What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of People & Culture position at Gatik?
Who we are
Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world's first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.
The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.
About The Role
As a People & Culture leader at Gatik, you will have a unique opportunity to shape the foundation of our workplace culture and people experience in a company driving world-changing innovation. Operating at the intersection of technology and impact, we move at an extraordinary pace - so we're looking for a leader who thrives in a dynamic, high-performance environment and can build a scalable people function that evolves seamlessly with our growth while maintaining execution excellence and high morale.
At Gatik, we set an exceptionally high bar. We push our team hard because solving difficult problems requires urgency, ownership, and extreme alignment. We foster a culture that is both demanding and deeply supportive - where individuals are driven to take initiative, move fast, and see things through. You will take a strategic and analytical approach to growing our People organization, instilling operational rigor in our workforce strategy, and ensuring our organizational design fosters clarity, efficiency, and collaboration. Your leadership will be instrumental in building transparent performance management frameworks, empowering our growing team, and cultivating a culture of professional development, accountability, and excellence at Gatik.
This role is onsite five days per week in our Mountain View, CA office.
What you'll do
Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.
We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy. By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik's well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.
Visit us at Gatik for more company information and Careers at Gatik for more open roles.
Notable News
At Gatik, we connect people of extraordinary talent and experience to an opportunity to create a more resilient supply chain and contribute to our environment's sustainability. We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives yet united by a bold vision and shared commitment to our values. Our culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect and agility.
We at Gatik strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that together we can do great things. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse team. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.
Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world's first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.
The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.
About The Role
As a People & Culture leader at Gatik, you will have a unique opportunity to shape the foundation of our workplace culture and people experience in a company driving world-changing innovation. Operating at the intersection of technology and impact, we move at an extraordinary pace - so we're looking for a leader who thrives in a dynamic, high-performance environment and can build a scalable people function that evolves seamlessly with our growth while maintaining execution excellence and high morale.
At Gatik, we set an exceptionally high bar. We push our team hard because solving difficult problems requires urgency, ownership, and extreme alignment. We foster a culture that is both demanding and deeply supportive - where individuals are driven to take initiative, move fast, and see things through. You will take a strategic and analytical approach to growing our People organization, instilling operational rigor in our workforce strategy, and ensuring our organizational design fosters clarity, efficiency, and collaboration. Your leadership will be instrumental in building transparent performance management frameworks, empowering our growing team, and cultivating a culture of professional development, accountability, and excellence at Gatik.
This role is onsite five days per week in our Mountain View, CA office.
What you'll do
- People Strategy & Culture – Develop and execute a high-impact people strategy that drives business objectives, reinforces our demanding yet supportive culture, and ensures extreme alignment across the organization.
- Employee Experience & Engagement – Build initiatives that enhance employee satisfaction, engagement, and retention while fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Performance Management & Development – Implement rigorous performance review processes, career development programs, and training initiatives that drive excellence, growth, and high performance at all levels.
- HR Policies & Compliance – Ensure compliance with all applicable labor laws and regulations (EEO, Wage & Hour, FMLA, etc.). Develop, maintain, and enforce employment policies and handbooks, ensuring adherence to best practices and a fair, high-performance work environment.
- Compensation & Benefits – Design and refine competitive compensation and benefits programs that attract, motivate, and retain top talent in a high-intensity, mission-driven environment.
- Leadership & Coaching – Act as a trusted advisor to executives and managers, providing strategic guidance on people-related challenges and fostering strong leadership across the organization.
- HRIS Implementation & Optimization – Lead the implementation and continuous optimization of an HRIS to enhance efficiency, scalability, and data-driven decision-making.
- Minimum of ten years of Human Resources and related experience, with progressive management and leadership responsibility
- Proven track record in a senior People leadership role, preferably in a high-growth, high-performance, and mission-driven environment.
- Strong strategic thinking with the ability to align people initiatives with business goals in a fast-paced, execution-focused company.
- In-depth knowledge of employment laws and HR best practices in both the US and Canada.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to drive alignment and influence at all levels.
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a demanding, results-driven environment where individuals are expected to take initiative and complete things with urgency.
Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto. As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.
We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy. By choosing the middle mile – with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors. Given extensive knowledge of Gatik's well-defined, fixed route ODDs and hybrid architecture, we are able to hyper-optimize our models with exponentially less data, establish gate-keeping mechanisms to maintain explainability, and ensure continued safety of the system for unmanned operations.
Visit us at Gatik for more company information and Careers at Gatik for more open roles.
Notable News
- Forbes: Forget robotaxis. Upstart Gatik sees middle-mile deliveries as the path to profitable AVs
- Tech Brew: Gatik AI exec unpacks the regulations that could shape the AV industry
- Business Wire: Gatik Paves the Way for Safe Driverless Operations ('Freight-Only') at Scale with Industry-First Third-Party Safety Assessment Framework
- Auto Futures: Autonomous Trucking Group Gatik Secures Investment From NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS
- Automotive News: Gatik foresees hundreds of self-driving trucks on road soon, and that's just the beginning
- Forbes: Isuzu And Gatik Go All In To Scale Up Driverless Freight Services
- Bloomberg: Autonomous Vehicle Startup Takes Off by Picking Off Easier Routes
- Reuters: Driverless vehicles on limited routes bump along despite US robotaxi scrutiny
At Gatik, we connect people of extraordinary talent and experience to an opportunity to create a more resilient supply chain and contribute to our environment's sustainability. We are diverse in our backgrounds and perspectives yet united by a bold vision and shared commitment to our values. Our culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect and agility.
We at Gatik strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that together we can do great things. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse team. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.
