Hybrid VP, Head of People & Organization

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About the role

  • VP/Head of People overseeing organizational design and performance management at a Defence-Tech scale-up. Collaborating directly with CEO to drive strategic growth and leadership development.

Responsibilities

  • Strategic sparring partner to the CEO on organizational and people-related matters
  • Build an organizational architecture with clearly defined roles, responsibilities and decision-making paths
  • Develop the first and second management levels through leadership coaching
  • Stabilize the organization during growth phases by resolving conflicts and establishing clear escalation mechanisms
  • Design and implement a company-wide performance management system with clear goal-setting and identification of performance gaps
  • Introduce binding feedback, review, and decision-making cycles across all levels
  • Lead and scale the recruiting team according to clearly defined KPI models, with overall responsibility for leadership hiring and critical key positions
  • People KPI reporting for investors and the board

Requirements

  • Several years of experience as VP/Head of People or Head of HR
  • Proven track record building scalable organizational and performance structures in a VC-funded B2B scale-up
  • Experience building and leading recruiting teams and in leadership hiring
  • Work experience in high-performance environments with fast delivery cycles
  • Comfortable interacting with investors and management boards
  • Entrepreneurial mindset, strong decision-making ability and assertiveness
  • Strong analytical skills and a data-driven approach

Benefits

  • Direct collaboration with the CEO & Founder (serial scale-up founder)
  • Significant strategic scope and influence
  • Key role in the company’s continued growth
  • Visibility at board level

Job title

VP, Head of People & Organization

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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