VP of People

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About the role

  • VP of People leading global HR strategy, talent, rewards, and culture at Maze. Shaping an AI-enabled People function for a distributed user research platform.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team on organizational strategy, business priorities, and leadership effectiveness
  • Guide organizational design, workforce planning, and change management
  • Strengthen executive-team decision-making, communication, and organizational alignment
  • Surface employment, compliance, and cultural implications across operating countries
  • Lead, develop, and empower the People team spanning Talent Acquisition and People Operations
  • Lead talent strategy, hiring, retention, manager development, performance management, career development, and recognition programs
  • Use engagement data and employee feedback to improve the employee experience
  • Oversee global total rewards, including compensation, equity, benefits, and pay transparency
  • Ensure People operations are efficient, scalable, and compliant
  • Partner with Finance on headcount planning and compensation strategy
  • Shape culture through communication, transparency, change management, connection, recognition, and collaboration
  • Build a modern, AI-enabled People function using technology, data, and automation
  • Establish trusted partnerships with executives and managers and strengthen hiring, performance, development, and total rewards programs

Requirements

  • Significant experience leading People functions in high-growth, venture-backed environments, ideally in SaaS or technology companies
  • Business acumen and experience connecting People decisions to company outcomes
  • Experience navigating growth, restructuring, or strategic shifts
  • Meaningful experience in organizational design, talent strategy, total rewards, performance management, and employee relations
  • Experience supporting global, distributed teams, particularly across the US and UK/Europe
  • Knowledge of local employment requirements across countries
  • Ability to lead a lean team while balancing long-term strategy with operational execution
  • Active use of AI and enthusiasm for transforming People-team operations
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Experience with modern People technology such as Rippling, Ashby, Oyster, or similar platforms is a bonus
  • Experience working directly with a founder or CEO is a bonus
  • Experience building with AI, including Claude workflows, automations, and integrations, is a bonus

Benefits

  • Health insurance with international coverage, vision, and dental; 100% of the team member premium paid
  • Free access to mental health care, unlimited virtual therapy sessions, and 24/7 access to resources
  • Life and Disability Insurance; 100% of the team member premium paid
  • Flexible time off
  • Meaningful equity
  • Company retreats, fully paid for by Maze
  • New MacBook paid for by Maze
  • Paid Family leave: 16 weeks for birth or adoptive parents
  • $500/month for dependent health insurance coverage, or flexible benefits use
  • $1,500 remote work setup fund
  • Flexible work schedule where you manage your own working hours
  • Monthly Bonus.ly points redeemable for gift cards and more
  • Virtual social engagements throughout the year
  • SWAG
  • Open, transparent culture with virtual coffee chats and bi-weekly all-hands meetings

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$238,000 - $281,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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