gridunity - Director of People

• You’ll oversee and partner with an existing HR Manager who supports core people operations. This role is responsible for strengthening the function’s structure, accountability, and scalability. As we grow, you will assess team design and resource needs to ensure the People & Talent department is built for long-term success. • PEOPLE OPERATIONS • Partner with the CFO and the Operations Team to set HR priorities, translate strategy into action, and measure progress • Audit and refine HR processes, documentation, and workflows to create a cohesive operating model • Provide guidance, structure, and support to the HR Manager while strengthening team capacity • Champion our values throughout all people programs and communication • Support assessment and selection of future HRIS or relevant HR software • TALENT ACQUISITION • Lead full-cycle recruiting alongside the HR Manager in the US (intake, sourcing, assessments, scheduling, offers, close). Ashby ATS experience is a plus • Improve and edit our recruiting playbook for scalability and determine long-term resourcing once it’s established • Partner with our department heads to define role requirements, competencies, and success profiles, and lead active recruiting • Ensure hiring is aligned with GridUnity’s values and stage and can support SaaS scaling needs • PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT & COMPENSATION LEVELING • Refine or redesign the performance management cycle • Evaluate the effectiveness of our current compensation leveling system and propose improvements • Leverage Pave and similar tools to benchmark data to inform compensation bands • LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT • Lay the foundation for our 2026 Manager Training Program • Audit currently fragmented L&D practices • Build a cohesive L&D framework centered on employee enablement, skill development, and leadership readiness • Have hands-on HR leadership experience in a scaling SaaS or tech environment (50–250 employees) • Bring grit, resilience, and a curious problem-solver mindset — seeing ambiguity as a puzzle, not a problem • Balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution • Lead with humility, sound judgment, and a bias toward action • Enjoy building order from emerging systems • Are energized by partnering closely with leaders and helping people grow • Understand remote culture and how to unify distributed teams • THIS ROLE IS NOT FOR YOU IF… • You require a large HR team from day one • You do not thrive in ambiguity that accompanies a quickly growing/scaling SaaS organization • You get frustrated by evolving priorities or resource constraints • You want exclusively strategic work without operational ownership • We are a lean, fast-moving team that values bold thinking, reliability, and continuous learning. We operate with radical transparency, embrace scrappiness, and build solutions that anticipate customer needs. We also believe work should be fun and fulfilling — what we call “funfillment.” • The right candidate is energized by working in a scaling, mission-driven company where they can shape processes, wear multiple hats, and grow alongside the business.