Chief People Officer for Rapid AI Growth

GC AI; California; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision — Compre h》

Life & Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Continuous Development — Up to $3,000/

In-Office Meals—DoorDash credits

Paid Time Off — 15 PTO days + 5 sick

Company Holidays — 15 holidays + 3 Me

Home Office Setup — $500

Cell Phone Reimbursement — $50/month

Relocation Support

Job summary

GC AI is seeking a VP of People to lead the People function through rapid growth, reporting to the COO and partnering with the CEO and executive team to build the infrastructure, practices, and leadership capabilities needed for the next growth phase.

You will inherit strong People and Talent teams and own both functions, shaping strategy, operating model, and priorities for attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional talent.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of People/HR experience, including leading or building a People function at a high‑growth technology company - ideally scaling a People function through a similar stage of growth from ~50–300+ employees.
• Proven ability to build foundational People programs and infrastructure from the ground up, not just operate established systems.
• Strong experience across compensation and leveling, benefits, performance management, employee relations, and employment compliance.
• Experience partnering with executives on organizational design, workforce planning, and complex people decisions.
• Experience building and managing a People team, with a willingness to stay hands‑on while the function is lean.
• Strong judgment and communication skills, with the ability to coach leaders and navigate sensitive employee situations.
• A genuine passion for AI - you already use it, experiment with it, and see opportunities to apply it across the People function.
• Experience supporting distributed or international teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the People function end‑to‑end, including HR operations, talent, benefits and total rewards, compliance, employee relations and talent acquisition.
• Hire, build, and manage the People team as we scale.
• Partner with our CEO, COO, Executive Leadership, and cross‑functional partners in Finance, Legal, and functional leaders on organizational design and workforce planning, including headcount, team structure, role clarity, and evolving leadership needs.
• Coach executives and managers through organizational, performance, and people challenges, while building practical programs that make great management more consistent across the company.
• Own the Talent function, connecting workforce planning, hiring, leveling, and compensation to create clear guidance and consistent practices for recruiters and hiring managers.
• Own benefits and total rewards, including open enrollment, PEO and international benefits administration, compensation philosophy, job architecture, leveling, and compensation frameworks.
• Drive performance management, calibration, feedback, and promotions, connecting performance, leveling, development, and compensation decisions.
• Lead employee relations, including performance and conduct issues, leaves, accommodations, investigations, and exits, partnering closely with Legal on compliance and risk.
• Build the foundational programs that help our culture and employee experience scale, including onboarding, manager enablement, and the systems and operating rhythms employees need to succeed.
• Build scalable infrastructure across immigration and mobility, People reporting and analytics, employee self-service, and HR technology, including evaluating and leading an HRIS migration.
• Identify and implement practical applications of AI and LLMs across People operations, employee self-service, manager enablement, analytics, and internal workflows.
• Own the strategy for HRIS and HR operations, ensuring systems and processes scale with the business.

Skills

People experience

HR program build

Compensation & leveling

Benefits & rewards

Performance management

Employee relations

Employment compliance

Executive partnership

Team leadership

AI enthusiasm

Distributed teams

Job description

GC AI is seeking a VP of People to lead the People function through rapid growth, reporting to the COO and partnering with the CEO and executive team to build the infrastructure, practices, and leadership capabilities needed for the next growth phase.

You will inherit strong People and Talent teams and own both functions, shaping strategy, operating model, and priorities for attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional talent.