

  Define and reinforce company values through hiring and performance decisions

  Partner with founders and leadership on org design and hiring strategy

About you

• Have scaled a company from ~50 to 150–300 employees

  Experience in a technical company (AI, infrastructure, devtools, or engineering-heavy org)

  Have personally built:

  Recruiting function

  Compensation and leveling frameworks

  Performance management systems

  Can operate as both Head of People and Head of Recruiting

  Strong talent judgment and ability to close senior candidates

  Experience overseeing technical hiring

  Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving quickly

  Will push back on leadership when needed

  High agency, low ego, strong commercial mindset

  You’ve operated with full ownership, not as a support function

Bonus points

• Experience competing for top-tier AI or engineering talent

  Prior Head of People or strong #2 stepping into the role

  Experience working closely with founders and technical leadership

  Experience building people systems through rapid scaling (50 → 150+)

  Experience integrating teams from acquisitions