People Programs Lead, Nominal
$150-200k
Unified industrial data stack
Be an early applicant
Unified industrial data stack
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-200k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide the tools and infrastructure engineers need to deliver mission-critical capabilities at scale in the shortest time possible.
Role
Who you are
- 7–10+ years of experience building and scaling People Programs, Talent Management, Organizational Development, and Learning & Development
- Experience building people programs in high-growth, startup and scale-up environments
- Strong understanding of how people systems enable business growth and execution
- Ability to design programs that are structured but not heavy, scalable but not bureaucratic
- Strong partnership skills and comfort influencing senior leaders
- Data-informed, pragmatic, and outcomes-oriented
- Passion for building inclusive, high-performing teams in fast-moving environments
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
What the job involves
- The People Programs Lead will play a critical role in enabling Nominal’s next phase of growth. This role owns the design and execution of core people programs that directly support scaling teams, developing leaders, and driving sustained performance
- You will build and evolve the systems that help Nominal grow faster, lead better, and perform at a high level as complexity increases. You’ll work closely with business leaders and the broader people and talent team to ensure our programs are frictionless, valuable, and tightly aligned to business outcomes
- Nominal’s growth depends on leaders who can scale teams, make strong decisions, and deliver consistently. This role ensures our people programs keep pace with our ambition. You’ll have real ownership, high visibility, and the opportunity to build foundational systems that will shape Nominal for years to come
- Build and evolve Nominal’s talent management strategy to support rapid growth, including talent planning and internal career growth in our non-traditional, flat hierarchy
- Partner with leaders on organizational design, role clarity, and team effectiveness as the company scales
- Identify and address performance and capability gaps that could slow growth
- Translate business priorities into scalable, high-impact people programs
- Drive programs end-to-end, from strategy and design through rollout, adoption, and iteration
- Operate with a builder mindset: move quickly, test, learn, and improve
- Own performance management programs that set clear expectations, reward impact, and accelerate development
- Ensure strong connections between goal setting, feedback, development, and advancement
- Design and scale manager and leadership development programs that raise the bar for people leadership at Nominal
- Equip leaders with the skills to manage growth, lead through change, and build high-performing teams
- Set the learning and development strategy to build the skills and capabilities Nominal needs today and tomorrow
- Balance speed and quality by leveraging a mix of internal programs, external partners, and self-directed learning
- Own engagement programs and listening mechanisms that surface risks and opportunities as we scale
- Partner across People + Talent to embed inclusive practices into hiring, performance, and development programs
- Design programs that foster inclusion, belonging, and equitable growth
Our take
Whilst leading workflow platforms such as Monday and Basecamp are designed for general use, teams in more specific industries may benefit from experiences designed for their sector. Nominal has built a data analysis platform and workflow system tailored to the needs of engineering teams managing complex machines in industries such as aerospace and defense.
Nominal’s platform caters to engineering teams who develop, validate and monitor hardware, enabling them to build observability and control over mission-critical machines. It automates routine tasks and streamlines collaboration between team members, ensuring that all stages of a machine’s development have rigorous oversight.
Having only come out of stealth in 2024, Nominal’s path to market has been accelerated by several rounds of funding. This will be used to expand operations and business reach as it attempts to cut into a competitive market. With its target audience pitch well articulated, the company has become the fastest-growing software platform in hardware development with 6X customer growth across aerospace, defense, energy, robotics and manufacturing.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2025
$75m
SERIES B
Apr 2024
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $102.5m
Company benefits
- Employee-friendly equity terms
- $500/year hardware sensor stipend
- 100% health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
- Unlimited paid vacation
- 12-weeks parental leave
- Strong in-office [ATX, LA, NYC] culture
- Gourmet lunch provided daily
- Work-station stipend
- 401K
- Learning & development stipend
Company HQ
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Jason Hoch
(Co-Founder)Previously a Software Engineer/Engineering Lead at Vercel, Newfront Insurance and Palantir Technologies.
Cameron McCord
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Investor at Lux Capital. Was also Head of Defense at Saildrone, Advisor at Applied Intuition, and worked in Product and Growth at Anduril Industries.
Bryce Strauss
(Co-Founder)Was an MBS and MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School, as well as Summer Associate at The Engine and a member of the Executive Leadership Development Programme at Lockheed Martin.
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