VP, People

Plasmidsaurus•San Francisco, CA

1d•$250,000 - $290,000

About The Position

Plasmidsaurus is a rapidly growing, category-defining life sciences company with exceptional product-market fit and significant growth opportunities. The VP People will shape the people strategy behind innovative technology that allows researchers worldwide to move faster on important scientific challenges. Reporting to the CEO and partnering with the founding team and company leadership, this role will architect the organizational structure, develop the leadership bench, and build the people systems required to power a rapidly growing startup as it expands internationally, launches new products, enters new markets, and deepens strategic partnerships. The ideal candidate has experience with similar growth stages in founder-led businesses, has successfully built international teams and operating structures, and has implemented people programs that enable growth without sacrificing performance, compliance, or execution quality. Candidates should possess strong business judgment and strategic thinking, contributing to discussions beyond traditional People topics, including organizational strategy, growth plans, and business tradeoffs.

Requirements

Led the People function through significant growth at least once, partnering closely with founders, CEOs, and executive teams.
Successfully scaled teams, systems, and processes that support international growth, globally distributed teams, and increasing organizational complexity.
Helped navigate increasing organizational complexity without sacrificing performance, and ensuring the company remains compliant, well-governed, and operationally sound.
Operated in environments where execution matters, not just ideas.
Use data and describe outcomes to articulate the difference made in companies helped build and lead.
Go-to expert on core People programs, including performance management, global compensation and benefits strategies, employee relations, compliance, workforce planning, and people operations.

Nice To Haves

A list of leaders partnered with or helped develop who still seek your opinion and advice.

Responsibilities

Build the leadership, organizational, and management foundations that enable Plasmidsaurus to scale globally while remaining fast, accountable, and operationally excellent.
Ensure leadership capability, organizational effectiveness, workforce governance, and global people infrastructure evolve to support the company's ambitions as complexity, geography, and headcount grow.
Partner with the CEO and leadership team on organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, and workforce strategy.
Develop managers and leaders across the company and help raise the overall quality of leadership.
Serve as a trusted advisor on organizational, leadership, management, and workforce-related decisions.
Own and develop the People function, including HR business partnership, people operations, employee relations, compensation and benefits, performance management, compliance, and workforce planning.
Partner closely with the Talent team to ensure hiring, onboarding, leadership development, performance management, workforce planning, and retention strategies work together to strengthen the organization.
Build the systems, processes, tools, and operating mechanisms required to support a rapidly growing and increasingly complex business.
Build and lead a high-performing People team that scales alongside the business.
Lead the evolution of Plasmidsaurus's global workforce strategy, including international hiring, employment practices, compensation, mobility, immigration, workforce planning, and distributed team support.
Evaluate and recommend the systems, partners, and organizational investments required to support continued international expansion and company growth.
Ensure the company maintains strong employment, compliance, and workforce governance practices across all jurisdictions.
Oversee employee relations, investigations, policy development, and people-related risk management while balancing business needs, employee experience, and legal obligations.
Partner effectively with external legal, immigration, and compliance experts to ensure the company scales responsibly.