Director of People

Director of People

Alameda, CA

We are looking for a Head of People to lead Rondo's global People function as we scale across commercial, engineering, manufacturing, and project-delivery operations. Reporting to the CFO, this person will develop and execute our global people strategy and create a cohesive employee experience across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and beyond. The Head of People will manage and develop the Senior Manager of People Operations while remaining hands-on in a fast-moving, technically complex environment.

What You Will 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.
• Use data and metrics to identify risks, measure program effectiveness, and inform executive decisions.

What You Will Bring:

• 12+ years of progressive HR experience, including senior leadership and a record of building or scaling People functions.
• Experience advising executives and translating business strategy into workforce and organizational priorities.
• Significant international HR experience, ideally across Europe, the Middle East, Australia, and/or North America.
• Expertise in cross-border employment, immigration, global mobility, employment compliance, and contingent-worker models.
• Experience spanning both U.S. tech-company People practices (equity compensation, high-velocity hiring, performance frameworks) and industrial/manufacturing workforce management.
• Demonstrated success across organizational design, talent management, performance, compensation, employee relations, and culture.
• Strong business and financial acumen, executive presence, judgment, and communication skills.
• Ability to build trust with engineers, technical leaders, frontline managers, and executives.
• Comfort balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution in a lean, rapidly evolving organization.
• Experience using HR systems, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to improve operations and decision-making.

Bonus Points:

• 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.

What We Offer:

• 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
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Rondo HQ is close to Oakland airport - one block from the Bay - and has stunning Bay views!

This role necessitates being on-site at our Alameda HQ. The estimated annual salary range for this role is $225,000 - $250,000 and it would be eligible for Rondo's excellent benefits listed above plus additional compensation in the form of equity. Please note that some pay bands may have wide…