VP, People
- Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team on org design, succession, leadership effectiveness, and workforce planning.
- Prepare the company for board-level scrutiny, diligence, and future exit scenarios (PE, M&A, or IPO).
- Translate business strategy into people strategy with clear operating rhythms and accountability.
- Design and evolve org structures that support rapid growth from ~100 → 300+ employees.
- Build leadership bench strength, succession plans, and readiness across critical roles.
- Coach executives known for results—not theory.
- Build scalable, data-driven hiring systems that prioritize talent density over volume.
- Raise hiring standards while maintaining speed in a competitive market.
- Ensure consistent, bias-aware decision-making tied to long-term performance.
- Architect and professionalize People systems: HRIS, performance management, compensation, leveling, and career frameworks.
- Ensure compliance, data integrity, and operational excellence without bureaucracy.
- Build dashboards that executives actually use to run the business.
- Design compensation, incentive, and equity programs aligned with accountability and value creation.
- Reinforce a performance-driven, values-aligned culture through periods of change.
- Maintain trust, transparency, and engagement as the company scales.
- Measurably higher talent density across leadership and critical roles
- Clear succession coverage and leadership readiness
- Strong retention with low regretted attrition
- People KPIs clearly tied to revenue, productivity, and operating leverage
- A People function that scales ahead of growth—not behind it
- Served as the top People leader for a SaaS or tech-enabled company through Series A → C or ~$30M → $100M+ revenue scale
- Scaled organizations from ~100 to 300+ employees
- Partnered directly with a CEO and executive team under real growth pressure
- Built People systems from scratch—and rebuilt them when they broke
- Strong business acumen and comfort tying people decisions to financial outcomes
- Executive presence, sound judgment, and a bias toward action
- Experience in PE-backed environments, M&A integration, or IPO readiness
- Executive compensation and equity program design
- Regular interaction with boards or financial sponsors
- Direct CEO partnership and meaningful influence on company trajectory
- Real authority to build—not inherit—the People function
- A company past product-market fit and entering true scale
- High expectations, high trust, and high impact
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