Head of People Operations
New York City, NY - USA
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Job Summary
Atlas is the concierge charge card for high-net-worth individuals and their companies. We pair 24/7 concierge access with no-preset-limit spending giving members insider access to dining luxury travel and experiences that are otherwise impossible to get. Weve crossed $1B in annualized transaction volume and are backed by Y Combinator Elad Gil O1 Advisors Eric Schmidt and other leading fintech and consumer investors. The team is lean senior and fast-moving with experience across Apple Robinhood Rimowa and more.
This is the person who makes Atlas run at the highest level. Youll build the people function from scratch and own the discipline behind how we measure performance design the org and tie every hire to growth and profitability. Reporting to the VP of Finance youll operate as a hands-on builder not a manager of a team. At our stage you write the offer letter and run the calibration session in the same week.
This is not a traditional HR role. It is a business-critical performance function focused on clarity accountability and execution.
Performance management
Build and enforce KPI frameworks across every team
Identify underperformance early and drive improvement plans or transitions
Partner with Finance to tie team performance to economic output
Org design & accountability
Ensure clear ownership roles and accountability across all functions
Build and manage headcount planning in partnership with Finance
Align hiring plans with budget revenue goals and TPV growth
Compensation equity & people analytics
Own and evolve the companys compensation philosophy salary bands and equity grant framework
Build reporting on headcount productivity and cost efficiency and bring regular insights to leadership
Design benefits programs appropriate to our stage
Hiring onboarding & employment operations
Own the end-to-end hiring process across all functions with a data-driven approach to funnel and candidate tracking including specialized roles in engineering concierge leadership partnerships and senior finance
Standardize interview processes and hiring criteria; build onboarding that ramps new hires fast
Own employment compliance offer letters I-9s and multi-state registrations knowing when to build vs. outsource to a PEO
Retention & team health
Build career paths and progression frameworks that retain top performers
Monitor engagement workload and risk; define and reinforce the operating culture as we scale
Youve personally built a performance or KPI framework and gotten a team to actually use it not just administered someone elses
Youre numbers-native: comfortable modeling headcount against budget and revenue without flinching
Youve built a people or operations function from scratch at a 30-150 person company
You move fast carry low ego and are equally happy in a spreadsheet and a hard conversation
You think about people decisions in terms of company performance not process for its own sake
Clear scalable org structure with real ownership across every team
Measurable improvement in team performance against core KPIs
Early decisive handling of underperformance and operational gaps
Increased retention of top performers
Quarterly org reviews delivered to leadership; specialized hiring cycles kept tight
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Atlas is an invite-only charge card that unlocks access to exclusive dining and travel experiences.