Director of People

12+ years of progressive HR experience, including senior leadership and a record of building or scaling People functions.

Manage engineering team

Leadership scope High

AI / domain intensity Medium

What you would do

• (key responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to):
• Develop and execute a global people strategy aligned with Rondo’s business plan, growth, and international expansion.
• Advise executives and leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, talent, culture, leadership effectiveness, and organizational change.
• Support and develop the Senior Manager of People Operations, and thoughtfully scale the People function.
• Support the Senior Manager of People Operations in international People operations, employment compliance, immigration, global mobility, worker classification, and external HR partnerships.
• Help build scalable programs across performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, compensation, benefits, and employee engagement.
• Provide hands-on HR partnership to engineering, manufacturing, field, and project-delivery teams.
• Lead complex employee-relations matters with sound judgment, consistency, and discretion.
• Strengthen Rondo’s culture and employee experience across countries, time zones, and workforce types.
• Continue developing Rondo’s HRIS, People analytics, reporting, and responsible use of AI and automation.

Why this role matters

• Work on a core product area for the next era of AI.
• Direct impact on how people discover, interact with, or benefit from technology.

Where the uncertainty is

• Exact team size, reporting line, and near-term mandate are not fully visible from the public posting.
• Onsite and hybrid expectations may matter more than the headline location suggests.
• Experience in a high-growth energy, climate-tech, industrial, manufacturing, or hardware company.
• Previous success as the senior-most People leader for a company or business unit.
• Experience implementing or scaling an HRIS across multiple countries and employee populations.
• Demonstrated expertise building visa sponsorship programs and managing complex immigration and global-mobility matters.
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CIPD, or a comparable advanced degree or professional certification.

Evidence this role rewards

• Hands-on comfort with modern AI or multimodal product stacks.
• Leadership experience in fast-moving or high-ownership teams.

Benefits noted:

• Comprehensive Medical Benefits
• Dental & Vision Benefits
• Life Insurance and ADD
• Up to 13 paid holidays per year, in addition to a company week-long holiday in December
• Flexible time off policy
• Catered lunches on-site