Head of People

OpenRouter

Head of People overseeing recruiting engine and core people operations in an AI-focused environment. Responsible for scaling the company from ~50 to 200+ employees while maintaining high talent standards.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

This is not a traditional HR role. It is a builder-operator role focused on talent, systems, and scaling
Build and own the recruiting engine as Head of Recruiting
Hire and manage a team of IC recruiters
Hire from ~50 → 200+ employees without lowering the talent bar
Own core people operations: Onboarding and Offboarding, Benefits, Payroll
Design and implement compensation, leveling, and career ladder frameworks
Establish lightweight, high-signal performance management systems
Build talent development systems including career paths, leveling, and internal mobility
Define and reinforce company values through hiring and performance decisions
Partner with founders and leadership on org design and hiring strategy

Requirements

What you’ll need

Have scaled a company from ~50 to 150–300 employees
Experience in a technical company (AI, infrastructure, devtools, or engineering-heavy org)
Have personally built:
Recruiting function
Compensation and leveling frameworks
Performance management systems
Can operate as both Head of People and Head of Recruiting
Strong talent judgment and ability to close senior candidates
Experience overseeing technical hiring
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving quickly
Will push back on leadership when needed
High agency, low ego, strong commercial mindset
You’ve operated with full ownership, not as a support function
Bonus points
Experience competing for top-tier AI or engineering talent
Prior Head of People or strong #2 stepping into the role
Experience working closely with founders and technical leadership
Experience building people systems through rapid scaling (50 → 150+)
Experience integrating teams from acquisitions

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Education OpenRouter is a platform providing a unified interface for interacting with various large language models (LLMs). It focuses on delivering better prices and uptime without the need for subscriptions. The platform supports multiple AI tasks and showcases models like Mistral Small 3 and DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B, which are designed for fast performance and high accuracy. OpenRouter also features gaming and coding tools that enhance usability across different sectors such as marketing, finance, and education. Head of People Job not on LinkedIn 🔥 54 minutes ago 🇺🇸 United States – Remote ⏰ Full Time 🔴 Lead 👥 People Operations Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume for this job Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
This is not a traditional HR role. It is a builder-operator role focused on talent, systems, and scaling
Build and own the recruiting engine as Head of Recruiting
Hire and manage a team of IC recruiters
Hire from ~50 → 200+ employees without lowering the talent bar
Own core people operations: Onboarding and Offboarding, Benefits, Payroll
Design and implement compensation, leveling, and career ladder frameworks
Establish lightweight, high-signal performance management systems
Build talent development systems including career paths, leveling, and internal mobility
Define and reinforce company values through hiring and performance decisions
Partner with founders and leadership on org design and hiring strategy 🎯 Requirements
Have scaled a company from ~50 to 150–300 employees
Experience in a technical company (AI, infrastructure, devtools, or engineering-heavy org)
Have personally built:
Recruiting function
Compensation and leveling frameworks
Performance management systems
Can operate as both Head of People and Head of Recruiting
Strong talent judgment and ability to close senior candidates
Experience overseeing technical hiring
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving quickly
Will push back on leadership when needed
High agency, low ego, strong commercial mindset
You’ve operated with full ownership, not as a support function
Bonus points
Experience competing for top-tier AI or engineering talent
Prior Head of People or strong #2 stepping into the role
Experience working closely with founders and technical leadership
Experience building people systems through rapid scaling (50 → 150+)
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Hard Skills & Tools

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Soft Skills

talent judgmentability to close senior candidatesoperating in ambiguityhigh agencylow egostrong commercial mindsetownershippushing back on leadershipteam managementpartnering with leadership