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About the Role
Copia is seeking a Head of People to scale talent acquisition strategies, foundational systems, and culture to enable company growth. This role is for a first-principles thinker who builds dynamic people systems and cares about growing the company while preserving its core values. You will report to the Co-Founder & VP of BD/Ops and partner with leadership.
Responsibilities
- Support building and enabling a go-to-market talent engine for repeatable pipeline through hiring, onboarding, ramp, and talent management.
- Build people infrastructure for technical teams to stay aligned with business outcomes, retain expertise, and strengthen the platform for enterprise adoption.
- Implement next-level hiring practices, focusing on GTM and technical hiring engines.
- Manage external recruiters, mature hiring processes, and set hiring outcomes.
- Design people development systems, feedback loops, compensation, and culture touchpoints to foster employee retention.
- Own and iterate on performance review cycles, feedback loops, and compensation frameworks.
- Champion Copia's core values (low ego, hypothesis-driven & empirical, collaborative, optimistic, and autonomous) and advise the executive team on cultural dynamics.
- Drive operational excellence in payroll, benefits, and HR systems, implementing industry-leading tools.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- 5+ years of experience leading People teams
- Experience partnering directly with founders and executive leadership
- Demonstrated success in scaling Talent Acquisition at growth-stage startups (~50 to 100+ employees)
- Proven track record of designing and implementing performance cycles, leveling/compensation frameworks, and compensation philosophies.
- Experience with HR Information Systems (e.g., Rippling) and ATS (e.g., Lever)
- Experience building AI workflows to improve personal productivity and team efficiency across people functions
- Exceptional communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
Skills
- Talent Acquisition
- Retention strategies
- Performance Management
- Culture building
- People Operations
- HRIS systems
- ATS systems
- AI workflows
- Communication
Location
- NYC HQ
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- 5+ years of experience leading People teams
Salary/Compensations
- $240,000 - $260,000 a year
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Meaningful equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Unlimited PTO
- Company holidays
- 401(k) plan
- Commuter benefits
- In-office lunches
- Relocation assistance
About the Company
- Copia is the world's leading provider of operational technology (OT) backup & industrial code management software.
- We develop novel tools and technologies to help companies manage, review, and deploy the code that runs industrial systems, factories, warehouses, and critical infrastructure.
- Copia addresses the critical need for backup, version history, and recovery infrastructure for industrial code.
- Large enterprise accounts like Amazon are choosing Copia for enterprise-wide transformations across hundreds of facilities.
- We are a 60+ person team growing >2x ARR year-over-year.
- We are backed by top investors including Construct, Lux, Ironspring, Squadra, and Renegade.
- We serve customers across manufacturing, logistics, data centers, and energy facilities.
Equal Opportunity
- Copia is an equal opportunity employer.
- We are committed to building a diverse team and an inclusive culture, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.