Head of People

The role

The Head of People will build and scale the People function at Substack. This role involves owning strategy, systems, and programs for hiring, development, rewards, and employee support.

What you will do

• Partner with leadership to develop and execute a people strategy
• Lead and scale the People function across multiple domains
• Own compensation, benefits, and leveling frameworks
• Run feedback, review, and promotion cycles
• Build and run training, learning and development, and leadership coaching programs
• Shape the employee experience including office culture and onboarding
• Lead recruiting strategy
• Advise leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, and succession planning
• Build and improve people systems, policies, and programs
• Coach managers and leaders on performance and team effectiveness

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in People or HR
• Multi-functional expertise in benefits, compensation, leveling, and review cycles
• Multi-functional expertise in training, L&D, and leadership coaching
• Multi-functional expertise in employee experience, office culture, and onboarding
• Multi-functional expertise in recruiting
• Startup or growth-stage experience
• Track record of excellence and best practices from strong, well-regarded companies
• Self-starter who sets the pace and pushes the team
• Resourceful: hands on and delegating to others
• Ability to influence and advise executive leadership
• Excellent communication and coaching skills
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using data

Nice to have

• Demonstrated understanding, empathy, and familiarity with multiple company building disciplines (e.g., engineering, product, business, etc.)
• Experience building a People team from scratch
• Knowledge of employment law and compliance across the regions we hire in

Benefits

• Market-competitive salary
• Equity for all full-time roles
• Exceptional benefits

About the company

Substack is building a new economic engine for culture, giving creators the power of their own publishing platform. It empowers independent writers, artists, videographers, podcasters, and creators to make a living through subscriptions.