As Planhat scales, we need a Head of People that helps us support a high-performance culture. This role is about creating clarity, consistency, and trust across the organization — while enabling leaders to move fast and make good decisions.
You will be the senior owner of HR across the group. This includes employee policies, compliance, performance frameworks, and manager support across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
This is not a “policy factory” role. You’ll operate close to the business — supporting our leaders, resolving issues early, and building simple, scalable practices that work in the real world.
As we grow, you’ll continuously evolve how we handle performance, feedback, development, and operations — ensuring we stay compliant, consistent, and human, without slowing the company down.
Nothing is purely transactional here, you'll continuously improve and level up our business.
Own People policies, frameworks, and practices across our markets
Act as the primary point of contact for employee relations matters, escalations, and complex people situations
Support managers with performance management, feedback, corrective actions, and difficult conversations
Ensure fair, consistent handling of promotions, performance issues, exits, and disciplinary matters
Maintain and evolve employee handbook(s) and internal people guidelines
Compliance & Risk
Ensure compliance with local labor laws and employment regulations across all entities
Partner with Legal on contracts, disputes, terminations, and risk mitigation
Proactively identify people-related risks and address them before they become problems
Manage external advisors (employment lawyers, HR consultants) when needed
Systems & Collaboration
Ensure policies and practice are reflected in systems and processes
Partner with Finance on compensation structures, payroll implications, and benefits governance
Collaborate with Security on access, offboarding, and sensitive cases
Ensure HR data, documentation, and processes support both compliance and decision-making
We’re looking for a business-minded operator: You understand that this function exists to enable the business, not slow it down
This is an office first role, based in Los Angeles. Our team works from the office 5 days a week, and we are strong believers in in-person collaboration.
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All roles are considered on a rolling basis.
