Chief People Officer

About This Role

This executive role within a healthcare technology company focuses on shaping and evolving the People function, reporting directly to the CEO. The position involves elevating how the company hires, develops, supports, and retains its team as it scales, overseeing all aspects from recruiting to professional development. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker and pragmatic operator with a strong tech-first mindset, able to leverage tools, automation, and data to modernize the People function.

Responsibilities

• Lead a tech-first transformation of the People function by introducing, optimizing, and fully leveraging tools, automation, and AI where appropriate
• Evaluate and improve existing systems and processes, with a focus on scalability, efficiency, and quality
• Build a systematic, scalable approach to the People function, replacing ad-hoc processes with frameworks covering employee engagement, talent mapping, workforce planning, and people operations
• Build a highly data-driven function, using analytics to inform decisions across hiring, retention, engagement, and performance
• Own and continuously improve compensation strategy, ensuring fairness, competitiveness, and alignment with company goals
• Lead recruiting strategy and execution, ensuring the company continues to raise the bar on talent and hiring outcomes
• Evolve performance and development frameworks, including reviews, calibration, promotion processes, and individual development planning
• Build proactive workforce planning capabilities to stay ahead of the business’ talent needs
• Strengthen employee experience, building on current strengths while addressing gaps as the company scales
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership, providing high-judgment input on organizational design, talent decisions, and sensitive employee matters
• Handle sensitive and complex situations with discretion, sound judgment, and a strong sense of ownership
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure People priorities are tightly aligned with company strategy and execution
• Maintain awareness of and ensure compliance with all relevant federal and state employment laws across the operating footprint
• Maintain and update company policies, handbooks, and HR practices as the regulatory environment and headcount evolve

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in People, Talent, or HR leadership roles, ideally within high-growth, venture-backed companies
• Proven track record of improving and scaling People functions over time
• Experience operating at or near the executive level, with exposure to leadership and board-level discussions
• Strong background across multiple areas of People, including recruiting, performance management, compensation, and organizational design