Head of People

Role Description

Mars Men is seeking a Head of People to build and lead the people function. This person will partner closely with our Co-Founders and executive team to ensure we have the talent, organizational structure, leadership capabilities, and people practices required to support the company’s continued growth.

• Develop and lead the company’s people strategy in partnership with the Co-Founders and executive team, aligning organizational and talent priorities with business goals.
• Own recruiting and hiring across the organization, including workforce planning, role development, sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, offer management, and onboarding.
• Build and evolve performance management, employee development, and manager enablement practices that create clear expectations, accountability, and opportunities for growth.
• Coach managers and leaders on team effectiveness, feedback, performance, employee relations, and organizational change.
• Shape the employee experience across onboarding, engagement, communication, recognition, retention, and offboarding.
• Oversee compensation, benefits, people operations, HR systems, policies, and employment compliance for a distributed workforce.
• Use people data and employee feedback to identify trends, strengthen decision-making, and improve organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience across People, HR, talent, or organizational leadership.
• Experience owning or helping build a people function within a high-growth or rapidly evolving organization.
• Strong recruiting experience, including leadership, specialized, and high-impact roles.
• Broad knowledge across performance management, manager development, employee relations, compensation, benefits, and HR operations.
• Strong judgment, communication, and ability to build trust with executives, managers, and employees.
• Comfortable balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience supporting a distributed or multistate workforce preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation – Strong salary and benefits package, tailored to attract top talent.
• Remote Work Environment – Full flexibility to work from home.
• Autonomy & Ownership – Freedom to run your own systems and make real impact.
• Time Off – 15 PTO days per year (prorated), 9 company holidays, plus your birthday off.
• Parental Leave – Generous paid parental leave for growing families.
• Health Benefits – 100% premium coverage for health, dental, and vision plans, with 25% coverage for dependents.
• 401(k) – Company-sponsored plan with a 2% match through Guideline (elective participation).
• $200 Annual Superpower Membership.
• Growth & Development – Investment in your professional development with ongoing learning opportunities.