Principal People Partner, Skylo
GTM & G&A
$172-183k
+ Stock option-based equity program
3 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
Satellite-based device connectivity
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Satellite-based device connectivity
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$172-183k
+ Stock option-based equity program
3 days a week in office (Mountain View, CA)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To be the most efficient way to connect anything, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 12+ years in an HR or People Partner role, with a heavy emphasis on supporting Executive GTM and G&A functions (Sales, Finance, Legal, etc.)
- Business Sophistication: Proven experience in a fast-growing tech environment. You should understand the nuances of sales incentive structures, financial planning cycles, and regulatory hurdles
- Strategic Advisory: A thinker who can translate business goals (e.g., "Enter the European market") into actionable people plans (e.g., "Hire a regional lead, establish local compliance, and align sales comp")
- Influence: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to provide "tough love" coaching and influence senior C-suite executives
- Action-Oriented: A results-driven mindset with a bias toward implementation. You are comfortable being the "right-hand" to the CFO/CRO while ensuring their teams remain integrated with the rest of the company
- Communication: Exceptional presentation and listening skills; ability to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments
What the job involves
- Skylo is hiring a Principal People & Culture Partner to help fulfill our mission of making satellite connectivity available to all
- While our engineering team builds the future, this individual will be the key strategic partner to our Chief Financial Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Regulatory Officer & VP of Communications
- You will be instrumental in building and scaling the commercial and corporate infrastructure of the company
- Your focus will be on strategic organizational design for Go-To-Market teams, executive coaching, and ensuring our global corporate functions are aligned to support rapid commercial expansion
- This is a hands-on, individual contributor role that requires a sophisticated understanding of how diverse business functions - from sales to legal - integrate to drive a global enterprise
- Executive Partnership: Act as the primary People Partner for the CFO, CRO, and other business executives, providing strategic guidance on leadership effectiveness and high-stakes decision-making
- GTM Scaling: Partner with the CRO on the organizational design of the sales and marketing functions, including talent planning for global expansion and advising on performance cultures that drive revenue
- Corporate Governance & Ops: Support the CFO and Regulatory leads in building out robust, compliant, and fiscally disciplined teams
- Manager Coaching: Coach and mentor leaders at all levels to enhance their management capabilities, specifically focusing on the unique needs of high-pressure commercial and regulatory environments
- Global Liaison: Serve as the key bridge between the Business/G&A organizations and the broader People & Talent team, ensuring consistent implementation of compensation, career development, and performance programs
- Systemic Execution: Maintain a detail-oriented approach to people-related initiatives, ensuring that as the company grows, the business side remains cohesive, culturally aligned, and operationally excellent
- International Support: Travel internationally up to two times per year to support global business hubs and initiatives
- Workforce Planning: Build a lightweight and repeatable way for exec team to sequence hires against budget and business need, without adding bureaucracy
- Executive Bandwidth: Create strategic capacity for the exec team by reducing day-to-day firefighting and getting ahead of people issues before they land
- Succession Planning: Map bench strength and single points of failure across critical roles, and put credible succession plans behind them
- Manager Capability: Lift the standard of management across the company
- Global Expansion: Support entity set-up in new markets, as our international headcount grows
Our take
Skylo connects Internet of Things (IoT) devices to satellite networks using the cellular-based Narrowband IoT protocol. It is considered one of the world’s most affordable and ubiquitous networks that connects any machine or sensor.
The company stands out for being the first to leverage the aforementioned protocol, which allows its customers to instantaneously connect billions of devices in remote areas, without having to wait for any new satellites to launch. Having tested its technology with government and enterprise clients, the company then invested funding into scaling service in emerging markets, starting with India and Southeast Asia.
More recently, Skylo has focused on forming partnerships, such as with IoT firm FocusPoint and telecommunications equipment company Anritsu Corporation, through which it has helped deliver IoT monitoring and emergency escalation services and enhanced Non-Terrestrial Network device testing. It also enjoyed an oversubscribed round of funding in 2025, after growing its commercial coverage area to include Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. These two significant wins exemplify Skylo's status as a leading connectivity company.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2025
$30m
LATE VC
Feb 2024
$37m
LATE VC
Total funding: $183m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan
- Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement
- A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Andrew Kalman
(Co-Founder & Hub Architect)Previously co-founded and served as Director of R&D for Euphonix. Founded Pumpkin, serving as President and CTO.
Andrew Nuttall
(Co-Founder & CTO)Received a Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University.
Parthsarathi Trivedi
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously acted as a Graduate Research Assistant at MIT's Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment.
Tarun Gupta
(Co-Founder)Previously acted as Head of Strategy and Operations for Google, President for Parallel Infrastructure, and as Chief Architect for FiberTower.
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