Senior Director, People shaping organizational structure and talent strategy at fast-growing AI startup CoLab. Collaborating with executives to tackle sensitive organizational challenges for scaling success.
Responsibilities
Design and continuously evolve CoLab's organizational structure to support scale.
Serve as the trusted business partner to every functional leader, helping them build high-performing teams, make better organizational decisions, navigate difficult people challenges, and run their functions with greater clarity and effectiveness.
Build scalable operating systems and cross-functional processes that improve execution.
Uphold CoLab's culture and performance bar through every stage of the employee lifecycle.
Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO, CTO, and executive team on organizational and business decisions.
Lead strategic operational initiatives that remove friction across the business, improve execution, and help the executive team focus on the highest-leverage work.
Coach managers to become exceptional leaders. Build manager capability through practical coaching, feedback, and clear people practices so every employee has a great manager—not just a great job.
Raise the bar for talent across the company by improving hiring quality, calibration, succession planning, and performance management.
Requirements
Experience owning People functions at a high-growth B2B software company, with at least 200 people.
Demonstrated success scaling organizations through multiple stages of growth.
Strong experience in organizational design, executive coaching, and talent strategy.
Proven ability to build high-performing teams and develop leaders.
Deep operational mindset—you naturally think in systems, metrics, and scalable processes.
Experience working together directly with founders or executive leadership teams on company-wide decisions.
Strong business acumen and the ability to balance people outcomes with company performance.
A thoughtful and inclusive approach that builds trust while maintaining high expectations.
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