Job details

Head of People Operations

VC Backed Hospitality

Location
New York
Sector
Hospitality
Type
Permanent
Starts
ASAP

Job description

Head of People Operations | Series C Hospitality Scale-Up | NYC/Remote

Our client is an award-winning Hospitality business which is growing incredibly quickly and looking for their first Head of people to join the leadership team.

This award-winning business has been named as of the fastest growing start-ups on the East Coast. To date they have secured over $90million in VC funding and have brought in an excellent senior leadership team to professionalise and scale the business.

Now is a great time to join the team and help them achieve the ambitious goals they have for the next few years as they look to double headcount and revenue over the next 18 months.

This business is renowned for their inclusive and entrepreneurial culture where staff are well supported yet encouraged to work with autonomy and bring a lot of ideas to the table. They are very passionate about what they do and are looking for 'the best and brightest' who share their enthusiasm for cutting-edge technology to join their organization.

The Role:

This is a brilliant opportunity to work closely with an incredibly impressive Founder/CEO to buildout a best-in-class People function. There will be a huge emphasis on building a great culture and employee experience whilst working remotely.

This role will lead the recruitment but will be supported by a brilliant talent acquisition team. This role will also take ownership of building market- leading policies, ensuring the business is a great place for colleagues to progress and develop and building a culture in which people are genuinely excited to work every day.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide leadership and guidance on the end-to-end people function and all people operations
  • Leading on employee engagement, including culture and retention in a remote environment
  • Contributing to a People strategy that helps the business achieve its objectives and establishes the business as a 'best place to work' in the market
  • Ensure the full employee lifecycle is best in class, from L&D to performance reviews, progression and everything in between
  • Development plans for each team, as well as Leadership and Manager programmes, to ensure continued career progression for all team members
  • Responsible for succession planning and organisational design
  • Understanding and applying HR compliance rules and guidelines, from data protection to health and safety
  • Building an industry-leading approach to ensuring diversity in hiring

Key Requirements:

  • Previous experience as Head of People, People Partner or VP of People at a business which has scaled rapidly (ideally in terms of both revenue and headcount)
  • Culture matters deeply to you: you're passionate about building and maintaining culture and retaining company values
  • Experience in a remote-working environment and a good understanding of how to build culture remotely
  • You genuinely care about building a culture where everyone loves coming to work every day, feels supported and can have fun while building the UK's next start-up success story
  • Experience working in tech companies is strongly preferred
  • A strategic people-leader with proven HR generalist experience, who is able to be proactive, think ahead and future-proof an organisation for scale

Please get in touch with Chris at for more information.

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