Chief People Officer (hybrid)
- Personally design and execute Wellist's talent acquisition strategy, with a strong emphasis on building and strengthening the Operating Committee and management layer.
- Partner directly with the CEO and Operating Committee members on all critical senior and management-level hires—from role definition through final offer.
- Personally support or lead direct candidate sourcing for priority roles.
- Deliver a high-velocity hiring process, with:
- Establish and maintain rigorous hiring standards focused on capability, values alignment, and long-term leadership potential.
- Build lightweight, scalable recruiting systems that support growth without unnecessary complexity
- Design and operationalize a robust 90-day onboarding experience that drives:
- Rapid ramp-up
- Early validation of role fit
- Strong 3-month retention
- Partner closely with Operating Committee members and people managers to:
- Clarify role expectations
- Define success metrics
- Strengthen feedback and coaching rhythms
- Lead Wellist's annual performance and development process, ensuring alignment with company priorities and accelerating leadership effectiveness.
- Ensure consistent application of Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) principles, reinforcing accountability, ownership, and cross-functional execution.
- Operationalize a high-trust, high-performance culture grounded in competence, sincerity, and reliability.
- Work hands-on with leaders to ensure teams feel empowered, engaged, and supported to deliver ambitious goals.
- Continuously assess organizational health and proactively recommend changes to structure, roles, or processes as the company scales.
- Oversee Wellist's PEO partner (Genesis), ensuring smooth administration of benefits, time off, leaves, and employee lifecycle processes.
- Ensure all people practices remain compliant with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Personally manage employee relations matters with fairness, consistency, and sound judgment.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Operating Committee on people strategy, organizational design, and workforce planning.
- Help shape Wellist's operating and financial plans to ensure roles, resources, and KPIs align with business priorities.
- Represent Wellist within CPO and CHRO communities, strengthening the company's people brand and supporting commercial growth as needed.
- 10+ years of progressive people leadership experience, including time as a hands-on CPO or Head of People
- Proven success building and scaling leadership and management teams in high-growth environments
- Deep experience personally leading executive and senior-level hiring
- Comfort operating with lean teams (one direct report) and owning both strategy and execution
- Strong working knowledge of performance management, organizational design, and employee relations
- Experience operating within EOS or similar operating frameworks
- Background in HR tech, digital health, or mission-driven technology companies strongly preferred
- A meaningful mission – Help build the support system every employee deserves
- Outstanding benefits – Excellent medical, dental, life and disability coverage, generous PTO, and 401(k) contribution
- Rare impact opportunity – Personally shape the people foundation of a scaling HR Tech company
- Award-winning culture – Recognized by Fast Company, MassTLC, Rock Health, and more
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