Head of People

Category Labs (formerly known as Monad Labs) is a team of systems engineers and researchers on a mission to design and build at the frontier of decentralized technology. We strive to design and build step-function improvements over existing blockchain solutions. After recently raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.

The Role

We are looking for our first Head of People to focus on building people processes to support the fast-paced growth of Category Labs and fostering its ability to scale.

What You Will Do

• Design and execute talent management practices in a fast-paced environment while building a high-performing culture of growth and development
• Partner with and advise senior leaders across C-suite and engineering management to proactively diagnose and communicate trends around their people and teams (i.e., engagement, development, retention, collaboration)
• Develop growth strategy and headcount roadmap/planning in partnership with senior leaders across engineering and recruiting, taking into consideration unique capabilities that should be added
• Refine the organization's approach to career progression, compensation, and leveling
• Contribute to and support broader people projects spanning culture, retention, training, and performance management
• Understand the needs of our employees and take ownership of identifying and implementing solutions
• Effectively coach team members and deliver feedback in a constructive and productive manner
• Lead change management and organizational communication to support new People team initiatives
• Manage all people operations functions, including but not limited to benefit and compensation administration, HRIS management and employee data, payroll, onboarding/offboarding, leave management, compliance
  
  

Who You Are

• 10 years of People Operations experience working with high-growth tech companies and/or startups
• Comfortable with ambiguity and excited to build and execute people initiatives from scratch
• Previous leader of efforts around talent development, leveling, headcount planning, and other people partnership initiatives
• Experience managing a globally dispersed workforce
• Significant experience in benefits administration, systems administration, payroll/compensation and related HR-process functions
• Strong operational thinker, with a knack for solving problems and building solutions
• Proven experience working cross-functionally and developing partnerships across all levels of the organization
• Ability to be discrete and maintain a high degree of confidentiality at all times
• Strong handle on compliance with local employment laws and best practices in the space
  
  

Personal Attributes

• Low ego
• Empathetic
• Independent
• Organizational skills
• Extremely strong work ethic
• A desire to bring people together
  
  

Additional Information

Target full-time salary of $250,000. (**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary; a final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.)

Our team is headquartered in the NoMad neighborhood in the heart of New York City. This is for a hybrid role (3 days/week in office).

Why Work with Us

• Challenging problems. You'll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
• Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are very slow. Monad's core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto.
• The right team. You'll be part of an exceptional team.
• Culture. We're a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs. As an early member of our team, you'll help continue to shape our culture.
• Compensation. You'll receive a competitive salary and equity package.
• Resources and growth. We're well-capitalized, with backing from leading venture funds like Paradigm, Electric Capital, Greenoaks, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures. We keep a lean team, and this is a rare opportunity to join. You'll learn a lot and grow as our company scales.
  
  

Benefits

Company benefits for US-based full-time employees include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees); unlimited and encouraged paid time off; monthly mental health and fitness stipend; paid parental leave; and 10 company-observed holidays.