Head of People

What You’ll Do

We’re looking for a collaborative people leader with a bias for action and impact. This role will report to our CEO. You will collaborate with the leadership team to develop people strategies that attract, develop, and retain best in class talent.  As a forward-looking business partner, you will proactively assess business performance to develop people solutions that enable critical outcomes, foster leadership success, and drive the employee experience. 

Responsibilities: 

• Diagnose, translate, and define current and future business needs into an overall integrated strategic people plan
• Deliver high quality, proactive HR consultation that enables the attainment of strategic business goals 
• As a business partner, change agent, and member of the leadership team, the Head of People will help drive strategic growth plans and objectives across the organization
• Executive sponsor for culture and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, supporting both strategy development and execution. 
• Coach, train and support managers to enhance leader effectiveness – providing guidance on coaching, mentoring, training and development, rewards and recognition, and performance management.
• Provide organizational development and support including organization design and enhance communication processes and reward/recognition programs
• Develop compensation and benefits programs to provide motivation, incentives and rewards for effective performance
• Assess organization capabilities; identify competency and talent gaps, ensure development of people
• Strengthen employment brand and build disciplined recruitment processes and hire and onboard key talent
• Provide coaching and guidance on matters related to performance management, offer feedback on style and behaviors to improve employee productivity and engagement
• Inform the budget process for the people function
• Develop and drive people engagement strategies that foster an environment where all employees feel a sense of belonging and engagement

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Previous experience in startup, tech or retail company, preferably during a period of change and ambitious growth
• Experience with agile teams preferred
• 7 + years’ progressive experience in HR/People management with experience managing people 
• Business Partner experience – working with executives and business leaders to facilitate strong business performance and build company culture
• Strong understanding of organizational development, ability to work with external consulting partners on change management, coaching and training initiatives
• Solid experience with compensation and benefits – able to evaluate, strategize and manage comp and benefit plans including exec compensation, equity, short term and long term incentive plans, 401k and company perks
• Demonstrated ability to attract and retain talent 
• Strong written and verbal communication and language skills