gc-ai - VP of People
Requirements
• 12+ years of People/HR experience, including leading or building a People function at a high-growth technology company - ideally scaling a People function through a similar stage of growth from ~50–300+ employees. • Proven ability to build foundational People programs and infrastructure from the ground up, not just operate established systems. • Strong experience across compensation and leveling, benefits, performance management, employee relations, and employment compliance. • Experience partnering with executives on organizational design, workforce planning, and complex people decisions. • Experience building and managing a People team, with a willingness to stay hands-on while the function is lean. • Strong judgment and communication skills, with the ability to coach leaders and navigate sensitive employee situations. • A genuine passion for AI - you already use it, experiment with it, and see opportunities to apply it across the People function. • Experience supporting distributed or international teams. • Experience in an AI-native company, or a company selling into legal and legal adjacent personas. • We’re building something new in a once-in-a-generation shift in technology and the legal industry, so we move at a relentless pace. We expect urgency, ownership, and good judgment even when things aren’t perfectly clear. If you need structure and consensus to do your best work, this isn’t the right place for you. If you thrive in ambiguity and growth, work with intensity, and want real responsibility, keep reading. We’re excited to meet you. • HOW WE WORK TOGETHER • GC AI is a distributed company with team members across North America, and soon Europe. We believe that because our business is AI, human connection matters more, not less. We invest in bringing people together through our hub model: regular coworking sessions, customer dinners, team and company offsites. If you’re in a location without an office, expect up to 10% travel (and more for customer-facing roles). • Team members in the San Francisco Bay Area and Provo, UT (within 50 miles of the office) work together on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. As we grow, we plan to establish permanent offices in more hub cities https://gc-ai.notion.site/faq-careers-at-gc-ai, and we will look to our team members to help build that in-person culture. We currently hire across the United States and Canada.
Responsibilities
• Quickly assess our current People landscape: team, systems, policies, compliance, manager practices, organizational risks - and build a clear, sequenced roadmap for what GC AI needs now versus later. • Own the People function end-to-end, including HR operations, talent, benefits and total rewards, compliance, employee relations and talent acquisition. • Hire, build, and manage the People team as we scale. • Partner with our CEO, COO, Executive Leadership, and cross-functional partners in Finance, Legal, and functional leaders on organizational design and workforce planning, including headcount, team structure, role clarity, and evolving leadership needs. • Coach executives and managers through organizational, performance, and people challenges, while building practical programs that make great management more consistent across the company. • Own the Talent function, connecting workforce planning, hiring, leveling, and compensation to create clear guidance and consistent practices for recruiters and hiring managers. • Own benefits and total rewards, including open enrollment, PEO and international benefits administration, compensation philosophy, job architecture, leveling, and compensation frameworks. • Drive performance management, calibration, feedback, and promotions, connecting performance, leveling, development, and compensation decisions. • Lead employee relations, including performance and conduct issues, leaves, accommodations, investigations, and exits, partnering closely with Legal on compliance and risk. • Build the foundational programs that help our culture and employee experience scale, including onboarding, manager enablement, and the systems and operating rhythms employees need to succeed. • Build scalable infrastructure across immigration and mobility, People reporting and analytics, employee self-service, and HR technology, including evaluating and leading an HRIS migration. • Identify and implement practical applications of AI and LLMs across People operations, employee self-service, manager enablement, analytics, and internal workflows. • Own the strategy for HRIS and HR operations, ensuring systems and processes scale with the business.
Benefits
• We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees: • 🏥 Medical, Dental & Vision — Comprehensive coverage for you and your family • ❤️ Life & Disability Insurance — Added protection when you need it most • 💰 Retirement Plan — Plan and save for your future • 👶 Parental Leave — Time to focus on what matters most • 📚 Continuous Development — Up to $3,000/year for job-related learning & development • 🍽️ In-Office Meals — DoorDash credits for breakfast, lunch & dinner • 🌴 Paid Time Off — 15 PTO days + 5 sick days, with opportunities to accrue more • 🎉 Company Holidays — 15 company holidays + 3 additional “Me Days” • 💻 Home Office Setup — $500 for new hires to build out their workspace • 📱 Cell Phone Reimbursement — $50/month toward your phone bill • 🚚 Relocation Support — Assistance to help make your move easier • EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT
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