Head of People & Performance — Own the Cycle

Launch Potato; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Launch Potato is seeking an HR leader who will own performance management, total rewards, and compliance across a growing organization. You will design compensation frameworks, benchmark against market standards, and ensure accurate, scalable processes for a fast-moving company.

This player-coach role emphasizes hands-on execution, multi-state compliance, and enabling managers through clear playbooks and tools to drive better outcomes. You will shape the people function for rapid growth.

Qualifications

• Full ownership of a complete performance cycle end to end (design, timeline, rollout, retro).
• Own compensation and benefits design, benchmarking, and annual comp cycle.
• Maintain HR compliance across multiple states (I-9, handbook, postings).
• Build and sustain a people system that endures across cycles.

Responsibilities

• Own performance management end-to-end for annual and mid-year cycles.
• Lead total rewards design and benchmarking, ensuring market competitiveness.
• Own compliance backlog and establish clear coverage protocols.
• Enable managers with playbooks and self-service resources for better conversations.
• Drive leverage and tooling to reduce manual work and improve outcomes.
• Grow the HR function with clear decision rights for team leads.

Skills

Ownership of compensation

HR compliance

People analytics

Stakeholder management

Job description

Launch Potato is seeking an HR leader who will own performance management, total rewards, and compliance across a growing organization. You will design compensation frameworks, benchmark against market standards, and ensure accurate, scalable processes for a fast-moving company.

This player-coach role emphasizes hands-on execution, multi-state compliance, and enabling managers through clear playbooks and tools to drive better outcomes. You will shape the people function for rapid growth.