Head of People & Performance, Syndio
$200-275k
Pay transparency compliance solutions
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Pay transparency compliance solutions
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$200-275k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help companies eradicate workplace inequities and ensure every employee is valued for who they are and what they contribute to their company's' success.
Role
Who you are
- Senior HR leadership in technology companies, through meaningful periods of transformation or scaling
- A track record of building strategic People functions — not primarily compliance or administrative infrastructure
- Experience defining leadership standards and building accountability into culture, not just managing development programs
- Demonstrated work in performance, engagement, and culture with measurable outcomes
- Comfort as a CEO-level thought partner — you bring a point of view and know how to influence without authority
- You’ve applied AI to People workflows, org design, or workforce strategy in a practical way
- You’re a systems thinker who sees the whole before redesigning any part — and a builder who’s energized by creating what doesn’t exist yet
- You communicate with clarity and directness. You turn complexity into action, not more process
- At Syndio, we're building a diverse team that values candor, curiosity, and community. If you share these values and are interested in joining us, we'd love to talk with you even if you don't 100% meet the "about you" listed here. We don't expect anyone to have all the answers, as long as you're willing to learn and grow with us
What the job involves
- Syndio is in the middle of a meaningful transformation - and we need a people leader who wants to help build what comes next - an AI-native operating model. Not one that reacts to the business, but one that helps shape it
- This role is the strategic head of the People function, reporting directly to the CEO and owning the roadmap that connects culture, performance, and organizational capability to business outcomes. You’ll lead a small, talented team and be a genuine thought partner at the leadership table — someone who brings a clear point of view and moves quickly from strategy to action
- This is a builder's role. The team is talented and the foundation is solid. What’s needed now is a leader who can elevate the organization beyond transactional work, strengthen leadership effectiveness across the company, and architect the people systems an AI-native business actually requires
- You’ll define what strong leadership looks like at Syndio. Not through training programs alone — through clear behavioral standards, real accountability, and operating norms that actually stick
- Establish a clear model for who owns culture, performance, and development — and make sure leaders actually own it
- You own the performance architecture, from goal-setting through performance conversations, all the way to how individual work connects to company outcomes.
- Evolve how Syndio defines and measures strong performance for an AI-enabled workplace
- Lead org design and change management as Syndio's operating model continues to shift
- You’ll lead the culture roadmap. Diagnose what’s working, identify what needs to shift, and build what’s missing
- Design engagement approaches tied to what actually drives retention and performance
- Build conditions for greater accountability and ownership at every level of the organization
- Champion an AI-native approach to People work — automating the transactional processes, while amplifying human judgment, coaching, and leadership
- You’ll own the human side of AI transformation: job design, reskilling, performance evolution, and change enablement
- Partner with the CEO and senior leadership to translate business strategy into people strategy at the speed the company requires
- Oversee talent acquisition strategy to attract and close candidates who thrive in transformation environments
- You own compensation philosophy and total rewards. Competitive, equitable, and aligned to how Syndio actually values contribution
- Ensure People operations are scalable, automated where appropriate, and not consuming strategic capacity
Application process
- 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team
- 45 minute zoom interview with the Hiring Manager
- Three video interviews with several team members (Executive Peers, CEO) - 2 hours
- Final meet & greet with the team - 45 mins
Our take
As companies are making greater commitments to paying and treating their employees more equitably, Syndio offers them an analytics-driven platform that enables them to more easily measure, achieve, and maintain this. The startup counts a number of Fortune 500 companies amongst its customers, including American Airlines, Salesforce, and Nordstrom.
Workplace equity is about much more than just boosting brand reputation. Recruitment and staff retention, company culture, and business performance have all been shown to improve with better DE&I results. Therefore, the draw of Syndio’s offering is quite clear - enabling businesses to convert verbal promises into measurable, provable outcomes.
Syndio’s growth since its 2016 launch has been impressive, with funding secured in 2022 allowing it to ramp up operations and scaling efforts. It also joined the London Stock Exchange Issuer Services Marketplace, becoming a trusted third-party service provider for listed companies, which gives it a chance to serve yet more impressive clients.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Mar 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Sep 2021
$50m
SERIES C
Total funding: $132.8m
Company benefits
- Best medical plans on the market (90% employee coverage, 50% dependents)
- Life & Disability paid by the company
- Stock options
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- 401(k) option
- Access to Talkspace online therapy
Leadership
Maria Colacurcio
(CEO)Co-founded and was VP of Marketing at digital work collaboration platform Smartsheet. Co-founded and is a Board Member at Fair Pay Workplace. Has worked in managerial and directorial roles at Starbucks and Microsoft, and founded educators' professional development foundation Ideas Ignited.
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