VP, People

The role

The Vice President, People leads the design and execution of people strategies and systems to scale with the business. This role ensures people practices, leadership capabilities, and the operating model enable high performance and growth.

What you will do

• Set and evolve Rewind's people strategy in support of company goals.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team.
• Translate values into operating principles and decision frameworks.
• Partner with leaders to maximize effectiveness of distributed teams.
• Develop and implement organizational health assessments.
• Own the operating model of the People team.
• Design and implement people processes and operating rhythms.
• Define, track, and improve People team KPIs.
• Oversee talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, and succession planning.
• Lead HR due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and strategic transactions.

Required qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior people leadership role (VP or Senior Director level) in a scaling technology or SaaS organization that is PE or VC backed.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling people functions and operating models.
• Have built the People function, rather than inheriting a mature one.
• Experience in a Canadian or cross-border (Canada and US) workforce.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people strategies to business outcomes.
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, change management, and organizational effectiveness.
• Experience leading M&A due diligence and post-acquisition integration.
• Experience supporting remote and distributed teams.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Sound judgment and the ability to navigate complex people and organizational situations.
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach and the ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.

Benefits

• Flexible work hours
• Employee stock options
• Health benefits
• 3 weeks vacation
• 7 life leave days
• 2 Level Up days for professional development
• 1 volunteer day
• Summer Fridays and office closed during the holiday break in December
• Paid parental leave
• $2000/year wellness/home office allowance
• $5000/year professional development allowance

About the company

Rewind is a service that protects the critical data that powers businesses of all sizes by backing up data in the cloud. The company is backed by Insight Partners, Inovia, Bessemer and Atlassian Ventures.