Chief People & Talent Growth

Perry Weather; Kentucky; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office in Oak Lawn

Health insurance

401(k) with employer matching

Monthly All-Hands

Office Olympics

Happy hours

Job summary

Perry Weather is seeking a VP of People to build and scale a robust talent acquisition engine and lead the People team as we scale rapidly. You will partner with the executive team to translate growth plans into a people strategy and design repeatable, high-performing systems.

This is a hands-on leadership role overseeing HRIS, compensation, benefits, compliance, and programs, with responsibility for workforce planning and employer branding as we hire across sales, engineering, product, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of People/HR leadership experience.
• Proven experience scaling a recruiting function at a growth-stage company — you've taken an early or informal recruiting process and turned it into a structured, repeatable, high-performing engine.
• Experience managing recruiters or sourcers directly, with a track record of leveling up talent acquisition talent.
• Experience owning People Operations broadly (HRIS, comp, benefits, compliance).
• A track record of scaling teams and processes through high-growth periods.
• Strong systems thinking — you can take what's there, professionalize it, and make it work at 3x the size.
• Experience managing managers and building out a People team.
• Excellent judgment on when to build formal process vs. move fast.

Responsibilities

• Assess current recruiting foundation and build a scalable strategy, process, and infrastructure.
• Lead and develop the recruiting team with clear process, tooling, and direction.
• Design scalable hiring practices to keep pace with headcount growth across departments.
• Own workforce planning in partnership with department leaders and set hiring targets.
• Establish metrics and reporting for time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, pipeline health, and cost-per-hire.
• Build compensation philosophy and leveling frameworks with Finance.
• Lead efforts to build a strong employer brand.

Skills

HR leadership

Recruiting function scaling

Manage recruiters

People Operations

Leadership

Systems thinking

Managing managers

Tools

HRIS

ATS platforms

Job description

Perry Weather is seeking a VP of People to build and scale a robust talent acquisition engine and lead the People team as we scale rapidly. You will partner with the executive team to translate growth plans into a people strategy and design repeatable, high-performing systems.

This is a hands-on leadership role overseeing HRIS, compensation, benefits, compliance, and programs, with responsibility for workforce planning and employer branding as we hire across sales, engineering, product, and