SVP, People

About the Role

LeanData is at a pivotal transition with Katy Keim as our new CEO. This People leader will partner with Katy and the executive team to build a strong focus on talent and culture, accelerating growth, expanding into the enterprise, and reinventing the business with AI. The role involves rounding out the executive team with world-class leaders and ensuring the team operates as a highly effective "One Team."

The mission is to build and lead a high-performing, values-driven People function that scales with the company’s growth, fosters an inclusive culture, and empowers employees to do their best work.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a people strategy aligned with LeanData’s business goals, including a 12–18 month roadmap covering talent acquisition, employee experience, performance, change management, and organizational design.
• Set the tone for diversity and inclusion, mapping to LeanData’s values and amplifying employee-led initiatives.
• Launch and embed a leadership development program for first-line and mid-level managers.
• Establish a culture of feedback, accountability, and trust through scalable programs.
• Streamline decision-making frameworks to accelerate execution.
• Inspire a learning culture leveraging AI to maximize employee potential.
• Equip managers with a consistent framework to identify and develop top talent.
• Improve quality-of-hire metrics and design a high-impact onboarding experience with 90%+ employee satisfaction.
• Lead the design and implementation of a transparent, competitive, and internally aligned compensation philosophy.
• Enhance the performance management framework to support accountability and rewards.
• Review job leveling efforts to evaluate pay equity and implement a fair, consistent, and transparent promotion philosophy.
• Achieve an employee engagement score of 80%+, reducing voluntary attrition among high performers.
• Introduce action-oriented goals for bi-annual eNPS surveys and track follow-through.
• Foster connection and engagement among remote teams, including EMEA, ensuring deep integration into LeanData’s culture.

Requirements

• 10+ years in progressive HR or People leadership roles, including experience in a scaling tech company.
• Proven success leading People strategy at a company of 50–500 employees.
• Deep knowledge of HR Business Partnering, HR operations, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and DEI best practices.
• Experience working closely with executive teams and advising at the strategic level.
• Comfortable using HRIS, people analytics tools, and other systems to drive decisions.

Skills

• Strategic Thinking: Aligns people initiatives with business goals and anticipates future trends, including AI’s role in talent strategy.
• Exceptional Communication: Communicates clearly and compassionately across all levels, facilitating difficult conversations with empathy.
• Compassion & Emotional Intelligence: Balances business imperatives with genuine care for people, fostering a culture of respect and support.
• Execution & Bias for Action: Moves quickly and pragmatically, driving progress in resource-constrained environments.
• Change Leadership: Leads through ambiguity, building alignment during transformation or scale.
• Data-Driven Insight: Uses data to influence strategy, challenge assumptions, and present actionable insights to leadership.

Qualifications

We are searching for a business and strategically minded People leader with experience as a CPO or VP of HR in a high-tech Silicon Valley company. The ideal candidate:

• Exudes confidence, strong communication, and conviction about the impact of people and culture on business success.
• Has a passion for creating a culture of empowerment and drive, partnering with the CEO and leadership team as "One Team."
• Is a progressive thinker, not constrained by traditional HR systems, and leverages AI to enhance HR work.
• Is a culture champion with high empathy and compassion, bringing the voice of employees to strategic decisions.
• Aligns with LeanData’s values of transparency, compassion, humility, and continuous learning.
• Champions inclusion, equity, and belonging as essential to team performance.

Outcomes (12–18 Months)

• Strategic People Roadmap: Develop and execute a people strategy with a 12–18 month roadmap covering talent acquisition, employee experience, and organizational design.
• Leadership Development & Culture: Launch a leadership development program, reinforce a culture of feedback, and streamline decision-making frameworks.
• Hiring and Onboarding: Improve quality-of-hire metrics and design a high-impact onboarding experience with 90%+ satisfaction.
• Performance & Compensation Systems: Implement a transparent compensation philosophy and enhance performance management frameworks.
• Employee Engagement & Retention: Achieve an 80%+ employee engagement score and reduce voluntary attrition among high performers.