VP of People Operations Full Time NEW

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a seasoned people and talent professional to shape how a fast-growing, mission-driven organization attracts, develops, and retains world-class talent. In this role, you will own the end-to-end people and recruiting ecosystem, building scalable systems that support rapid organizational growth in a remote-first, contractor-heavy environment. You will partner closely with executive leadership to design and optimize hiring pipelines, performance frameworks, onboarding experiences, and workforce strategies that enable long-term scale. The role blends strategic HR leadership with hands-on recruiting execution, requiring someone who can operate fluently across both talent acquisition and people operations. You will also play a critical role in strengthening employer brand, improving hiring velocity, and ensuring a high-quality candidate and employee experience. This is an opportunity to directly influence company culture, team performance, and organizational structure at a pivotal stage of growth.

Accountabilities

• Own the full talent acquisition function, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, test projects, and closing top talent across multiple concurrent roles in a fast-paced environment.
• Design and optimize scalable recruiting systems that ensure consistent pipeline flow, strong candidate quality, and efficient hiring across all business functions.
• Lead structured interview processes, group interviews, and case study evaluations to ensure objective and high-quality hiring decisions.
• Build and manage sourcing channels, candidate pipelines, and “always-on hiring” strategies for recurring and high-priority roles.
• Oversee employer brand reputation, including Glassdoor monitoring, review strategy, and proactive engagement to maintain a strong external perception.
• Develop and deliver hiring analytics, funnel reporting, and weekly performance insights across sourcing channels and roles.
• Partner with leadership to design and implement end-to-end people operations systems, including onboarding, performance management, and retention frameworks.
• Lead organizational design and workforce planning efforts to ensure alignment with company growth and scaling objectives.
• Establish performance evaluation systems, development pathways, and leadership enablement frameworks across the organization.
• Ensure compliance, contractor management, and risk mitigation within a distributed, contractor-based workforce model.
• Collaborate with external partners and service providers to support and enhance people operations infrastructure.

Talent Acquisition KPIs

• Maintain average time-to-fill under 45 days.
• Ensure 250+ qualified applicants per active role weekly.
• Deliver 100% on-time weekly hiring pipeline reporting by channel.
• Maintain 15+ completed candidate case studies per role weekly.
• Sustain a 4.5+ Glassdoor rating year-round.

People Operations KPIs

• Implement scalable people systems supporting organizational growth.
• Improve employee retention, engagement, and performance outcomes.
• Strengthen leadership confidence in talent readiness and organizational structure.
• Establish predictable, high-functioning people operations aligned with business growth.

Requirements

This role requires a highly operational, systems-oriented people leader with deep recruiting expertise and proven experience building scalable HR infrastructure in fast-moving, remote-first environments. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable closing difficult hires, designing organizational systems, and managing workforce complexity in a contractor-driven model. You are hands-on, execution-focused, and able to move seamlessly between strategic planning and day-to-day hiring operations.

• 5+ years of progressive experience in HR, People Operations, or Talent Acquisition leadership roles.
• 3-5+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally in remote, e-commerce, or high-growth environments.
• Proven success hiring across marketing, operations, product, e-commerce, and leadership roles.
• Hands-on experience running structured interviews, test projects, and multi-stage candidate evaluations.
• Strong ability to manage multiple open roles simultaneously (5-10+) without compromising quality or speed.
• Experience building recruiting systems using tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Workable, Notion, ClickUp, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to build hiring metrics dashboards, reporting systems, and data-driven recruiting processes.
• Strong writing and communication skills for job descriptions, outreach, and candidate engagement.
• Experience managing employer brand reputation, including responding to public feedback and strengthening perception.
• Deep understanding of contractor-based workforce models, compliance considerations, and employment risk management.
• Experience designing and scaling people systems such as onboarding, performance frameworks, and retention programs.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive organizational alignment.

Benefits

• Fully remote-first work environment with flexible working arrangements.
• Competitive compensation aligned with senior leadership responsibilities.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• Access to learning resources and professional development opportunities.
• Free access to company products.
• Direct collaboration with executive leadership, including frequent exposure to senior decision-makers.
• Opportunity to shape people strategy and organizational structure at scale.
• Mission-driven culture focused on creativity, trust, and long-term impact.
• Stability within an established, fast-growing, family-founded organization.

How Jobgether Works

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role’s core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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