Head of People & Culture - Remote, Equity & Growth

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 240,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Health benefits

401K

Stock options

Generous paid holidays

Unlimited vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

VRChat seeks a Head of People to lead a lean, high-impact People function, partnering with the CEO and leaders to drive performance, development, and culture. You will coach managers, shape people programs, and manage globally distributed teams across remote environments.

The role emphasizes strategic judgment with hands-on delivery, focusing on fairness, privacy, and practical processes that support growth and inclusivity. A strong, adaptable leader with a track record in tech is ideal.

Qualifications

• Led lean People functions or broad People remit in a growing tech company
• Built and executed people programs with measurable impact
• Guided People functions through inflection points such as performance changes or culture initiatives
• Delivers rapid v1 solutions and iterates quickly with stakeholders
• Automated or applied AI to People workflows with privacy considerations
• Communicates People insights and trade-offs clearly to senior leadership
• Managed globally distributed, fully remote teams across multiple employment models
• Empathetic, decisive leadership; comfortable with ambiguity and pragmatic decisions
• Aligned with bold, collaborative and outcome-focused ways of working

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to strengthen leadership alignment, decision rights, and accountability
• Translate People priorities into actionable deliverables with clear owners and milestones
• Lead and grow the People team with priorities, support, and tools
• Build trust as a People partner for employees and managers, with reliable core operations
• Run performance calibration and manager accountability processes; support fair decisions
• Coach managers through feedback, ER issues, and organizational changes
• Use engagement and performance insights to surface risks and capability gaps
• Lead leveling and compensation practices in collaboration with Finance and executives
• Incorporate automation/AI where it meaningfully improves People operations
• Partner with recruiting on workforce planning, onboarding, and candidate experience
• Sustain an inclusive, remote-first culture across a global workforce

Skills

People leadership

Performance practices

Coaching managers

Employee relations

People operations

Automation/AI in People

Remote/global teams

Communication to leadership

Change management

Job description

VRChat seeks a Head of People to lead a lean, high-impact People function, partnering with the CEO and leaders to drive performance, development, and culture. You will coach managers, shape people programs, and manage globally distributed teams across remote environments.

The role emphasizes strategic judgment with hands-on delivery, focusing on fairness, privacy, and practical processes that support growth and inclusivity. A strong, adaptable leader with a track record in tech is ideal.