[Hiring] Director of People @Ashby

Role Description

You’re an exceptional People Leader who has experience building out the People function of a hyper growth scale up. You have led a People team of ~15 or more and are excited to join an earlier stage company where you’ll build back up to that team size, and more, over time. Initially you will lead an organisation of ~6. This role gets you behind the curtain of HR technology, enabling you to geek out at the intersection of People technology, process and data.

You care so deeply about excellence with the People function that it makes you outspoken with your well founded perspectives compared to the majority of HR professionals and you would relish constantly experimenting with better ways to do Human Resources.

Hi 👋🏼 I'm Jim, the VP of People and Talent at Ashby. I’ve been lucky enough to have been in roles that change the landscape of the TA technology, been exposed to massive hiring data sets and been tasked with reimagining TA processes across a wide range of company stages. I joined Ashby to continue this work and to be a disruptor in how companies hire and support great people because I truly believe that People teams can do a better job of serving our applicant pools and employees. Reimagining typical HR practices will be a key element to this role.

I’m looking for a thought leader on the HR side of our People function. This role will set the foundation for how we scale Ashby as a company. You will:

• Review all our existing People practices and drive the change for what we need now and into the future.
• Polish process change, HR systems selection and implementation, data analytics, and documentation.
• Communicate effectively to influence scaled change across the company.

This role will evolve based on the growth of Ashby, so comfort with ambiguity is important. This is not your run-of-the-mill People Operations or HR Leader role. In addition to your core internal responsibilities, you’ll become an expert on our world class people technology suite, to become an external thought leader. You will be called upon to:

• Speak with customers and Product Managers.
• Talk at conferences.
• Write compelling content for an audience of People professionals and Hiring Managers.

Qualifications

• You’ve built and led a people team to support a SaaS company that is scaling from ~500 to over 1000 employees.
• You are intrigued by where else in the People tech stack we might take the company.
• You build exceptional process, people and environments.
• You have excellent communication skills – we value clear and concise communication.
• You understand myriad stakeholders and their motivations.
• You’re willing to craft solutions for both the tactical and strategic.
• You have high standards and are comfortable holding others accountable.
• You have a high level of empathy for our employees.
• You are comfortable and capable playing HRBP where necessary.
• You are excited to shape our People team.

Requirements

• You haven’t led an experienced team of 10+ before.
• You prefer defined structure and are not excited by ambiguity.
• You prefer to focus on one or two priorities.
• You want to impose HR on the employee base rather than building an environment where HR is there when needed.
• You are uneasy holding colleagues accountable.
• You have difficulty setting boundaries.
• You are not interested in a role where you take on less interesting or visible work.
• You don’t believe in the opportunity and challenges set by a remote & asynchronous workforce.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• 10-year exercise window for stock options.
• Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year.
• Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave in the US.
• Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget.
• $100/month education budget with more expensive items covered with manager approval.
• Top-notch health insurance for you and your dependents with all premiums covered.
• 3% 401k match.

Company Description

We’re building the next generation of recruiting software and we’re starting with a suite of products that helps talent leaders, recruiters, and hiring managers run an efficient and data-driven hiring process.

• Ashby All-in-One is powerful, easy to use, and replaces several venture-backed companies' worth of products.
• We have notable customers like Notion, Linear, Shopify, and Snowflake.
• We have tens of millions in ARR, growing >100% year over year.
• We are well funded and backed by great investors, including Y Combinator, Elad Gil and Lachy Groom.
• We have over 4,000 amazing customers including Ramp, Notion, and Zapier.