Vice President of People

The role

The VP of People will lead the global People function and develop a global people strategy. This person will manage People and Talent teams and provide HR partnership to engineering, manufacturing, field, and project-delivery teams.

What you will do

• Develop and execute a global people strategy aligned with business plan and international expansion.
• Advise executives on organizational design, workforce planning, talent, culture, and leadership.
• Support and develop the existing team and scale the People function.
• Support international People operations, compliance, immigration, and global mobility.
• Build programs for performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and compensation.
• Provide hands-on HR partnership to engineering, manufacturing, field, and project-delivery teams.
• Lead complex employee-relations matters.
• Strengthen culture and employee experience across countries and workforce types.
• Develop HRIS, People analytics, and use of AI and automation.
• Use data and metrics to identify risks and inform executive decisions.

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including senior leadership and building or scaling People functions.
• Experience advising executives and translating business strategy into workforce priorities.
• Deep experience leading the function in California.
• Significant international HR experience, ideally across Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and/or North America.
• Expertise in cross-border employment, immigration, global mobility, compliance, and contingent-worker models.
• Experience with U.S. tech-company People practices and industrial/manufacturing workforce management.
• Success across organizational design, talent management, performance, compensation, employee relations, and culture.
• Strong business and financial acumen, executive presence, judgment, and communication skills.
• Ability to build trust with engineers, technical leaders, frontline managers, and executives.
• Comfort balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution.
• Experience using HR systems, analytics, and AI-enabled tools.

Nice to have

• Experience in a high-growth energy, climate-tech, industrial, manufacturing, or hardware company.
• Previous success as the senior-most People leader for a company or business unit.
• Experience implementing or scaling an HRIS across multiple countries and employee populations.
• Demonstrated expertise building visa sponsorship programs and managing complex immigration and global-mobility matters.
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CIPD, or a comparable advanced degree or professional certification.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical Benefits
• Dental & Vision Benefits
• Life Insurance and ADD
• Up to 13 paid holidays per year, plus a company week-long holiday in December
• Flexible time off policy
• Catered lunches on-site
• 401(k) plan with company match

About the company

Rondo is transforming industrial decarbonization with Rondo Heat Battery technology. The company is deploying low-cost, zero-carbon heat batteries to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy.