RunPod

Head of People Operations

RunPod

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $225,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Serve as a strategic partner to the COO and executive team
  • Support executives in scaling, refining structures, and strengthening leadership capabilities.
  • Lead change management to ensure smooth transitions and transformation during growth.
  • Align HR initiatives directly with business objectives, ensuring people strategy drives growth.
  • Lead, mentor, and support a small but impactful People team
  • Foster an environment where employees feel engaged, supported, and motivated to grow.
  • Admin performance management systems that encourage accountability and excellence.
  • Develop compensation and rewards structures that are competitive and equitable.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of progressive HR/People experience, including direct ownership of HR strategy and operations in a high-growth tech or startup environment.
  • Proven ability to be hands-on with day-to-day HR needs while also shaping long-term people strategy.
  • Experience advising and influencing executives.
  • Strong knowledge of HR compliance, employment law, and global workforce planning.
  • Data-driven approach to decision-making with experience using HR metrics to guide strategy.
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
  • Successful completion of a background check.
Benefits
  • Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company- everyone on the team receives stock options — your impact drives our growth, and you share in the upside.
  • Generous medical, dental & vision plans — we cover 100% for all employees and partial for dependents.
  • Flexible PTO- take the time you need to recharge
  • Most roles are remote work first with an inclusive, collaborative teams utilizing slack as the main form of internal communication
  • Join a passionate team on the cutting edge of AI infrastructure — where culture, learning, and ownership are at the heart of how we scale.
  • $1,200 Home Office & Equipment Stipend- We set you up for success from day one with gear and support to create your ideal workspace
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
HR strategyHR operationsperformance management systemscompensation structuresrewards structuresHR complianceemployment lawglobal workforce planningHR metricsdata-driven decision-making
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingmentoringinfluencingengagementsupportmotivationstrategic partnershipchange management