Hybrid Chief People Officer

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About the role

  • Chief People Officer at Wellist, focused on building talent strategies and leadership teams to support growth for 1 million people. Hands-on leadership role crucial for scaling. It is

Responsibilities

  • Personally design and execute Wellist’s talent acquisition strategy, with a strong emphasis on building and strengthening the Operating Committee and management layer.
  • Partner directly with the CEO and Operating Committee members on all critical senior and management-level hires—from role definition through final offer.
  • Personally support or lead direct candidate sourcing for priority roles.
  • Establish and maintain rigorous hiring standards focused on capability, values alignment, and long-term leadership potential.
  • Build lightweight, scalable recruiting systems that support growth without unnecessary complexity.
  • Design and operationalize a robust 90-day onboarding experience that drives rapid ramp-up, early validation of role fit, and strong retention.
  • Partner closely with Operating Committee members and people managers to clarify role expectations, define success metrics, and strengthen feedback and coaching rhythms.
  • Lead Wellist’s annual performance and development process, aligning with company priorities and accelerating leadership effectiveness.
  • Operationalize a high-trust, high-performance culture grounded in competence, sincerity, and reliability.
  • Oversee Wellist’s PEO partner, ensuring smooth administration of benefits and compliance with regulations.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive people leadership experience, including time as a hands-on CPO or Head of People
  • Proven success building and scaling leadership and management teams in high-growth environments
  • Deep experience personally leading executive and senior-level hiring
  • Comfort operating with lean teams (one direct report) and owning both strategy and execution
  • Strong working knowledge of performance management, organizational design, and employee relations
  • Experience operating within EOS or similar operating frameworks
  • Background in HR tech, digital health, or mission-driven technology companies strongly preferred

Benefits

  • Excellent medical, dental, life and disability coverage
  • Generous PTO
  • 401(k) contribution

Job title

Chief People Officer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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