Kota - Head of People
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Requirements
• This role is open to candidates who are based in Ireland or the UK. • 8+ years in People/HR roles at startups or scaleups (sub-500 employees preferred), with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity. • Experience building. You've stood up or significantly scaled a Talent and People in a high-growth, tech-first environment. You know what great looks like and how to get there without over-engineering. • HR tech fluency. You've either worked at an HR tech company or have strong opinions from implementing and living inside these tools. You understand the buyer's perspective. • Commercial instinct. You're excited to work with customers, influence product decisions, and think beyond the traditional People team remit. • European employment expertise. You understand the complexity of multi-region operations across the UK, Ireland, and the EU. You've navigated it before. • Strong advisory presence. You're a trusted partner to founders and execs. You build relationships easily and can translate between strategy and execution. • Clear communication. Excellent written and verbal skills. You can write a crisp policy doc and hold a room at an offsite. • Comfort with ambiguity. You thrive when there's no playbook. You'd rather build the thing than inherit the thing. • Have Integrity. We care deeply about our why and it won’t jeopardise our how. • Care Deeply. Our products are our story, we look at the details, go the extra mile to delight customers. • Own Your Ship. Ask why, do the work, get the data, solve the problem, be an owner. • Raise the Bar. We continuously look to push past good enough. Expect more, move faster, and never stop raising your and the team’s standards. • Play to Win. We exist because we decided to say no to the norm – now we do this everyday.
Responsibilities
• Set the People strategy. Define and execute a People strategy aligned with our growth trajectory, culture, and position in the HR industry. • Hold the talent bar. Build the strategy and infrastructure that supports our hiring plans to ensure our hiring standards stay high as we scale. • Design performance systems. Create scalable frameworks for performance reviews, career progression, and compensation that work for a high-autonomy, high-output team. • Shape culture. Foster a values-driven environment where people do their best work and want to stay. • Develop team. Coach managers on feedback, performance, and team health. Build programs that strengthen capability across the company. • Advise the exec team. Serve as a trusted partner on org design, leadership development, compensation philosophy, and people risk. • Build People ops. Stand up and refine our core people operations from processes to systems to enable the organisation to be the most effective and effective while we scale. • Own workplace experience. Oversee physical spaces that inspire Kota's teams to do their best work, while simultaneously ensuring that our ways of working motivate those working remotely. • Represent Kota externally. Speak at events, join panels, and contribute to the broader conversation about the future of benefits and HR. • Advise customers. Serve as a strategic partner to the People and HR leaders who use Kota, helping them think through benefits strategy and workforce trends. • Influence product. Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure we're building solutions that solve real problems for HR teams. • Build community. Grow a network of forward-thinking HR leaders around our platform—people who are passionate about doing benefits differently.
Benefits
• Comprehensive Health Insurance via Kota • Workplace Pension with matched contributions up to 5% via Kota • WFH stipend to support your home office needs • Life Insurance • Generous Paid Time Off - work hard and take the time you need • Annual company-wide offsite and dedicated team offsite
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