People Programs Lead

San Francisco. Posted 6 months ago

The role

You will own the systems that turn AfterQuery from a fast-growing team into a durable institution. You will design compensation strategy, career pathways, performance management, learning and development, and retention programs.

What you will do

Design total compensation strategy including philosophy, bands, leveling, refresh cadence, and equity framework.
Build career pathways and leveling rubrics.
Stand up a performance management cycle.
Design learning and development programs for onboarding, manager training, technical depth, and feedback culture.
Own retention as a measurable outcome.
Partner with leadership and finance on org design, headcount planning, and comp/burn tradeoffs.
Treat People programs as products by measuring adoption and outcomes.
Create and manage 1099 program

Required qualifications

5-8+ years of experience across a combination of top-tier strategy consulting, analytical or strategy & operations roles, and core People / HR programs work.
Time at companies known for strong People programs or industry peers.
Built at least one program end-to-end.
Quantitative rigor to model leveling decisions, attrition, comp band overlap, and equity refresh tradeoffs.
Ability to debate with founders using data and company values.
Demonstrated ability to design programs from 0 to 1.
Genuine interest in the AfterQuery thesis.
High agency, low ego, written-first.
Comfortable in a 5-day in-office SF environment.

Nice to have

You’ve been on the org-design side of an AI pivot or step-change in business model.
You’ve designed compensation programs for a workforce that includes both full-time employees and a diverse contractor population.

Benefits

Health Insurance: Medical, Vision, Dental
401(k) with Employer Match
Daily UberEats Stipend
Monthly Wellness Stipend

About the company

AfterQuery is an applied research lab curating data solutions for foundation model development. They serve frontier AI labs to deliver data to power models.