Kira

Head of People

Kira

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Develop and own Kira’s people strategy in alignment with company goals and stage of growth.
  • Design an organizational structure that scales, with clear roles, decision rights, and accountability.
  • Anticipate future talent and capability needs as Kira expands across functions and geographies.
  • Ensure people practices reinforce Kira’s culture and long-term mission.
  • Build a high-quality, scalable hiring engine that attracts mission-aligned talent.
  • Define what “great” looks like for roles across engineering, product, learning, sales, partnerships, and operations.
  • Create structured, fair, and efficient hiring processes that scale with volume.
  • Partner with leaders to raise the hiring bar while maintaining speed and strong candidate experience.
  • Establish clear performance expectations, goal-setting frameworks, and feedback loops.
  • Support managers in becoming strong people leaders through tools, coaching, and clear standards.
  • Design career paths and development opportunities that retain top talent and enable internal mobility.
  • Ensure underperformance is addressed thoughtfully, consistently, and decisively.
  • Codify and steward Kira’s culture as the company grows.
  • Translate values into concrete behaviors, rituals, and decision-making norms.
  • Design onboarding experiences that integrate new hires quickly and effectively.
  • Build systems that support engagement, and inclusion without unnecessary bureaucracy.
  • Design compensation, equity, and benefits programs that are competitive, equitable, and stage-appropriate.
  • Ensure compliance with employment laws across current and future geographies.
  • Own core people operations including payroll, HRIS, policies, and documentation.
  • Build scalable processes that support growth while maintaining operational rigor.

Requirements

  • 8–12+ years of experience leading People, HR, or Talent functions, including significant time in high-growth startups or scale-ups.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and operating people systems that scale, including org design, headcount planning, hiring, performance management, and compensation frameworks.
  • Proven ability to partner with founders and executive teams on company strategy, translating business goals into talent and organizational plans.
  • Experience building organizational structures and operating models that support rapid growth while maintaining clarity, accountability, and speed.
  • Strong hands-on operator who is comfortable personally running hiring processes, fixing broken systems, and building new processes from scratch.
  • Track record of enabling strong management through clear expectations, performance standards, and effective feedback mechanisms.
  • Ability to make and execute difficult people decisions with sound judgment, balancing empathy with high performance standards.
Benefits
  • meaningful equity and benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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