Head of People

30 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
HR and Recruiting
Epoch AI

Epoch AI

Epoch is a research institute focused on exploring critical trends and questions that influence the development and governance of artificial intelligence, providing valuable insights into its societal implications.

Professional Services
1-10
Founded 2022

Description

  • Manage and develop the People team, including recruiters, the talent scout, the people operations associate, and the events lead.
  • Own and improve the hiring system, including retrospectives, process fixes, and compensation competitiveness checks.
  • Partner with the COO on headcount planning and translating growth plans into hiring plans.
  • Own candidate experience across job descriptions, outreach, rejections, and the careers page.
  • Support hiring managers by making recruiting rounds efficient and low-friction.
  • Own hiring funnel metrics and use them to identify issues and drive improvements.
  • Advise leadership on org design, leveling, and sensitive personnel matters.
  • Help design performance review cycles, manager support materials, and staff development processes.
  • Own onboarding, benefits, payroll, HR providers, compliance, contracts, visas, handbook, and internal policies.
  • Oversee the events function, set event goals and calendars, and scale the function with contractors or headcount as needed.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of operations leadership experience across recruiting and people operations.
  • Experience scaling a people or recruiting function through significant headcount growth.
  • Experience managing people and developing both individual contributors and managers.
  • Experience owning in-house searches end-to-end, ideally for technical research or academic roles.
  • Experience building hiring infrastructure, onboarding processes, performance management systems, or international employment via PEO/EOR.
  • Strong process orientation with a bias toward simple, scalable solutions.
  • Comfort with funnel data and honest reporting on what is working.
  • Strong judgment on sensitive personnel matters and clear, respectful communication.
  • Familiarity with the AI research or nonprofit ecosystem and motivation to work on Epoch’s mission.
  • Nice to have: experience with Lever or a similar ATS, events leadership, visa processes, remote/hybrid multi-country culture building, or an AI safety/AI policy network.
  • Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours with Pacific Time and have professional-level English proficiency.

Benefits

  • Annual salary of $145,000-$193,000 USD outside the Bay Area or $181,000-$241,000 USD in the Bay Area.
  • Comprehensive health insurance, supplemental health benefits, life insurance, and a 3% 401(k) match.
  • Generous PTO with 30 protected days per year, unlimited personal and sick leave, and paid parental leave.
  • Flexible expense policy for equipment, productivity tools, learning and development, and unlimited AI tool spending with approval.
  • Paid work trips, including three staff retreats per year and relevant conferences.
  • Access to Berkeley offices with paid meals, snacks, a gym, and other amenities.
  • Fully remote work with the option to work from the Berkeley office if Bay Area-based.

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