PURSUIT SOFTWARE
Vice President of People
New York City · Exec · Contract
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About the role
- By training adults to launch and advance careers as software engineers, we help our Fellows increase their earnings from $18,000 to over $90,000 in starting salary on average, adding an estimated $2M in lifetime earnings.
- Since 2013, we have generated ~$1B in lifetime wage gains and partnered with top companies like Blackstone, USV, Citi, Peloton, and Uber.
- As AI reshapes industries and the future of work, Pursuit is ensuring that economic mobility keeps pace.
Responsibilities
- Drive full-cycle recruiting for open roles, partnering with recruiters to scale sourcing and volume as needed
- Own employer branding and help position Pursuit.AI as a destination for top talent
- Design onboarding, engagement, and retention programs that scale with headcount
- Compensation & Incentive Design
- Build and maintain compensation bands, leveling frameworks, and market benchmarking
- Great culture where transparency, respect, teamwork, and kindness are valued with dedicated time to build in AI and hone your AI skills
- Build and refine our interview process, hiring rubrics, and candidate experience
- Pursuit's mission is to create economic transformation at scale.
- Our comprehensive model combines rigorous training with strategic partnerships to connect and support high-quality tech talent from low-income backgrounds with leading companies.
- Through our innovative financial model, the Pursuit Bond, we are building the capital market to finance a sustainable model that other organizations can adopt, removing structural barriers and changing workforce development for good.
Requirements
- Excited by the role of AI in the future of workforce development and its potential for driving innovation and systems transformation (experience with AI not required but a strong interest is essential).
Compensation
- $175,000 - $200,000 with 20% bonus contingent on achieving goals
- If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.
- $175,000 - $200,000 (+20% bonus contingent on achieving goals)
- By training adults to launch and advance careers as software engineers, we help our Fellows increase their earnings from $18,000 to over $90,000 in starting salary on average, adding an estimated $2M in lifetime earnings.
- Since 2013, we have generated ~$1B in lifetime wage gains and partnered with top companies like Blackstone, USV, Citi, Peloton, and Uber.
Benefits
- Design incentive and equity programs aligned with company growth stage and goals
- Own core HR infrastructure: HRIS, benefits administration, payroll coordination, and policy documentation
- Full benefits package including 401k plus match and unlimited PTO, an all-Pursuit summer break the last week of August and a week-long holiday the last week of December
- Our vision of scaled impact is to reshape the skill training landscape and how governments, funders, and employers invest in workforce solutions.
Company info
- We are pioneering new approaches to AI workforce development, equipping talent from diverse backgrounds with the skills to thrive in an AI- driven economy.
- By working with employers, funders, and policymakers, we are shaping how the sector adapts to AI's impact-ensuring that opportunity is expanded, not restricted, in the process.
- Reporting directly to the COO, this is a true generalist role for someone who thrives working solo, moves fluidly between strategic and tactical work, and wants to shape culture and talent strategy at a growing company from the ground up.
Equal opportunity
- Pursuit is an equal opportunity employer.
This listing is sourced directly from PURSUIT SOFTWARE's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.