Head of People
On-siteMilpitas, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead and scale the People organization by setting direction across Recruiting, People Operations, and HRBP to prepare for rapid growth. Build a world-class talent engine through workforce planning, sourcing, and executive recruiting while designing the organization for scale with leadership on structure and succession. Raise the management bar by implementing systems for goals, feedback, and performance accountability. Strengthen the foundation by scaling HRIS, payroll, compliance, and People analytics, then own compensation and rewards including leveling and equity. Embed company values into hiring and culture while partnering with leadership to redesign workflows around AI. Requires five days per week of in-office collaboration.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of progressive People leadership experience, including leading multiple functions across Recruiting, People Operations, HRBP, organization development, or total rewards.
- Experience helping a fast-growing technology company scale through significant organizational change.
- Proven ability to recruit and close exceptional technical, research, and executive talent.
- Strong command of organization design, performance management, compensation, employee relations, and U.S. employment practices.
- Track record of building high-performing, inclusive teams and expanding talent pipelines beyond established networks.
- Excellent judgment and the ability to advise founders and executives through difficult talent and organizational decisions.
- Hands-on operating style with the ability to move between company-level strategy and detailed execution.
- Strong interest in using AI to redesign how organizations operate, rather than treating AI adoption as a standalone initiative.
- Requires five days per week of in-office collaboration with the team.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in AI, robotics, autonomy, hardware, aerospace, or another deep-technology industry.
- Experience leading People through rapid growth at a venture-backed startup.
- Experience building globally distributed teams.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled recruiting, People Operations, or organizational workflows.
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