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VRChat Inc.

Head of People

VRChat Inc.

. Lead a focused People function and build on existing infrastructure .

Posted 10/20/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading People functions, focusing on performance practices, employee relations, and organizational change. Proven ability to leverage automation and AI to enhance People operations while fostering an inclusive, remote-first culture.

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People Operations LeadershipPerformance Practices ManagementEmployee Relations ExpertiseAutomation and AI ImplementationGlobal Team Management

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Hard Skills
Workforce PlanningPerformance CalibrationManager CoachingOnboarding ProcessesCompensation PracticesData Privacy ManagementOrganizational Change SupportPeople Program ExecutionRisk IdentificationEmployee Engagement Analysis
Soft Skills
EmpathyDecisivenessCommunicationCollaborationAdaptability
Tools & Technologies
Automation ToolsAI SolutionsPerformance Management SystemsHRIS PlatformsData Analytics Tools
Industry Keywords
Technology CompanyGamingSocial PlatformsCommunity-Driven ProductsRemote Workforce Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead a focused People function and build on existing infrastructure
  • Partner with the recruiting lead on workforce planning, quality of hire, leveling, candidate experience, onboarding, and employee lifecycle
  • Partner with senior leaders to strengthen leadership alignment, decision-making, and accountability
  • Translate People priorities into practical deliverables with owners, milestones, and proactive risk and trade-off communication
  • Lead and develop the People team with clear priorities, support, and tools
  • Build trust in People through dependable core operations and onboarding
  • Run performance calibration and manager-accountability processes
  • Coach managers through difficult feedback, employee relations issues, and organizational changes
  • Use engagement, attrition, and performance insights to identify organizational risks and capability gaps
  • Lead leveling and compensation practices, including equity philosophy and communication, with executive leadership and Finance
  • Use automation and AI to improve People operations and employee experience while protecting sensitive data and human judgment
  • Sustain and evolve VRChat's inclusive, remote-first culture across a globally distributed workforce
  • Achieve first-year outcomes including clearer expectations, consistent performance calibration, reliable onboarding, trusted People operations, stronger leadership alignment, and timely risk identification

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Demonstrated success leading a lean People function or a comparably broad People remit at a growing technology company, with direct ownership of performance practices, manager coaching, employee relations, and People operations
  • Demonstrated track record of building and executing people programs with measurable impact
  • Has guided a People function through meaningful inflection points, including evolving performance practices, supporting organizational change, investing in culture, or scaling through growth
  • Fast and iterative; gets a v1 in front of stakeholders quickly and improves from there
  • Practical experience improving People workflows through automation or AI, with evidence of impact and sound judgment about privacy and human oversight
  • Able to communicate People insights, trade-offs, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership and turn discussion into decisions and action
  • Experience managing globally distributed, fully remote teams across multiple employment models
  • Empathetic and decisive; comfortable operating in ambiguity and making pragmatic calls with imperfect information
  • Aligned with VRChat's working style: experimentation, healthy debate followed by commitment, collaboration, and outcome orientation
  • Bonus: background in tech, gaming, social platforms, or community-driven products
  • Bonus: experience in products that are also spaces the workforce inhabits, such as gaming, social platforms, or creator tools
  • Bonus: experience presenting People insights and recommendations to a board
  • Bonus: track record of fostering belonging across a diverse, global workforce
  • Bonus: time spent in VRChat or curiosity about social VR

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company offering flexible working hours in combination with core hours supporting real-time collaboration
  • Health Benefits
  • 401K for US & Group RRSP for Canadian Employees
  • Stock Options
  • Generous paid holiday schedule
  • Unlimited/flexible vacation time
  • Paid parental leave benefits