People Director

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion encouraging kids and adults to move more play more and have fun together. Nex Playground the companys award-winning active play system is purpose-built to get families moving year-round with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE COPPA compliant and built to support healthy active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50 experiences including motion and dance games fitness and educational experiences and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro Sesame Workshop and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies TIMEs Best Inventions and Parents Best Entertainment System for Families and has earned Red Dot IDEA and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have FunandIs Motion Gaming Back as they offer a deeper look into our culture values and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

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Location: San Jose California (Hybrid)
Annual salary:USD 160000 USD 195000
Type: Full-Time
Reports to: Chief of Staff

About the Role

At Nex we believe that how we grow is just as important as how fast we grow. AsPeople Director youll be the architect behind that growth helping us nurture great leaders empower our teams and scale our culture with intention.

Youll partner closely with our U.S. leadership team (and later Canada and the U.K.) strengthening how we lead develop and connect. This role calls for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy empathy and action a person who sees the unseen in teams brings out potential in others and knows that culture isnt a buzzword but a daily practice.

This isnt a systemsbuilder role its acapabilitybuilderrole. Youll spend your days helping people make better decisions shaping thoughtful leadership habits and keeping the human heartbeat of Nex strong as we scale across time zones and stages of growth.

What Youll Do

• Be a trusted strategic partner.Youll work shouldertoshoulder with executives and managers to design teams make brave talent decisions and navigate the gray areasperformance conversations restructures or organizational pivotswith empathy fairness and confidence.
• Coach and develop leaders.Youll create experiences that grow peoplemanager training feedback frameworks leadership workshops and oneonone coaching that helps our teams stretch learn and step into bigger versions of themselves.
• Design how growth happens.Youll own Nexs global approach to Learning & Development. From building clear career pathways to shaping how performance conversations feel youll ensure every employee knows where they stand and where they can go next.
• Shape and protect our culture.As we scale youll help weave connection inclusion and belonging into every corner of Nex. Youll look out for the subtle shifts that hint at culture drift and help us realignkeeping Nex a place where people feel seen supported and proud to contribute.
• Build whats next.Youll start as a highimpact individual contributor handson and strategic. As we grow youll hire and lead a small team of exceptional People professionals focused on learning leadership and employee experience.

What You Wont Own (But Will Partner On)

Clarity is kind to everyone so heres what lives elsewhere:

• People Ops Managerowns systems data benefits compliance documentation and the mechanics of cyclical programs like reviews and surveys.
• Youll partner with People Opson performance philosophy onboarding content and employee experience initiativesyou bring thewhyandwhat they ensure thehowruns smoothly.
• Talent Acquisitionowns recruiting and hiring operations.
• Youll partner with TAon senior hiring interview training for managers and workforce planning to align great talent with business growth.

You Might Be a Great Fit If You

• Are the kind of business partner leaders seek outnot just for answers but for perspective.
• Love helping people grow and have a track record of creating real behavioral change through your coaching or programs.
• Are energized by ambiguity and can read the roombalancing empathy honesty and strategic clarity.
• Lead with both heart and backbone. You build trust quickly because you listen deeply and communicate with respect and candor.
• Understand how to build community and momentum across distributed remotefirst teams.
• Align to Nexs values.You resonate with the culture were buildingread The Language We Use The Promises We Made and The Differences We Leverage to understand what we stand for.

Your Background

• 1012 years of progressive experience in People/HR with meaningful depth in HR Business Partnering and Learning & Development.
• Proven experience advising senior leaders and shaping leadership strategy not just supporting execution.
• Comfort working in fastgrowing environments (from 100 to 200 employees) and seeing around corners as the company evolves.
• Global or multicountry experience is a plusyou know how to scale people practices across cultures.

Bonus Points For

• Experience in an IPO or latestage growth environment.
• Background in tech gaming or consumer product organizations.
• Formal training or certification in coaching facilitation or organizational development.
• Lessons learned from a startup that didnt go as plannedand what that taught you about resilience and leadership.

We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
• Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located inSan Jose California USAandHongKong. Learn more about us at encourage applications even if you dont meet more than 50% of the requirements we believe that experience comes in many forms!

Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth gender identity and sexual orientation) national origin ancestry age physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship including all current and prospective employees and covers all employment decisions including recruitment hiring job assignment promotion compensation benefits training discipline and termination.

We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.