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Head of People

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Job Summary

Own and evolve Exa’s people strategy, systems, and programs as the company scales. Lead the People function across recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, performance management, talent development, and culture. Act as a trusted advisor to founders and executives on organizational design, workforce and succession planning, leadership development, and employee engagement. Build and continuously improve people infrastructure while mentoring a high-performing People team.

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Partner with founders and leadership to develop and execute a people strategy aligned to Exa’s mission and business objectives.
•Lead and scale the People function across recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, employee experience, performance management, and talent development.
•Advise leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent strategy.
•Build and continuously improve people systems, policies, and programs; develop compensation and rewards philosophies.
•Coach managers and leaders on performance and employee relations; oversee employment law compliance and build, mentor, and develop the People team.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 350,000 annually

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision

Key Requirements

•10+ years of progressive experience across People, Talent, or Human Resources functions.
•Experience leading People teams within a high-growth technology company; startup experience required.
•Demonstrated success building and scaling people programs and organizational infrastructure.
•Strong understanding of recruiting, compensation, benefits, talent management, employee relations, performance management, and organizational development.
•Proven ability to influence and advise executive leadership.

Experience:10+ yearsHigh-growth technologyStartups

Skills:Business judgmentEmotional intelligenceCommunicationCoachingAnalytical skills

Company Brief

Exa

Builds an embeddings-based neural search engine and web search API for AI applications, offering crawling, retrieval, and deep research tools to serve developers and AI agents with up-to-date web knowledge.

Industry: API Platforms

Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: USD 500M to 1B

Funding: Series B

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2021

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