Vice President of Human Resources

Xcimer Energy leverages decades of research on Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) combined with groundbreaking new laser architecture. Our mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. Xcimer has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by leading investors, Xcimer is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change.

Join us in powering a better world with inertial fusion!

As the Vice President of Human Resources
, you will build and lead the People strategy that enables one of the world’s most ambitious engineering organizations. You will serve as a trusted executive advisor responsible for developing the organizational capability, leadership systems, culture, and people infrastructure required to scale Xcimer from a rapidly growing deep technology company into the global leader in laser fusion energy.

This role combines strategic vision with operational excellence. You will lead the following aspects of Human Resources:
Business Partners, Total Rewards, HR Operations, Learning & Development, Organizational Design, Employee Relations, Compliance, and HR Systems, while partnering closely with executives and leaders in the company to ensure our people strategy accelerates business execution.

We are looking for an exceptional people first HR leader who thrives in high-growth, technically complex environments and is passionate about building organizations capable of solving humanity’s hardest engineering challenges.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Executive Leadership Team on organizational strategy, leadership effectiveness, workforce planning, succession planning, and culture.
• Partner with executive leadership to define, articulate, and reinforce the cultural principles and leadership expectations required for Xcimer’s next stage of growth.
• Develop and execute a long-term People strategy that supports Xcimer's rapid growth from R&D through commercialization and multi-site expansion.
• Build, mentor, and lead a world-class Human Resources organization spanning HR Business Partners, Total Rewards, HR Operations, Learning & Development, and Employee Experience.
• Partner with executive leadership on organizational design, executive coaching, leadership development, and succession planning across the company.
• Develop a clear leadership principles framework that drives accountability, collaboration, respectful debate, and decision‑making across engineering, scientific, and manufacturing teams.
• Lead all compensation, equity, executive compensation, performance management, promotion, and career development programs while ensuring market competitiveness and internal equity.
• Develop scalable people systems, policies, and operating rhythms that enable high performance while preserving the company’s entrepreneurial culture.
• Build cultural “operating mechanisms” including onboarding, feedback systems, recognition programs, manager effectiveness processes, and leadership rituals that create consistency across sites and functions.
• Drive workforce planning that develops and retains exceptional technical and business talent.
• Champion organizational health through employee engagement, leadership effectiveness, performance management, recognition, and continuous feedback programs.
• Monitor cultural health through engagement analytics, manager effectiveness metrics, retention trends, and qualitative insights; proactively identify cultural drift or emerging organizational risks.
• Develop programs that reinforce desired cultural behaviors and address gaps—including manager capability building, leadership development, and cross-team…