Arago

3 months ago

Head of People

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Job Summary

Lead the full People function at a fast-scaling deep tech company, designing compensation frameworks and people programs across multiple geographies. Build and scale the team from the ground up, shaping culture, performance, development, and HR operations while partnering with the CEO and leadership to align org design and headcount with rapid growth.

Location: Paris

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

•Build and lead the entire People function: talent acquisition, people operations, L&D, performance, and culture.
•Design and own Arago's compensation philosophy and framework (cash, equity, leveling, and benchmarking across geographies).
•Define and run performance management, career growth, and development programs that match the bar of an engineering-led company.
•Partner with the CEO and leadership team on org design, headcount planning, and key hires.
•Hire and grow the People team underneath you, including the Talent Acquisition Lead and future People Ops, L&D, and HRBP roles.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsurancePaid LeaveEquityRelocationCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

•8+ years in People / HR roles, with at least 3 in a leadership position at a fast-scaling startup or scale-up (Series B+).
•Track record of building People functions from scratch or near-scratch, including compensation, performance, L&D, and HR operations.
•Strong experience designing and running compensation frameworks (cash, equity, leveling) in technical organizations.
•Comfort operating across multiple geographies, with working knowledge of labor frameworks in France, the US, and ideally Israel.
•Experience scaling teams from ~50 to several hundred employees.

Experience:8+ years

Skills:LeadershipCommunicationEmpathyTeam-buildingStrategic thinking

Languages:EnglishFrench

Company Brief

Arago

Develops energy-efficient photonic AI processors (codenamed “JEF”) that use light-based computation to drastically reduce energy consumption for AI workloads, targeting data centers and large-scale inference deployments.

Industry: Deep Tech

Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)

Growth: Early Stage Startup

Funding: Seed

Headquarters: Paris, France

Founded: 2024

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website Glassdoor

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Arago

3 months ago

Head of People

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Paris

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

•Build and lead the entire People function: talent acquisition, people operations, L&D, performance, and culture.
•Design and own Arago's compensation philosophy and framework (cash, equity, leveling, and benchmarking across geographies).
•Define and run performance management, career growth, and development programs that match the bar of an engineering-led company.
•Partner with the CEO and leadership team on org design, headcount planning, and key hires.
•Hire and grow the People team underneath you, including the Talent Acquisition Lead and future People Ops, L&D, and HRBP roles.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsurancePaid LeaveEquityRelocationCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

•8+ years in People / HR roles, with at least 3 in a leadership position at a fast-scaling startup or scale-up (Series B+).
•Track record of building People functions from scratch or near-scratch, including compensation, performance, L&D, and HR operations.
•Strong experience designing and running compensation frameworks (cash, equity, leveling) in technical organizations.
•Comfort operating across multiple geographies, with working knowledge of labor frameworks in France, the US, and ideally Israel.
•Experience scaling teams from ~50 to several hundred employees.

Experience:8+ years

Skills:LeadershipCommunicationEmpathyTeam-buildingStrategic thinking

Languages:EnglishFrench

Company Brief

Arago

Industry: Deep Tech

Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)

Growth: Early Stage Startup

Funding: Seed

Headquarters: Paris, France

Founded: 2024

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website Glassdoor