Chief People Architect for Global Growth

Kamino; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Kamino is seeking a Head of People in New York to build the team and management systems for growth. You will partner with the CEO and leadership on hiring, organization design, performance, compensation and global People Operations.

The role combines hands-on execution with function-building to scale the People team across our New York office and the global organization. You will personally lead critical searches, coach managers and handle sensitive employee matters while establishing scalable

Qualifications

• 10+ years across People, Talent or Human Resources, including building or materially scaling a People function as a high-growth company grew from approximately 30-50 people to more than 150.
• Experience advising a founder, CEO or leadership team while remaining hands-on. You can translate company plans into organization design, hiring priorities and management capacity.
• End-to-end recruiting leadership across senior, technical and commercial roles, with personal ownership of critical searches and demonstrated improvements in hiring quality and speed.
• Experience strengthening managers and building practical performance, development and promotion systems. You communicate clearly and give direct feedback with empathy and respect.
• Experience building compensation and benefits programs, including salary structures, performance incentives and long-term participation.
• Hands-on People Operations and employee-relations experience, strong knowledge of U.S. and New York employment practices, and experience supporting international teams through local entities, employers of record and specialist counsel.
• Discretion and analytical judgment: you use People data to identify problems and evaluate results, handle sensitive matters carefully and act independently with urgency.
• Daily fluency with AI tools across recruiting and People operations, with rigorous output verification and protection of confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the People function.
• Own hiring outcomes.
• Strengthen management and performance.
• Help people succeed at Kamino.
• Build compensation and rewards.
• Run global People Operations.

Job description

Kamino is seeking a Head of People in New York to build the team and management systems for growth. You will partner with the CEO and leadership on hiring, organization design, performance, compensation and global People Operations.

The role combines hands-on execution with function-building to scale the People team across our New York office and the global organization. You will personally lead critical searches, coach managers and handle sensitive employee matters while establishing scalable