About the Role
You are a "player-coach" who thrives in fast-paced, high-iteration venture-backed environments. You know how to balance long-term organizational strategy with seamless day-to-day HR execution. You approach the role with the team-first mentality that engages directly with our staff and uses employee engagement feedback to build a high-performing work force.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute the AtlasBase People strategy aligned with business goals and growth plans.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on all people-related matters.
- Design and evolve scalable organizational structures aligned with company goals, market opportunities, business milestones, and unit economics.
- Establish and optimize reporting structures, design management layers, identify clear accountability, measurements and outcomes of each, and foster clear communication channels within groups and across the company.
- Coach managers and executive leadership on team health, conflict resolution, performance management, and effective leadership practices.
- Build structured career ladders, continuous feedback loops, and internal growth frameworks to retain top talent, develop future leaders and increase organizational capability and depth over time.
- Design and manage competitive, venture-aligned compensation bands (base salary, equity/stock options, and incentives) that attract top tier talent.
- Select, negotiate, and administer comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement benefits tailored to a modern, high-performing team.
- Create equitable variable pay frameworks and commission structures aligned with performance targets, clearly defined outcomes and key program performance metrics.
- Lead company-wide engagements, quarterly all-hands, leadership retreats, and social events that foster connection, inclusivity, and teamwork across remote and hybrid teams.
- Oversee HRIS selection, administration and management.
- Responsible for compliance with federal, foreign, state and local employment laws and procedures.
- Develop and maintain employee policies, procedures and handbooks.
- Partner closely with Executive Leadership and Finance on monthly and annual headcount planning, budgeting, and capacity modeling.
- Establish company-wide job levels, competencies, salary bands, and standardized job descriptions.
- Own end-to-end recruitment operations—managing direct hires, talent pipelines, executive searches, external recruiting resources and contingent labor (contractors/agencies) for efficiency and speed.
- Design a memorable, seamless onboarding program that accelerates time-to-productivity for new hires while integrating them deeply into our company culture.
Requirements
- 15+ years of progressive HR/People experience, with at least 7+ years in a senior People leadership role within a venture-backed, high-growth tech environment (Series A/B through Series E+ experience preferred).
- Deep understanding of tech talent markets, startup equity structures, rapid headcount scaling, and modern HR tech stacks (e.g., Rippling).
- Ability to think long-term about organizational health while remaining willing to roll up your sleeves on daily tasks.
- Proven ability to leverage People metrics (e.g., eNPS, turnover, time-to-hire, compensation ratios, tenure) to inform business decisions.
- Strong interpersonal communication with the courage to provide direct, constructive feedback to executives and employees alike.
Skills
- HRIS
- Compensation
- Benefits Administration
- Talent Acquisition
- Organizational Development
- Performance Management
- Leadership Coaching
- Compliance
- HR Operations
- Workforce Planning
- Onboarding
- Culture Building
Location
- South San Francisco HQ
- Hybrid/Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 15+ years HR/People experience
- 7+ years senior People leadership
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Wellness benefits
- Retirement benefits
About the Company
- Core AtlasBase team is based at our Headquarters in South San Francisco.
- AtlasBase has a mix of Onsite/In Office staff and Hybrid/Remote staff.
