Head of Environment

Responsibilities

• Own Baseten’s global workplace and real estate strategy, including the long-term roadmap for its physical footprint as the company scales.
• Lead real estate planning, site selection, expansions, and significant capital investments across headquarters, smaller offices, and future international locations.
• Build and operate exceptional workplaces, owning workplace operations, office buildouts, relocations, and launches.
• Maintain high standards for quality, hospitality, and attention to detail.
• Define the physical expression of Baseten, including interior design, amenities, office traditions, and experiences for employees, customers, candidates, investors, and guests.
• Lead and develop the Workplace Experience team, building a high-performing organization that scales with the company.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading Workplace, Environment, Employee Experience, or a similar function at a hypergrowth technology company.
• Experience scaling workplace functions from hundreds to thousands of employees across multiple U.S. and international offices.
• Ability to build trust quickly with founders and senior leaders and exercise independent judgment.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking, including experience making decisions involving significant real estate investments, competing priorities, and rapid growth.
• Exceptional cross-functional leadership and stakeholder-management skills.
• Exceptional taste and a high quality bar for intentional, memorable environments.
• A hospitality mindset focused on exceptional employee, customer, candidate, investor, and guest experiences.
• A builder who enjoys creating scalable systems and experiences.
• Based in San Francisco and willing to spend the majority of time in the office, with regular travel to other locations.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
• Flexible paid time off, including company-wide Winter Break.
• Paid parental leave.
• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot.
• Company-facilitated 401(k).