# Head of People

**Company:** [Cape](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/cape)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $275k – $350k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Career Progression, Employee Engagement, People Systems, Organizational Design, Management Training
**Posted:** 2026-08-05

> Leads Cape’s People organization and talent strategy through rapid growth from 100 to 300+ employees. The role owns recruiting, retention, organizational development, compensation, performance management, and leadership programs while partnering directly with the CEO and executive team.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Own Cape’s talent strategy and People organization across Recruiting and HR.
- Build and lead the People team, beginning with hiring a Head of Recruiting.
- Design and execute the People department roadmap and build best-in-class programs.
- Build a recruiting engine that attracts top talent by optimizing capacity and tooling, improving business partnerships and process efficiency, and strengthening workforce planning.
- Elevate the employee experience to support strong retention, referrals, and engagement through investments in total rewards, people systems, and career progression.
- Lead the transition from a 100-person company to 300+ employees by refining organizational structure, formalizing career advancement, and improving performance reviews and succession planning.
- Professionalize management practices, maintain company culture at scale, develop leaders, establish career paths, and create a management training program.
- Stay close to employees through hands-on talent sourcing, employee sentiment monitoring, and tight feedback loops.
- Partner with executive and business unit leaders on company-level decisions.

## Requirements

- **10+ years** of progressive People experience, including **3–5 years in a leadership role**.
- Direct experience in Recruiting.
- Significant experience in a high-growth startup where you built People processes and teams from an early stage.
- Strong command of talent acquisition, compensation, performance management, and daily People operations.
- Experience working cross-functionally with executive and business unit leaders.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: **$275,000–$350,000**.
- Top-tier healthcare.
- 401(k) matching.
- Generous vacation policy.

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