Exa
Head of People
San Francisco, California. Posted 3 months ago
The role
The Head of People will own and evolve the people strategy, systems, and programs. You will lead the people function across talent acquisition, employee experience, performance management, compensation, benefits, organizational development, and culture.
What you will do
- Partner with founders and leadership to develop and execute a people strategy
- Lead and scale the People function across recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, employee experience, performance management, and talent development
- Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent strategy
- Build and continuously improve people systems, policies, and programs
- Develop compensation and rewards philosophies
- Create and implement leadership development, performance management, and career growth programs
- Lead employee engagement initiatives and strengthen culture
- Coach managers and leaders on performance, employee relations, team effectiveness, and organizational challenges
- Oversee employee relations matters
- Manage immigration programs, including visa sponsorship and related processes
Required qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience across People, Talent, or Human Resources functions
- Experience leading People teams within a high-growth technology company
- Startup experience required
- Demonstrated success building and scaling people programs and organizational infrastructure
- Strong understanding of recruiting, compensation, benefits, talent management, employee relations, performance management, and organizational development
- Proven ability to influence and advise executive leadership
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, coaching, and relationship-building skills
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data to inform People decisions
Nice to have
- Experience at a top-tier startup or scale-up
- Experience building people teams from scratch
- Deep knowledge of U.S., European, and Singapore employment law and HR compliance
- Experience supporting international employees and immigration programs
About the company
Exa is building a search engine for the AI era. The team is largely SF-based with ~100 members.