Head of People, Ondo
On-chain finance firm
Open for applications
On-chain finance firm
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make institutional-grade financial products and services available to everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 8–12+ years of experience in People/HR, including leadership roles in high-growth, tech-forward, or finance-adjacent companies
- Experience managing compensation strategies involving equity or tokens, ideally with exposure to volatility and refresh grant decision-making
- Strong fluency with numbers, models, and data systems; background in finance, economics, analytics, or consulting is a plus
- Experience leading or implementing international employment and benefits programs
- Strong project management skills and systems thinking
- Excellent written communication; clear, precise, and thoughtful
- Proven ability to build trust across functions and seniority levels
- Comfortable with ambiguity, able to design processes from scratch and iterate quickly
What the job involves
- Ondo is at a critical inflection point with 2x+ headcount growth planned this year.
- As Head of People you will be the company's first dedicated People leader and alongside the existing recruiting team, be accountable for building out the People function to manage the entire lifecycle of the employee experience while hiring and retaining top talent to deliver on our goals
- Partner with the recruiting function to ensure that it is high-functioning, with top-of-funnel pipeline, structured interview processes, and strong close rates across all teams
- A comprehensive, scalable compensation philosophy and framework is in place, supporting both fiat and token-based compensation with internal equity and market competitiveness across jurisdictions
- Benefits programs (including international employment setups, 401(k), and healthcare) are best-in-class for our size and stage, enabling us to attract and retain talent globally
- Performance management systems and career development frameworks are operationalized, including job architectures, levels, and promotion criteria across functions
- Key people systems are integrated and automated to support accurate, real-time data for planning, reporting, and decision-making
- Managers are upskilled in feedback, hiring, and team development; our culture supports high performance, accountability, and continuous growth
- Talent Acquisition
- Oversee the full-cycle recruiting function, from sourcing to closing
- Ensure consistent use of structured interviews, scorecards, and candidate experience best practices
- Partner with execs and hiring managers to forecast headcount and hiring priorities. Compensation & Total Rewards
- Develop and maintain our compensation philosophy, incorporating both fiat and token elements
- Own market benchmarking processes, leveling, and geographic adjustments
- Design and implement benefit programs (e.g., 401(k), healthcare, equity/token liquidity strategies). Performance Management & Development
- Implement performance review cycles, feedback mechanisms, and promotion processes
- Build career ladders, job architecture specs, and clear criteria for progression
- Drive manager enablement and employee development programs. Org Design & People Planning
- Partner with leadership on org design and workforce planning
- Build scalable processes and systems for decision-making, approvals, and change management
- Lead international employment strategies, including contractor-to-employee transitions and EOR setup. People Ops Systems & Data
- Own our HR systems stack: ATS, HRIS, comp benchmarking tools, performance tools, etc
- Integrate data across systems to support planning, reporting, and insights
- Establish and report on key people analytics metrics (e.g., offer acceptance rate, attrition, compensation coverage, engagement trends)
Our take
The crypto market hit it’s all-time peak in 2021 at a value of $3 trillion, whilst it’s not at the optimum place it was cryptocurrency is still very much challenging competitors in the digital currency market. Ondo finance is looking to innovate on top of the traditional crypto models offering structure investment products to users. The company has two branches; an asset management tool and a technology tool that develops decentralized finance protocols, each with their own interface.
A huge win for the company was a 2023 tokenizing exposure to US Treasuries becoming the first tokenized bond backed by US Treasury bills and bank deposits. With this Ondo has stood its ground as a market leader alongside its continued efforts to roll out new tokenised real-world assets and nurture protocols that can support both tokenized real-world assets and traditional crypto. The company boasts a large amount of funding that has supported and continues to support development in the sector to retain its position in the space.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Aug 2021
$4m
SEED
Total funding: $24m
Company benefits
- Tokens, and/or equity (according to your preferences). We're well-funded and believe that great talent deserves great compensation
- Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO)
- Small remote-first team. You'll be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and Product practices
- A+ colleagues. Our leadership team includes alumni from Goldman Sachs Digital Assets, Fortress, Bridgewater, and MakerDAO
- Best-in-class investors. We are proud to be backed by leading funds and strategics (incl. Founders Fund, Pantera, GoldenTree, Coinbase, and CoinFund) and angels (incl. founders of AngelList, Anchorage, and Aave)
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Nathan Allman
(CEO)Previously a Partner at ChainStreet Capital. Went on to focus on cryptocurrency market services within Digital Assets - Global Markets & GS AccelerateDigital Assets at Goldman Sachs.
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