Head of People
Salient — San Francisco, CA
Posted: 2026-09-11
Job Description
• Lead Salient's people function as its first dedicated people leader, reporting to the CEO and partnering with leadership on all people decisions.
• Build strategic HR infrastructure covering performance management, compensation, employee development, culture, organizational design, and headcount planning.
• Manage employee relations, coach managers, develop manager enablement programs, and drive culture, engagement, DEI, and feedback initiatives.
• Ensure employment-law and multi-state compliance while partnering with recruiting on hiring strategy and process improvements.
• Requires 5-8+ years in People/HR roles at high-growth startups, including at least 2 years in leadership; experience scaling 50-200-person companies is required.
• Full-time hybrid role in San Francisco, with four days per week in person; compensation is $200K-$250K.