Head of People

METR•Berkeley, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

METR is looking to hire its first Head of People to help with METR’s next phase of growth. As Head of People, you’ll own compensation, benefits, performance, HR compliance, and staff experience at METR. We’re looking for a strong operator who can be a trusted voice to both the leadership team and staff members.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in HR and People Operations roles, including experience scaling People Ops function and managing a team.
Experience navigating California and federal employment laws, such as benefits compliance (including ACA, COBRA, ERISA/401(k), HIPAA, FMLA, and qualifying life events), worker classification, and employee leaves.
Start-up experience / experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment in an organization with under 500 employees.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with frontier labs or experience working in the AI safety ecosystem.
Experience scaling an organization from ~30 to 200+ employees.

Responsibilities

Leading strategy that connects METR’s organizational goals with how we build culture and retain talent.
Organize team retreats to build the organization’s culture and align the team around shared goals.
Own how METR's culture and core values carry through organizational growth.
Set up management coaching for managers to ensure consistent and strong management across the organization.
Run or organize management trainings and new manager orientation.
Create processes to facilitate professional development.
Building processes and systems to support our next phase of growth.
Own responsibility for keeping our HRIS, as our accurate source of truth on employee data (e.g., new hires, manager changes, wage rate and variable compensation changes).
Manage compliance, including employee files, I-9s, E-Verify, regulatory filings, and trainings required by state law.
Process payroll to ensure timely payments to all employees and contractors and compliance with the law.
Manage benefits, including healthcare enrollment and educating staff about the benefits; serve as the main point of contact for employee questions regarding benefits.
Owning our compensation philosophy, promotion framework, and performance review process to ensure they are fair, transparent and clear to the team.
Designing and executing a streamlined employee onboarding process that gets new hires the tools, information and support they need to ramp up quickly, and that scales as we grow.
Handling employee relations as a trusted advisor to both employees and managers, resolving conflicts, performance concerns and workplace issues fairly and with discretion.

Benefits

Health: Medical, dental and vision coverage with 99% employee premiums paid, plus an employer funded HRA for out-of-pocket health costs
Life Insurance: Employer-paid basic life insurance at 1x salary
Retirement: 401(k) with a 100% match up to 8% of salary
Time-off and leave: Unlimited PTO and 21-week parental leave for new parents
Relocation support: Stipend for moving to the Bay Area
Catered lunch and dinner daily
In-office gym and shower
Wellness stipend: for gym memberships, equipment, therapy, medication, and other wellness expenses
Commuter stipend: Monthly transit/parking stipend and an annual Uber budget
Professional development stipend: for training, courses, conferences, and AI safety education
Work equipment stipend: for home office and workstation equipment expenses