Vice President of People, adMarketplace
$225-250k
+ Bonus and equity
4-5 days a week in office
Search advertising marketplace
Be an early applicant
Search advertising marketplace
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$225-250k
+ Bonus and equity
4-5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create ideal search experiences that let people lead the way.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a senior People role
- Demonstrated success scaling teams and headcount in a high-growth startup to midsize environment - preferably within media, entertainment, or technology industries
- Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing HR teams
- Deep experience in talent performance, engagement, and total rewards across international teams
- Hands-on leader who is comfortable building from the ground up while also operating at a strategic level
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a dynamic Vice President of People to join our leadership team and lead our People function through its next phase of growth
- Reporting to the CFO and leading a team of seven, you’ll own every aspect of our People strategy, from culture and employee experience to performance management, compensation, leadership development and international expansion
- This is not a legacy HR role
- We need a hands-on builder and strategic partner who can operate at both a micro and macro-level, someone energized by the opportunity to scale our organization and build a world-class employee experience that attracts, engages, and retains top-tier talent
- Culture & Employee Engagement:
- Champion and continuously evolve adMarketplace’s culture to reflect our mission, 5C values, and business goals
- Design and implement a cohesive employee engagement strategy that includes formal and informal feedback loops to surface actionable insights and enhance the employee experience
- Establish consistent and scalable practices for manager enablement, internal communications, and team health to promote alignment and accountability at every level of the organization
- Develop and champion employee wellbeing programs, including mental health resources and work-life balance initiatives, to support a healthy, resilient workforce
- Talent Management & Performance:
- Lead talent strategies that support scalable growth, including succession planning, performance development, and workforce planning
- Oversee talent performance programs and continuous feedback practices to ensure alignment between employee growth and company goals
- Serve as a trusted and strategic advisor to executive leadership, proactively identifying talent gaps and development opportunities to accelerate performance and retention
- Build and refine performance management and talent review frameworks that drive continuous feedback, high accountability, and employee growth
- Launch leadership development and upskilling programs that support career mobility and long-term succession planning
- Compensation & Total Rewards:
- Own the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of adMarketplace’s compensation philosophy, ensuring alignment with company values, business objectives, and growth trajectory
- Lead compensation benchmarking and market analysis to ensure competitiveness across roles, departments, and geographies
- Partner with Finance and executive leadership to guide annual planning cycles, merit reviews, and promotion calibrations with transparency and fairness
- Ensure alignment between compensation practices and performance management frameworks to reward impact and high performance
- Onboarding, Retention & Development:
- Optimize the onboarding experience to accelerate new hire integration and engagement
- Develop and execute retention strategies that promote long-term career growth and organizational stability
- Develop scalable retention strategies by analyzing attrition trends, manager effectiveness, and employee feedback to proactively address friction points through thoughtful programming and policy
- Own the design and implementation of career development frameworks, enabling clarity around growth paths, internal mobility, and progression
- International People Strategy:
- Ensure compliance with employment laws and HR best practices across all operating regions
- Tailor employee programs and policies to reflect cultural and legal nuances while maintaining a unified global approach
- People Operations & Leadership:
- Lead, mentor, and scale a People team of seven
- Develop KPIs and dashboards to measure HR effectiveness and proactively support business objectives
- Optimize HR systems and data capabilities to support scale, efficiency, and insight-driven decision-making
- Serve as a key thought partner to the executive team on people strategy and organizational design
- Champion organizational change and evolution through employee-centered strategies that support growth and transformation
- Change Management & Organizational Agility:
- Lead change management efforts to enable organizational agility, ensuring smooth transitions during growth, restructuring, or strategic pivots through clear communication and employee support
Our take
AdMarketplace delivers performance traffic to large, data-savvy marketers and their agencies. Its Advertiser 3D platform is a pay-per-click platform that allows advertisers to bid by individual traffic source and device type.
AdMarketplace serves paid-search ads on publisher properties in response to a user’s search on the site. With this technology, advertisers can see the top-level view of all their campaigns and make the best decisions for their business through improved transparency.
In 2022, the company saw a substantial rise in engagement and continues to focus on platform development and product scalability, leveraging its Smart Product Results product to improve online customer journeys to purchases. It is also expanding its presence for advertiser sales, marketing and measurement services in the US and Europe.
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Company
Company benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/FSA
- Wellness Programs & Social Events
- Life/Disability Insurance
- Matching 401k
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Discounted Gym Membership
- Tax-Free Commuter Benefits
Company HQ
Murray Hill, New York, NY
Leadership
Jamie Hill
(Chairman & Co-CEO)Experience in digital, media, demand generation, big data analysis, business development, global markets, and search advertising.
Adam J. Epstein
(President & Co-CEO)Previously President and CEO at Fancast.com, Law Clerk at the US District Court (Western District of Michigan) and Associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel.
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