Head of People, Fermat Commerce
+ Equity package
AI native commerce platform
Posted today
AI native commerce platform
21-100 employees
Posted today
+ Equity package
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide lighting-fast creation of high-converting, dynamic shopping experiences.
Role
Who you are
- 8-10 years of experience across People, Talent, or cross-functional operations roles—ideally with exposure to both early-stage environments and larger org design
- Driven by first-principles thinking around compensation, career frameworks, and team structures—not copying what’s standard, but designing what’s right
- Knowledge of how to use automation, AI, and systems thinking to 10x People impact—whether through off-the-shelf tools or homegrown processes
- Thrive in ambiguous, high-ownership roles where you're expected to both architect strategy and execute in the weeds
- Have strong instincts for when to invest in humans vs. tools—and how to combine both in service of business outcomes
Desirable
- Early employee at a product-led company in the future-of-work, automation, or HR tech space
- Experience building internal mobility, leadership training, or upskilling programs
- Familiarity with global people operations, especially in India, the U.S., and remote-first contexts
- Deep interest in GenAI's impact on workforce development and team design
- Curiosity around human psychology, behaviors, and motivations
What the job involves
- At FERMÀT, we’re rebuilding ecommerce around people, not stores—and that starts with our team. We’re looking for a Head of People to architect our people systems from the ground up. You’ll own internal development, compensation infrastructure, and how we scale with quality and intention.
- This is a high-impact, design-first role with a direct line to the CEO and executive team. You’ll build the people function for a fast-growing, AI-native company—balancing culture, systems, and execution
- We’re not looking for a conventional HR leader. We’re looking for a builder: someone who geeks out on human capital and people operations, thrives in ambiguity, and wants to redesign how high-performance teams work with AI and automation
- Culture champion: Anchor the company in a culture defined by asking big questions and taking extreme ownership of the answers—ensuring our values scale with our team
- Scale from within: Create pathways and build infrastructure for internal mobility, upskilling, and leadership development
- Engineer the right people products: Design compensation, leveling, and promotion systems that are transparent and scalable
- Own the people operations org: Own core people operations: payroll, HR, compliance
- Be a trusted partner to leadership: Bring clarity and candor to exec and team-level conversations around performance, resourcing, and culture
- You’ll be the architect of our people strategy —with executive support, real resourcing, and a front-row seat to company building. You’ll help design the operating system of one of the fastest-growing AI-native startups in commerce, and define what excellence in modern People leadership looks like
Our take
The rise of social media has awarded substantial social currency to influencer culture. Fermàt Commerce enables brands to embed shopping inside of influencer content, allowing consumers to do their online shopping whilst engaging with their daily content.
The eCommerce ecosystem has seen recent change with privacy policies, like the recent Apple privacy shift that prevents third-party cookie tracking, massively increasing the cost of discovering new customers. CEO, Rishabh Jain, was well placed to tackle this industry problem coming from LiveRamp. He understood the necessity of allowing brands to effectively scale first-party interactions and own first-party data.
Although relatively young, Fermàt’s integrated and frictionless solution for brands and influencers alike has raised multiple rounds of funding. This capital will see operations scale up, further product development, and increased partnerships, akin to that with Shopify.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2025
$45m
SERIES B
Mar 2024
$17m
SERIES A
Total funding: $74m
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Rishabh Jain
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded OpenLab app and Invisergy, acting as CEO for both. Spent nearly 6 years at LiveRamp, eventually as Vice President/Head of Innovation and New Business Initiatives.
Shreyas Kumar
(Co-Founder & CTO)Spent over 7 years at LiveRamp, eventually as Senior Director of Engineering. Studied and taught at Harvey Mudd College until 2014.
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