Talent and Performance Senior Manager

Ironclad is the leading AI contracting platform that transforms agreements into assets. Contracts move faster, insights surface instantly, and agents push work forward, all with you in control. Whether you’re buying or selling, Ironclad unifies the entire process on one intelligent platform, providing leaders with the visibility they need to stay one step ahead. The world’s most transformative organizations—from Rivian to the World Health Organization and the Associated Press—trust Ironclad to accelerate their business. We’re consistently recognized as a leader in the industry, including accolades from Forrester Wave, Gartner Magic Quadrant, Fortune Great Place to Work, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Workplaces. Backed by leading investors such as Accel, Y Combinator, Sequoia, BOND, and Franklin Templeton.

About the role

You will own Ironclad’s performance management practices, drive talent reviews, and evolve frameworks that enable high-quality, consistent talent decisions across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Own Ironclad’s performance management practices, including bi-annual feedback and performance cycles.
• Lead promotion processes and calibration practices to support thoughtful, differentiated talent decisions across the company.
• Drive talent reviews and succession planning, creating clear operating rhythms, inputs, and decision frameworks for leaders.
• Develop and evolve talent frameworks, performance standards, and calibration guidance that drive consistent, high-quality talent decisions.
• Partner with People Business Partners (PBPs) and functional leaders to identify talent themes, risks, and opportunities, and translate them into action.
• Own company-wide communications and engagement related to programming, rollouts, and timelines.
• Build scalable tools and guidance that improve consistency, clarity, and manager confidence in talent decisions.
• Identify opportunities to embed AI into talent programs and workflows to drive efficiency, decision-making, and acceleration.
• In partnership with People Operations, lead the configuration, administration, and continuous improvement of systems that power talent management programs, ensuring scalable, efficient, and high-quality employee and manager experiences.

Requirements

• Experience owning or leading performance management, promotion, calibration, and talent review programs in a scaling organization.
• Proven ability to drive effective cross-functional collaboration by involving key stakeholders at critical decision points to gain alignment before execution.
• Strong track record of partnering with PBPs to execute programs and collaborating with People Operations on systems and analytics.
• Strong judgment in talent practices and the ability to balance rigor, practicality, and employee experience.
• Strong program management skills, owning end-to-end company-wide programming and stakeholder management.
• Ability to turn ambiguous talent questions into structured insights.
• Analytical and systems-oriented thinking, with strong attention to detail and follow-through.

What success looks like

• Performance cycles run smoothly, with clear expectations, strong adoption, and actionable outputs for employees and managers.
• Promotion and calibration processes are trusted, consistent, and support differentiated talent outcomes.
• Leaders have better visibility into talent, stronger succession conversations, and clearer plans for developing and moving internal talent.
• Talent programs feel integrated with the work of PBPs and Learning & Development rather than overlapping or fragmented.

Pay

Base salary range: $165,000 - $205,000. The range represents the minimum and maximum for this position based at our San Francisco headquarters. The actual base salary offered will depend on factors such as individual proficiency, anticipated performance, and location. This role also includes bonus eligibility, equity awards (new hire grant plus opportunities for additional awards), and a competitive total rewards package.

Benefits

• 100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available.
• Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave.
• Family-forming support through Maven for you and your partner.
• Paid time off—take the time you need, when you need it.
• Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use.
• Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees).
• 401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees).
• Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun.

Schedule

Hybrid (San Francisco).