People & Culture Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the complete hiring cycle across strategy, engineering, and operations, which includes sourcing, screening, structured assessments, panels, reference checks, and extending offers.

• Facilitate realistic working sessions, take-home scenarios, and calibrated scoring methodologies.

• Ensure that hiring processes are resilient against exaggerated claims, coordinated application fraud, and AI-generated distractions.

• Develop talent pipelines in anticipation of hiring requirements.

• Oversee the onboarding and offboarding processes comprehensively.

• Handle employee administration inquiries, including contracts, policies, PTO, payroll, benefits coordination, and compliance within a distributed, multi-country team.

• Design and implement performance management, benefits, and compensation policies.

• Act as the primary contact for people-related issues and escalate matters as necessary.

• Manage internal communication flows, including company updates, leadership announcements, project achievements, and team rituals.

• Convert leadership decisions into clear and effective internal communications.

• Foster company culture through recognition, feedback loops, team events, and daily practices.

• Utilize AI tools on a daily basis, work independently, make informed decisions, provide constructive feedback, and continuously enhance owned processes.

• Collaborate directly with founders and the leadership team while maintaining autonomy over the People function.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years (or equivalent experience) in people operations, talent acquisition, or HR generalist roles, preferably in consulting, agency, or rapidly evolving tech environments.

• Proven experience in full-cycle recruiting for senior and specialized positions; capable of assessing talent beyond merely scheduling interviews.

• Experience in supporting teams across US and European employment contexts.

• U.S.-based candidates are strongly preferred.

• Strong operational instincts with a background in designing and implementing people processes from the ground up.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning sensitive information.

• Proficiency with modern AI tools in daily operations.

• Interest in how generative AI is transforming the People function.

• Comfort working in ambiguous environments and with distributed teams across various time zones.

• Capable of clearly setting expectations and following through on commitments.

• Good judgment and discretion when dealing with sensitive compensation, performance, and hiring matters.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Flexible remote work options.

• Paid time off (PTO).

• Final compensation package is determined by experience and location.