People & Talent Lead

About Passionfroot

Passionfroot powers the creators who drive growth in the B2B space, enabling businesses and creators to seamlessly manage and monetize partnerships. Serving leading tech innovators such as Replit, Figma, and Airtable, the company is witnessing rapid revenue expansion at 13 times year-over-year growth while remaining profitable following its recent Series A funding. With expansion underway across New York, Europe, and Brazil, Passionfroot is at an exciting stage of scaling.

Role Overview

This unique role is the company's inaugural People & Talent hire, responsible for end-to-end ownership of both recruitment and people operations. The position provides a chance to directly influence company culture and team excellence by designing processes from the ground up in partnership with founders and the Head of Operations, without bureaucratic impediments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive hiring strategies, collaborating with executives and hiring managers to prioritize roles and staffing plans.
• Manage recruitment across critical departments including go-to-market, growth, and product/engineering teams.
• Develop and implement efficient sourcing methods, interview protocols, and candidate evaluation processes to ensure a rigorous hiring experience.
• Ensure a positive and seamless candidate journey from first engagement through onboarding.
• Train internal teams to enhance interviewing skills and talent identification.
• Construct robust, scalable recruitment frameworks for repeatable hiring success.
• Design and own a superior onboarding experience for new hires globally.
• Oversee payroll administration and collaborate on compensation, ensuring compliance for multi-national employment arrangements.
• Drive cultural initiatives including team rituals, value reinforcement, and engagement activities as the company scales.
• Establish foundational people tools, policies, leveling structures, and employee handbooks suited for a multi-geographical workforce.

Candidate Profile

• Proven expertise in talent acquisition within high-velocity startup environments.
• Demonstrated success in scaling a company at comparable growth stages.
• Experience recruiting across diverse geographies, especially the US and Europe; familiarity with Brazil is advantageous.
• Excellent ability to discern high-caliber talent, particularly in New York’s go-to-market sectors.
• Strong judgment separating surface-level polish from substantive ability amidst competitive markets.
• Hands-on approach, comfortable building systems from scratch.
• Exceptional communication skills to authentically and persuasively represent the company.
• High accountability and capacity for swift, autonomous decision-making.
• Extensive people operations know-how, covering onboarding, payroll, leveling, cross-border employment, and culture cultivation.

Success Indicators

• Filling key roles promptly with top-tier candidates.
• Providing hiring managers with thorough support and alignment.
• Maintaining a consistently positive candidate experience, including for those not selected.
• Implementing recruitment processes that are transparent, efficient, and scalable.
• Ensuring consistent, high-quality onboarding across all locations.
• Reliable and well-managed payroll and people operations.
• Institutionalizing culture and team practices that foster employee retention.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary range from $120,000 to $165,000 USD.
• Equity participation with meaningful ownership as an early team member.
• Full coverage for health insurance premiums.
• Twenty-one days of paid time off yearly.
• Flexible hybrid work model based in New York.
• Company retreats in notable locations such as Barcelona, Mallorca, South of France, and Berlin.
• Provision of up-to-date Apple hardware for work.

Additional Information

This role holds significant influence, as the individuals recruited will help shape Passionfroot’s future and culture. As the company’s first People & Talent lead, the person filling this role will have the rare opportunity to define team standards and culture at an emerging market category leader. Passionfroot is committed to equal opportunity employment and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply.