Chief People Officer Head of HR

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

1. 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.