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Launch PotatoHead of HR
Launch Potato is seeking a remote Head of HR to join its profitable, bootstrapped discovery and conversion company. Operating with approximately 200 team members across 18…
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Launch Potato is seeking a remote Head of HR to join its profitable, bootstrapped discovery and conversion company. Operating with approximately 200 team members across 18 countries, the organization builds consumer brands such as FinanceBuzz, All About Cookies, and OnlyInYourState. In this player-coach position, you will inherit an established performance management framework from the SVP of Talent and take complete ownership of performance cycles, total rewards, and compliance. This role…
Job Description
Launch Potato is seeking a remote Head of HR to join its profitable, bootstrapped discovery and conversion company. Operating with approximately 200 team members across 18 countries, the organization builds consumer brands such as FinanceBuzz, All About Cookies, and OnlyInYourState. In this player-coach position, you will inherit an established performance management framework from the SVP of Talent and take complete ownership of performance cycles, total rewards, and compliance.
This role suits an experienced people leader ready to exercise immediate executive reach without spending the first year proving the value of performance management. You will work within a tech-first and AI-forward environment, leveraging technology to run a lean operation. Your direct reports will include a Total Rewards and People Analytics lead as well as an HR Business Partner. Success in this role means streamlining administrative time while enhancing the quality of performance discussions, closing compliance backlogs, and managing compensation structures that withstand scrutiny from the CFO.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end mid-year and annual performance management cycles including design, timeline, communication, and execution
- Oversee total rewards including band design, benchmarking methodologies, benefits renewals, and annual compensation cycles
- Handle standing HR compliance matters such as multi-state registrations, Form I-9, employee handbooks, job classifications, and postings
- Enable roughly three dozen front-line managers through structured calibration processes, playbooks, and self-service resources
- Identify and implement automation and tooling to reduce manual effort in HR processes while maintaining or improving quality
- Mentor and set decision rights for the HR Business Partner and the Total Rewards and People Analytics lead
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience owning a full performance cycle end-to-end more than once at organizations with 150 or more employees
- Proven ownership of compensation and benefits, including band design and benchmarking, with the ability to defend compensation numbers to a CFO
- Experience managing ongoing HR compliance as standing scope, including clearing accumulated backlogs
- Track record of creating people systems and leveraged tooling that remained adopted and recognizable two cycles later
- Experience helping scale a company through material increases in headcount or revenue more than once
- Demonstrated history of coaching, mentoring, and growing a team as a player-coach
Qualifications
- Specific opinions regarding common failures in performance management supported by examples of personal process changes
- Ability to distinguish between process problems and manager-capability problems to apply the correct fix
- Willingness to voice uncomfortable truths during calibration sessions
Core Skills
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this position remote?
Yes, Launch Potato operates with a remote-first team spread across 18 countries.
What is the salary range for this role?
The source posting does not specify a salary for this position.
What employment type is this?
This is a full-time position functioning as a player-coach seat.
Who will I report to or work alongside?
You will work closely with Kris Osborne, the SVP of Talent, and you will manage an HR Business Partner and a Total Rewards and People Analytics lead.
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