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People.ai

VP of People

People.ai

VP of People leading organizational design and strategy at Backstory, an AI answers platform for sales teams. Partnering with the CEO and executives to evolve company operations.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Partner directly with the CEO on organizational strategy, executive team effectiveness, leadership gaps, and company structure
  • Help shape the evolution of Backstory into an AI-native company, including how AI impacts roles, workflows, talent strategy, and go-to-market team design
  • Lead and evolve the HRBP function into a deeply embedded strategic partner across the business
  • Build strong relationships with executives and managers across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Operations teams
  • Guide executive team formation and integration across a leadership team composed of tenured leaders, recent hires, and future additions
  • Lead org design initiatives tied to company growth, scaling, accountability, and operational effectiveness
  • Audit and evolve Backstory’s total rewards philosophy across compensation, equity, benefits, and recognition programs
  • Ensure compensation and rewards programs are competitive, internally consistent, transparent, and aligned to company goals
  • Build leadership development and manager effectiveness programs that scale with the organization
  • Help leadership teams navigate organizational change, growth, and evolving business priorities
  • Partner with Talent leadership on long-term workforce planning and talent strategy
  • Help shape and strengthen company culture across a fully distributed global environment spanning the US and Poland
  • Simplify processes where complexity slows execution and strengthen areas where structure is needed
  • Serve as a trusted coach and advisor to executives, managers, and employees

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of progressive People leadership experience within venture-backed or high-growth technology companies
  • Experience operating as a senior HR or People leader during periods of organizational growth, transformation, or strategic evolution
  • Strong org design experience with the ability to connect team structure, accountability, and business outcomes
  • Deep HRBP experience supporting executive leaders and go-to-market organizations
  • Strong executive coaching and stakeholder management capabilities
  • Experience designing or evolving compensation and total rewards frameworks
  • Strong business acumen and understanding of how People strategy connects to company performance
  • Experience working within distributed and global organizations
  • Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution
  • Excellent communication skills with strong executive presence
  • Genuine curiosity around AI and how it impacts organizational design, workforce strategy, and go-to-market evolution

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Regular employees may be eligible for commissions or bonus programs (target included in OTE)
  • Equity
  • Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools
organizational strategyHRBP functionorg designcompensation frameworkstotal rewards philosophyleadership developmentworkforce planningAI impact on rolesgo-to-market strategybusiness outcomes
Soft Skills
executive coachingstakeholder managementstrategic thinkingoperational executioncommunication skillsexecutive presencerelationship buildingcuriosityadaptabilitychange management