People & Talent Generalist

Vendelux is building the category-defining platform for event marketing intelligence. Events are one of the largest and most impactful marketing channels, yet historically one of the least measurable. Vendelux brings transparency and performance to this space — helping companies discover, evaluate, and optimize their event strategy with data. Our platform powers thousands of event decisions by delivering proprietary, AI-driven insights across hundreds of thousands of events globally. At the core of our platform is a robust ecosystem of event organizer partnerships — where organizers share first-party data, enabling richer insights for customers while receiving benchmarking and audience intelligence in return. From identifying the highest ROI conferences to enabling targeted meeting programs, Vendelux helps companies turn events into a predictable and scalable growth engine.

About the role

As our HR Lead, you’ll own the full people operations function — from onboarding through career development, performance, compliance, and culture. Recruiting lives separately; your mandate is everything that happens after someone joins, and everything that makes Vendelux the kind of company people want to stay at. You’ll work directly with leadership on org design, compensation strategy, and workforce planning, while also being the day-to-day resource employees trust for guidance, support, and clarity. You need to be equally comfortable in both rooms.

Responsibilities

• Design and run programs across onboarding, engagement, performance, and development that keep people growing and connected to the mission.
• Build and manage performance review cycles, feedback frameworks, and career development programs.
• Serve as the primary resource for employee relations — coaching managers, mediating conflict, and handling sensitive matters with discretion and fairness.
• Administer and continuously improve compensation, benefits, and equity programs; lead benchmarking as the company scales.
• Develop and maintain HR policies, the employee handbook, and compliance documentation across all jurisdictions we operate in.
• Partner with leadership on workforce planning, org design, and headcount decisions tied to business goals.
• Track and report on people metrics — attrition, engagement, eNPS, and time-in-role — and surface actionable insights to leadership.
• Own the HRIS and people tech stack; evaluate and implement new tooling as we grow.
• Manage offboarding processes, conduct exit interviews, and translate findings into retention improvements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in an HR Generalist or HRBP role — no recruiting scope required or expected.
• Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS or tech startup; early or solo HR hire experience strongly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of employment law and HR compliance across multiple states (NY required).
• Proven ability to build HR programs and policies from scratch — not just inherit and maintain them.
• Excellent judgment in sensitive employee relations situations — trusted, discreet, and consistent.
• Data-fluent: comfortable tracking people metrics and presenting insights clearly to leadership.
• Exceptional communicator — able to write clear policy, facilitate hard conversations, and influence at the C-suite level.
• High-ownership mindset: you do what needs doing, whether it’s strategic or administrative.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or related field; SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or PHR a plus.