Head of People

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end employee lifecycle, including onboarding, performance management, compensation, benefits administration, employee relations, and offboarding.
• Own recruiting operations, partnering with hiring managers and recruiters to scale hiring while maintaining a high hiring bar.
• Build and scale the company's people infrastructure, including policies, processes, documentation, and operating procedures.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws while maintaining HR best practices.
• Own the company's HRIS, employee records, people reporting, and HR operations, ensuring accuracy and operational excellence.
• Own performance management, employee development, and manager coaching across the organization.
• Own employee experience initiatives that reinforce a high-performance culture while preserving what makes Picogrid unique.

Job requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in People Operations, Human Resources, or HR Business Partner roles, including experience in high-growth startup environments.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling highly effective people programs with strong retention across compensation, performance management, onboarding, employee relations, and benefits.
• Strong working knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws with the judgment to navigate complex employee situations while balancing business and employee needs.
• Experience building scalable people processes, maintaining HR systems, and using data to improve decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and execute in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity, taking ownership of new initiatives, and building processes where none previously existed.
• Experience as one of the first People hires or helping build the People function at an early-stage or growth-stage startup.
• Track record of improving operational efficiency through thoughtful systems, automation, and process design rather than adding unnecessary complexity.