Head of People

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the People organization. Set direction, develop the team, and raise execution quality across Recruiting, People Operations, and HRBP—preparing RoboForce for rapid growth.
• Build a world-class talent engine. Strengthen workforce planning, sourcing, assessment, candidate experience, executive recruiting, and closing across technical and leadership roles.
• Design the organization for scale. Partner with the leadership team on organization structure, leadership roles, succession, decision rights, spans of control, and critical talent decisions.
• Raise the management and performance bar. Build practical systems for goals, feedback, development, promotions, accountability, and leadership effectiveness.
• Strengthen the People foundation. Scale HRIS, payroll, benefits, immigration, onboarding, policies, compliance, employee relations, and People analytics.
• Own compensation and rewards. Partner with leadership on leveling, salary bands, equity, benefits, promotion standards, and compensation reviews.
• Build a high-performance, inclusive culture. Embed company values into how we hire, communicate, lead, recognize performance, and resolve problems—while expanding beyond existing networks to attract exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds globally.
• Lead AI-native organizational transformation. Partner with the leadership and functional leaders to redesign roles, workflows, skills, and operating practices around AI, measuring gains in speed, quality, decision-making, capability, and output.

Requirements

• 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.

Bonus 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.

Benefits

• Competitive stock options and equity programs.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance and a 401(k) plan.
• Visa sponsorship and green card support for qualified candidates.
• Lunches and dinners, a fully stocked kitchen, and regular team-building events.