Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
- Culture Definition & Development
- Collaborate with the cofounders to define core values mission and unique cultural identity.
- Develop and roll out culturebuilding programs (e.g. teambuilding events recognition programs internal communications strategies) to keep remote hybrid and inoffice employees connected and engaged.
- Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding
- Own the endtoend recruiting strategy for all urgent and longterm hiring needs (Software Developers Project Managers Sales Managers and additional roles).
- Implement scalable talent acquisition processes that attract highcaliber senior talent willing to roll up their sleeves in a startup environment.
- Partner with marketing to strengthen the employer brand leveraging social media career pages and thought leadership.
- Performance Management & Employee Development
- Implement a performance review framework suitable for a scaling startup simple transparent and feedbackoriented.
- Develop onboarding and training programs to ensure rapid integration of new hires and continuous professional development for current employees.
- Compensation & Benefits
- Design competitive compensation structures and benefits packages that balance startup resource constraints with the need to attract toptier talent.
- Research and recommend innovative perks especially for remote and distributed teams to keep employees motivated and retained.
- People Operations & Compliance
- Set up and manage HR policies systems and processes (including HRIS systems payroll legal compliance and recordkeeping).
- Ensure compliance with relevant employment laws and regulations across multiple locations and remote teams.
- Leadership & Strategic Planning
- Act as a strategic advisor to the executive team on organizational design succession planning and workforce strategy.
- Drive change management initiatives to support new processes cultural shifts and rapid scaling.
Qualifications & Experience
- Proven track record in a senior HR/People Ops role (e.g. CPO VP of People) at a startup or scaleup environment ideally through significant growth or to an exit/IPO.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement people strategies that align with company goals.
- Strong understanding of organizational behavior company culture and team dynamics especially in distributed/remote work environments.
- Experience building HR infrastructure from the ground up including talent acquisition processes performance management and compliance in multiple jurisdictions.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to inspire and influence at all levels of the organization.