Head of People & Total Rewards — Remote-First Growth Leader

Launch Potato; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Launch Potato seeks an experienced HR leader to own performance management end-to-end, design compensation bands, and manage total rewards across a fast-growing org. You’ll partner with executives to scale benefits, compliance, and people systems as the company expands.

This role requires driving cycles, defending compensation numbers to the CFO, and mentoring managers. You’ll build playbooks and self-service tools while leading multi-state compliance and policy updates to support a growing

Qualifications

• Full performance cycle ownership end to end across a sizable org.
• Experience designing compensation bands and benchmarking methodologies.
• Multi-state compliance including I-9, handbook and postings.
• Built and maintained durable people systems across cycles.
• Automated or rebuilt processes with proven adoption by teams.
• Experience helping a company scale headcount or revenue multiple times.
• Coaching, mentoring, and growing high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end annual and mid-year performance cycles.
• Design and benchmark total rewards, including compensation mechanics.
• Manage compliance backlog: multi-state registrations, I-9, postings.
• Enable managers with playbooks and self-service resources.
• Lead leverage and tooling to reduce manual work while preserving quality.
• Coach and grow a team of HR professionals and partners.

Skills

Performance management

Compensation design

Benefits design

HR compliance

People analytics

Team leadership

Change management

Job description

Launch Potato seeks an experienced HR leader to own performance management end-to-end, design compensation bands, and manage total rewards across a fast-growing org. You’ll partner with executives to scale benefits, compliance, and people systems as the company expands.

This role requires driving cycles, defending compensation numbers to the CFO, and mentoring managers. You’ll build playbooks and self-service tools while leading multi-state compliance and policy updates to support a growing