Senior Manager of HR Programs, KoBold Metals
$150-210k
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AI-powered mineral exploration company
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AI-powered mineral exploration company
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-210k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create value by discovering new ore deposits and expanding existing resources.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years in People Operations, People Programs, or HRBP roles, preferably in tech or science-based environments
- Better than any other HR person you have worked with at Excel
- Exceptional project management and communication skills
- First-principles thinker who can reference best practices without defaulting to them
- Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights through using our tools in exploration and eager to work directly with geologists in the field
- Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on an evolving range of responsibilities
- Nice to have: Hands-on Workday experience (reporting, configuration, integrations)
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Manager of HR Programs to work alongside the Chief People Officer, Clara Kridler, on the challenges that come with scaling a global workforce from under 100 employees two years ago to over 220 as of the drafting of this job description and into the future as we manage dozens of prospective and producing mining sites
- The right candidate will come with first-hand experience navigating the challenges of establishing sophisticated processes, programs, and tooling that increase efficiency without increasing bureaucracy
- These programs must thoughtfully contemplate the various cultural underpinnings and job responsibilities of the employees who work at KoBold
- This hire will be successful if they build solutions that honor and preserve the ethos of KoBold
- To do so, they must first establish a deep understanding of the science and business along with how we work together
- There are no curriculum or shortcuts to learning KoBold
- To be an effective architect of our People programs, processes, and tooling, you must be insatiably curious about the various activities and pursuits at KoBold
- Days will be varied, the problem space may be ambiguous, and the path ahead will feel intimidating at times; this will energize our Senior Manager of HR Programs
- Contribute to and sometimes lead the evolution of our core People programs (compensation, performance management, onboarding, etc.)
- Support organizational change initiatives by designing people-centered communication and transition strategies
- Reduce manual work throughout HR
- Increase data-derived insights and action plans
- Improve the employee experience and rate of learning
- Partner with leaders to solve talent and management-related issues
- Endlessly seek ways to make our teams more effective at collaborating and socializing their work
- Improve cohesion across our geographically fragmented organization
Our take
Supported by billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, KoBold Metals utilises AI and Cloud computing techniques to assess the composition of the subsurface in order to explore metals that are used in making batteries installed in electric vehicles and clean energy technologies.
KoBold is a force in its field with significant financial backing, not just from the aforementioned tycoons, but thanks to Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital funds. In 2019, this enabled KoBold to have funding available for four years, which, since then, has financed explorations at various locations, including Greenland.
As the climate crisis intensifies, the world has increasingly moved towards sustainability and hence demand for sustainable products like EVs has gone up, increasing the need for KoBold’s mineral exploration services. With recent approval for backing a new copper mine in Zambia, along with additional funding, the growing demand for sustainable resources positions KoBold for a promising future.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2025
$527m
SERIES C
Jun 2023
$195m
SERIES B
Total funding: $934.5m
Company HQ
Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Leadership
Kurt House
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded a carbon Sequestration and enhanced oil recovery venture as well as a natural gas asset acquisition platform. They also worked in Private Equity and Corporate Consulting at Bain & Company and spent time as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.
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