Head of People, Career Karma
$130-180k
Tech career training and advice service
Job no longer available
Tech career training and advice service
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$130-180k
201-500 employees
Company mission
Career Karma's mission is to connect the World’s talent to their next opportunity
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in HR leadership roles, with a proven track record of developing and executing HR and talent strategies
- Prior experience in helping build and scale remote and fully distributed teams
- Strong understanding of HR best practices, labor laws, and industry trends in the U.S. and internationally
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to drive cultural change and foster a positive work environment
- Experience in building and leading high-performing teams of both employees and contractors
- Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Able to work on a full-time basis in a fully remote environment
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, or a related field, is preferred, but not required
Desirable
- Strong track record of successfully managing early-stage hiring and people practices
- Creative; you look at things from a unique perspective and don’t just stick to the status quo
- Relationship-builder, self-starter, and natural leader who can work across teams and individuals of all experience levels
- Deep understanding of industry trends and best practices across the People stack
- Strong knowledge of organization scaling, compensation philosophy, culture building
- Ability to collaborate well with others across the organization and thrive in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
- Ability to balance being both a player and a coach (knowing when to delegate vs. rolling up your sleeves)
What the job involves
- In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for driving our talent acquisition, people operations, and people development strategies to support the company's growth and mission
- As a key member of our leadership team, you will play a critical role in shaping our workplace culture, fostering employee engagement, and ensuring that our people are aligned with our business objectives
- Collaborate with and coach leadership on business goals and develop HR strategies that support organizational success
- Develop and implement people strategies, programs, and initiatives, including recruiting, employee retention, performance management, and employee relations
- Foster a strong culture through policies and programs that promote our values and mission
- Drive operational excellence and efficiency in People processes to enable the organization to hire and develop talent at scale and consistently in our high-performance culture
- Implement learning and development programs
- Help our product offering and go-to-market strategies as the People representative to help further align our mission and positioning in new HR solutions to be launched
- Create job leveling frameworks and salary bands for performance and compensation reviews
- Partner with Legal to oversee people compliance and risk management to comply with all legal and regulatory requirements
- Partner with Finance on payroll and compensation planning
- Provide insights and analytics to measure the effectiveness of HR programs and initiatives, personnel utilization across all functions of the organization, enabling data-driven recommendations for improvements
- Implement and maintain HR policies, procedures, and best practices to ensure legal compliance and a fair and equitable workplace
- Manage and develop our current People team (one People Operations Lead, one Payroll/Benefits Coordinator)
Our take
The landscape of online bootcamps and masterclasses is becoming oversaturated and mass-produced. It is becoming increasingly difficult for students to navigate to courses that are relevant to them and within their budget.
Career Karma provides support platforms for students that aid in finding online education that is personalized and affordable to them on an individual basis. The service is free to use, but the startup charges bootcamps a 10% fee after successfully enrolling a student on their program.
Whilst the company currently focuses on matching students to bootcamps, the company now provides peer-to-peer mentorship and coaching matches for its students which has bought it impressive growth in user base.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
56% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$40m
SERIES B
Dec 2020
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $51.7m
Company benefits
- Work from anywhere: We are a fully remote company that values asynchronous work—you can work anywhere, any time. You’ll have the space you need to promote balance in your life
- Grow with a balanced team: We value diversity and inclusion, and we believe representation matters. Join us in promoting voices of all backgrounds as we promote yours.
- Enjoy the ride: We are a hyper-growth company with the mission of empowering a billion people in a decade. Be part of our growth as we continue to scale our impact.
- Innovate for tomorrow: We are engaged leaders who are ready to experiment, iterate, and be resilient as we help workers navigate the ever-changing employment landscape.
- Funded for the future: We are backed by world-class investors with proven records of identifying and funding some of the most innovative companies. With their support, we are able to pursue rapid growth while maintaining a bias toward frugality in achieving our mission.
- Startup, but don’t stop your life: Though we are just getting started, we offer the competitive benefits you would expect from any investor-backed Silicon Valley company.
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Timur Meyster
(CPO)Also the co-founder and Co-host of the "Breaking into Tech" podcast, he has worked in Software Engineering at Blippar and in Product Management at AutoTrader.com and BrainLeaf.
Artur Meyster
(CTO)He is also a Founder & Co-host of the "Breaking into Tech" podcast and has experience in Software Engineering at HackReactor and FundingCircle US. He also has an extensive background in Investment Banking.
Ruben Harris
(CEO)He is also a Co-host on the "Breaking into Tech" podcast. His experiences include Sales Leadership and Advisory at Hustle, Sales Partnership at Honor and Growth Operations & Strategy at Altschool.
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