Talent Performance Architect & Organization Lead

ATOMS Careers page; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Discretionary vacation days

8 paid holidays

Job summary

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. Atoms seeks a senior Talent & Performance leader to overhaul performance management, calibrate reviews, and design a company-wide career framework.

You will own role architecture and cascade objectives from company to team, shaping a scalable performance system. Based in Los Angeles or San Francisco, you will work hands-on with the People team to implement programs, define KPIs, and measure outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience running performance and talent management programs end to end—goal setting, performance cycles, calibration, and rollout.
• A strong command of job architecture, KPI design, and cascading goals across an organization.
• A data-savvy, analytical approach to measuring performance and diagnosing what's working.
• A hands-on operator who is as comfortable designing the system as doing the work to implement it.
• A focus on the analytical side of talent management—goal-setting, measurement, and performance systems.
• Experience in a scale-up, high-growth, or technology environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild performance management: Lead the overhaul of how performance is run—goal setting, review cycles, and calibration—from design through rollout.
• Reset the cadence: Move the performance model to a rhythm that drives the organization forward without consuming it, evolving away from a heavy quarterly cycle.
• Own job architecture: Shape how roles, levels, and career paths are organized across the company.
• Define and cascade goals: Build the framework for setting goals and cascading them from the company level down through every team.
• Measure performance across functions: Design meaningful KPIs and performance measures for teams where success isn't purely metrics-driven—from HR to legal to operations.
• Work hands-on: Design and implement programs yourself, drawing on support from the broader People team rather than a large team of your own.

Skills

Performance management

Talent management

KPI design

Goal cascading

Data analysis

Hands-on implementation

Job description

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. Atoms seeks a senior Talent & Performance leader to overhaul performance management, calibrate reviews, and design a company-wide career framework.

You will own role architecture and cascade objectives from company to team, shaping a scalable performance system. Based in Los Angeles or San Francisco, you will work hands-on with the People team to implement programs, define KPIs, and measure outcomes.