# People Lead

**Company:** [Vannevar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vannevar)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** People Ops
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Performance Management, Employee Relations, Org Design, Workforce Planning, Coaching, Investigations, Compliance, Benefits Administration, Policy Development
**Posted:** 2026-06-30

> Senior People Lead responsible for building high-performance org systems, coaching managers on performance and difficult decisions, scaling people operations, and partnering with leadership on talent, compensation, and growth decisions at a fast-scaling defense AI company.

## Job Description

## Build a high-performance organization

- Partner with exec team and functional leaders on org design, workforce planning, and leadership needs as the company scales.
- Clarify hiring standards, promotion expectations, and talent bar across teams.
- Design and evolve our performance management philosophy.
- Coach managers to set clear expectations, give direct feedback and have hard conversations with confidence, and address issues early.
- Build manager habits and operating cadences that reinforce high standards without adding unnecessary process.
- Partner with leadership on compensation, promotions, and retention for top performers.

## Build operational excellence

- Own benefits, payroll coordination, compliance, and core people operations.
- Ensure employment practices scale cleanly across a growing company.
- Partner with legal counsel on investigations, employment matters, and policy development.
- Build lightweight systems that make the company run better, not slower.

## What we’re looking for

- Has helped scale a high-performing company through rapid growth (for example, ~200 to 500+ employees).
- Has significant experience coaching managers through performance management and difficult personnel decisions.
- Has personally led employee investigations, complex offboardings, and sensitive employee relations situations.
- Knows when to introduce process and when not to.
- Is trusted by both executives and individual contributors.
- Has exceptional judgment, discretion, and emotional intelligence.
- Cares deeply about building a culture of high performance rather than avoiding hard conversations.
- Can move comfortably between strategic discussions with leadership and hands-on operational work.

## What we offer

- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
- Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
- Fully paid parental leave
- Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

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