# Head of People

**Company:** [Mintlify](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/mintlify)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $260k – $375k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** people strategy, Workforce Planning, org design, compensation philosophy, Performance Management, employee engagement, retention strategies, hr compliance, manager development, people analytics
**Posted:** 2026-07-28

> Lead the People function at Mintlify, partnering with founders on workforce planning, org design, compensation, performance strategy, and retention. Build structure and compliance as the company scales from 65+ employees, delivering weekly people-health insights and coaching managers.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Partner with the founders and exec team on workforce planning, org design, and people strategy
- Improve our listening infrastructure and turn the signal into a weekly people-health read for the exec team
- Own retention and engagement: spot risk early and intervene before departures
- Keep the company compliant across all jurisdictions we operate in; own policies and the employee handbook
- Own compensation philosophy: benchmarking, comp bands, equity refresh strategy, and job architecture (with Finance and Operations)
- Set performance strategy: audit and improve our review cycle
- Develop our manager layer through coaching and a structured development program
- Use people data and insights to inform decisions and continuously improve our programs
- Be a confidential first stop for employees on hard things: conflict, concerns, sensitive situations
- Handle departures with dignity and downstream implications thought through

## What We're Looking For
- 8–10+ years of progressive People/HR experience, with 3+ years in a leadership role
- A track record of interventions that surfaced people risk early and measurably reduced attrition
- Experience running structured listening programs and making the signal actionable for leadership
- You've lived the 50→150+ scaling transition and know what breaks at each inflection point
- You've run a full performance cycle end-to-end, including design, calibration, manager coaching, comp changes
- Deep compensation fluency: benchmarking, bands, and equity refresh strategy
- Multi-state and international employment fluency
- Executive-level candor: comfortable delivering hard feedback to founders without being asked
- Exceptional discretion and judgment in sensitive situations
- Experience supporting a fast-growing company
- You've coached first-time and mid-level managers with measurable improvement

## Nice to Have
- Familiarity with our stack: Rippling, Ashby, Deel
- You've built or led a People team → we want a builder in this seat

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