Location: New York / Hybrid
Type: Full-time
Salary: $120,000-$165,000
This Is a Rare Kind of RoleWe're looking for our
first People & Talent hire - someone who will own both the talent machine and the people foundation underneath it.
Here's what makes this different from most talent roles:
The company you'd be selling. Passionfroot is a genuinely exciting story to tell talent - category-defining product, top-tier VC backing, 13x YoY growth, profitable, and a customer list that reads like a who's who of ambitious tech. Recruiting here is not a hard sell.
The roles you'd be filling. You won't be hiring for generic positions. You'd be building the team behind a new market category - finding the GTM leads, engineers, and operators who want to be part of something early and a market category that is being defined by Passionfroot.
The ownership. There's no existing people function to inherit or navigate. You'd design it from scratch, own it end-to-end, with direct input into how Passionfroot builds its culture and team quality.
The access. You'd work directly with the founders and Head of Operations. No layers, no bureaucracy - real decisions made fast with the people building the company.
What you'll ownTalent (primary spike)- Build and run the hiring function end-to-end
- Partner with founders and hiring managers on hiring plans and role prioritization
- Drive hiring across key functions including go-to-market, growth, and product/engineering
- Build sourcing, interview, and assessment processes that are rigorous and efficient
- Create a strong candidate experience from first touch through day one
- Help train the team to become strong interviewers and talent spotters
- Build the foundations of the recruiting machine so hiring becomes scalable and repeatable
People Operations- Own onboarding - design a world-class experience for every new hire across all geographies
- Manage payroll and partner on compensation processes, including cross-border employment setup and compliance
- Drive culture - own team rituals, values reinforcement, and employee engagement initiatives as we scale
- Build the people foundations (leveling, policies, handbook, tooling) that a growing multi-geo team needs
Who we're looking for- Strong talent acquisition background in high-growth startups
- Experience scaling a company through a similar stage of growth
- Comfortable hiring across multiple geographies, ideally US and Europe; Brazil exposure is a plus
- Strong judgment on talent quality, especially in New York go-to-market hiring
- Able to distinguish polish from substance in highly competitive markets
- Hands-on operator who is happy building from scratch
- Strong communicator who can represent the company credibly and compellingly
- High ownership and ability to operate with speed
- Brings genuine people operations experience - onboarding, payroll, leveling, cross-border employment, and culture-building are not afterthoughts for you
Success in this role looks like- Core priority roles filled with A+ candidates, fast
- Hiring managers are well-supported and calibrated
- Candidate experience is consistently strong, including for rejected candidates
- Recruiting process is clear, fast, and scalable
- Onboarding is smooth, consistent, and high-quality across all geographies
- Payroll and people ops run reliably with clear ownership
- Culture and team rituals are intentional and contribute to retention
What we offer- Competitive salary: $120,000-$165,000
- Meaningful equity - you're joining early, and that matters
- 100% health insurance premium coverage
- 21 days PTO
- Flexible hybrid (New York-based)
- Team off-sites - Barcelona, Mallorca, South of France, Berlin
- Latest Apple hardware
Why this role mattersThe people you bring in will write the next chapter of Passionfroot's story. As our first People & Talent hire, you won't just be filling roles - you'll be defining the caliber, character, and culture of the team building a new category. If you've ever wanted to be the person behind the scenes of a breakout company, this is that opportunity.
