Head of People
San Francisco, California$200k - $350kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Head of People to build and scale Exa's people function during a pivotal growth stage, partnering with founders to shape organizational strategy, attract talent, and create an exceptional employee experience.
Responsibilities
- Partner with founders and leadership to develop and execute a people strategy that supports Exa's mission, values, and business objectives
- Lead and scale the People function across recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, employee experience, performance management, and talent development
- Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent strategy
- Build and continuously improve people systems, policies, and programs that enable employees to do their best work
- Develop compensation and rewards philosophies that support attracting and retaining exceptional talent
- Create and implement leadership development, performance management, and career growth programs
- Lead employee engagement initiatives and strengthen Exa's culture as the organization scales
- Coach managers and leaders on performance, employee relations, team effectiveness, and organizational challenges
- Oversee employee relations matters and ensure thoughtful, consistent resolution of workplace issues
- Manage immigration programs, including visa sponsorship and related processes
- Drive data-informed decision-making through people analytics, reporting, and workforce insights
- Ensure compliance with all applicable employment laws and regulations
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing People team
Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience across People, Talent, or Human Resources functions
- Experience leading People teams within a high-growth technology company; startup experience required
- Demonstrated success building and scaling people programs and organizational infrastructure
- Strong understanding of recruiting, compensation, benefits, talent management, employee relations, performance management, and organizational development
- Proven ability to influence and advise executive leadership
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, coaching, and relationship-building skills
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data to inform People decisions
Skills
Required:People strategyLeadership and organizational design
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Exa
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Exa is a search engine built for AIs. We enable developers to filter the internet's content with complex queries in order to bring the world's knowledge into their AI apps.
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