Vice President, People & Talent

Armada
San Francisco, California
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 220,300 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Business partnering","Strategic thinking","Problem-solving","Leadership","Organization"]

Own the end-to-end People function for a globally distributed company, covering Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, compliance, and workforce planning. Build and scale global HR systems and processes (HRIS/ATS, payroll, performance, analytics) and manage equity and compensation philosophy through pre-IPO stages. Drive employee experience, onboarding, workspaces/physical environment strategy, and learning and development from the ground up.

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Armada
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Vice President, People & Talent

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end People function for a globally distributed company, covering Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, compliance, and workforce planning. Build and scale global HR systems and processes (HRIS/ATS, payroll, performance, analytics) and manage equity and compensation philosophy through pre-IPO stages. Drive employee experience, onboarding, workspaces/physical environment strategy, and learning and development from the ground up.
Location: San Francisco, California
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set global recruiting strategy for technical and non-technical roles; implement structured hiring processes and improve time-to-hire and quality-of-hire.
  • •Own compensation philosophy, band architecture, equity strategy (including 409A cadence and refresh/evergreen programs), and run the annual compensation and merit cycle.
  • •Design and scale People Operations and compliance posture across operating jurisdictions; oversee payroll operations, vendor management, audit readiness, and internal controls.
  • •Lead People technology stack ownership (HRIS, ATS, payroll, performance, analytics) and ensure trustworthy workforce reporting via data governance.
  • •Define employee experience and culture priorities, including workspace/physical environment strategy, end-to-end onboarding, and building learning and development programming.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,300 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionHsaFsa401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience running the full People stack end to end: Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, People Operations, and Workspaces.
  • •Expertise in global mobility, employer-of-record vs. local entity management, and compensation design.
  • •Built and scaled a People function for high growth (250 to 1,000+ employees), standing up programs, policies, and headcount from scratch.
  • •Experience taking a company through IPO or another exit and translating that into compensation philosophy.
  • •Managed entity setup and employee management across international jurisdictions.
Experience:Global expansionHigh-growthIPO
Skills:Business partneringStrategic thinkingProblem-solvingLeadershipOrganization
Tech Stack:HRISATSPayrollPerformance analytics

Company Brief

Armada
Builds software tools for developing, testing, and operating autonomous vehicle systems, including simulation, perception, and fleet orchestration components to accelerate safe deployment of self-driving vehicles and robotics applications.
Industry: Robotics
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