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People Partner
(Work Remotely from anywhere in the World)

Protocol Labs

Job Description:

PL’s People Team helps envision, develop and run an organization that catalyzes innovation, drives open research, and empowers us to work with exceptional talent from around the world. The folks we recruit and develop will push the frontiers of technology and create trillions of dollars of value for the benefit of humanity.

In addition to innovating on research and engineering – we are also innovating on the People front. We are a fully distributed team spread across the globe. Open source is in our veins – our earliest employees met on IRC and began collaborating before ever meeting in person. Our teams include both full-time employees, and nearly as many research collaborators, contractors and vendors. We don’t let geography or borders define us — we are building a team of talented and intellectually curious people of diverse backgrounds and different perspectives.

Job Responsibilities:

Drive a performance culture at Protocol Labs – ensuring Labbers get valuable feedback, are coached to succeed and are rewarded for success
Help Labbers “level up” – ensuring they have well-structured growth paths, which helps them level up the skills and knowledge they want to develop
Serve as a strategic consultant to projects/teams through trusted relationships, assist with issues, identify and remove blockers and help teams deliver impact against priorities that will benefit the organization and Labbers
Help with the strategy and implementation of important organization structure initiatives and accountability frameworks in remote settings, including technical and people management across different projects and teams as well as succession planning
Help Labbers understand and embrace the different cultural strands of Protocol Labs – including open source culture, research culture, hacker culture, startup culture and so-on
Make Protocol Labs one of the most desirable places to work for researchers, innovators, and builders of the decentralized web
Deliver on initiatives and goals through thoughtful organizational planning and project management
Implement, facilitate, and manage core HR programming, policies and procedures within region (to include but not limited to performance management, compensation, benefits and rewards, development programs, and change management)
Determine where technology can be used to automate systems and processes, create efficiencies , and improve the overall employee experience
Partner with the Legal and Finance teams to comply with laws pertaining to all employee matters

Job Requirements:

Strong understanding and familiarity with developing and implementing People related programs, including performance management and leadership development
Intellectually curious and passionate about measuring and tracking the progress of the org; experience developing and optimizing people related KPIs and metrics
A track record of providing effective HR consultation to senior leadership on strategic initiatives
Demonstrated ability to partner within and outside of HR as well as work effectively in a highly matrixed environment
Unquestioned integrity; resolve, presence, and sureness. Excellent influencing skills at all levels in the organization and flexibility to be proactive in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. Proficiency in making timely, effective, ethics-based decisions
Experience with global workforces & teams, cultures, and benefits
Desire to build, comfort with ambiguity, and easily adaptable to change required (experience with change management a plus)
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, must be an articulate and persuasive communicator including excellent presentation skills; analytical and problem solving abilities
Developed highly contextual and relevant handbooks, policies, and employee communications
Passionate about diversity & inclusion
Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred

Bonus points:

Understanding and familiarity with compensation models as well as communication around compensation philosophies to the broader org
Experience at a high growth startup
Experience with distributed team environments or open source software communities