Armada

Vice President, People & Talent

Armada

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $220,300 - $260,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Design and scale a compliant, globally consistent People Operations framework
  • Partner closely with Legal on employment law, regulatory compliance, immigration, and risk mitigation
  • Oversee payroll, benefits, mobility, and vendor management across multiple jurisdictions
  • Ensure audit readiness, documentation rigor, and strong internal controls
  • Establish operational standards that balance global consistency with local nuance
  • Provide clear, data-informed perspective on team health, performance, and organizational risk
  • Own global recruiting strategy across technical and non-technical functions
  • Implement structured hiring processes that increase talent density and hiring rigor
  • Improve time-to-hire, quality-of-hire, and hiring manager accountability
  • Partner with Finance to align headcount planning with budget forecasting
  • Support long-term workforce modeling and geographic expansion planning
  • Own and optimize the People technology stack (HRIS, ATS, payroll, performance tools, analytics)
  • Rationalize and integrate systems to improve reporting integrity and reduce redundancy
  • Establish strong data governance and scalable workflows
  • Drive automation and operational efficiency
  • Build a tech-enabled People platform designed for long-term growth
  • Partner closely with the senior leadership team on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and company-wide priorities as the company scales
  • Strengthen role clarity, leveling frameworks, and job architecture
  • Implement and maintain performance management systems aligned to a high-accountability culture
  • Define organizational structures and decision-making frameworks that support scale and accountability
  • Establish leadership expectations and support development of managers across the organization
  • Improve operating rhythms, documentation standards, and cross-functional coordination
  • Define and scale workspace strategy across offices, remote environments, and field deployments
  • Ensure workspaces support productivity, collaboration, and operational needs across distributed teams
  • Partner with Finance and Operations on real estate strategy, cost management, and vendor selection
  • Establish standards for workplace experience, safety, and compliance across locations
  • Align workspace planning with headcount growth and geographic expansion

Requirements

  • 12+ years of progressive People leadership experience, with deep expertise in Global People Operations and Talent Acquisition
  • Experience supporting technically complex organizations, ideally across both software and hardware environments
  • Demonstrated success scaling distributed and international teams across multiple jurisdictions
  • Strong partnership experience with Legal and Finance in compliance-forward environments
  • Experience building People infrastructure during periods of operational maturation and geographic expansion
  • Proven ability to design, implement, and optimize People systems and technology platforms
  • Financial discipline and experience managing functional budgets
  • A systems-oriented operator comfortable raising performance standards and strengthening organizational rigor
Benefits
  • Competitive base salary and equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
  • Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
  • Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
  • 14 paid company holidays per year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
People OperationsTalent AcquisitionPayroll managementBenefits administrationVendor managementData governancePerformance management systemsWorkforce modelingOrganizational designCompliance
Soft Skills
LeadershipPartnershipOperational efficiencyCross-functional coordinationCommunicationStrategic thinkingProblem-solvingOrganizational rigorAccountabilityCollaboration