Head of People

The role

The Head of People will build and lead the people function across a high-growth organization. You will act as a strategic partner to leadership and a hands-on operator to build systems supporting the employee lifecycle.

What you will do

• Build and own the People Operations strategy, systems, and processes.
• Partner with senior leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, and talent strategy.
• Evaluate organizational structure to improve clarity, accountability, and efficiency.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to align hiring plans with organizational priorities.
• Build scalable systems for onboarding, performance management, development, engagement, retention, and offboarding.
• Support compensation, benefits, career development, and employee experience programs.
• Evaluate and improve HR technology, tools, workflows, and automation.
• Establish people metrics and reporting for leadership.
• Create a high-performance culture with clear expectations and accountability.
• Coach leaders and managers to improve communication, feedback, and team performance.

Required qualifications

• Significant experience leading People Operations, HR, People & Culture, or a similar function within a high-growth organization.
• Proven experience building or significantly improving people systems, processes, and infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of the full employee lifecycle.
• Experience partnering directly with founders, executives, or senior leadership on complex people and organizational decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead performance management and accountability systems.
• Strong experience coaching and developing managers and senior leaders.

About the company

The Martell Group is a fast-growing group of companies focused on building people, brands, and ventures that create meaningful impact. Founded by serial entrepreneur and investor Dan Martell, the company values leadership, growth, simplicity, ownership, and high performance.