Armada

Vice President, People & Talent

Bellevue Office, Sunset Corporate Campus · Exec

Sponsorship not specified$220k-$260kDetected 13 days ago

ComplianceForecastingVendor ManagementRecruitingPerformance ManagementHRISEmployment LawLeadershipCollaborationInternal Audit

About the role

This role oversees Global People Operations, Talent Acquisition and Workspaces, ensuring our compliance posture, workforce planning, performance frameworks, and People technology ecosystem evolve alongside the business.
We're looking for a proven people leader with experience across People Operations, Total Rewards, and Talent Acquisition that has taken a venture-backed startup from early-stage ( Series A/B) through late-stage growth funding (Series C/D/E) and/or IPO.
This role will require you to come onsite to either our San Francisco Presidio HQ or our Bellevue, WA office on a weekly basis.

Design and scale a compliant, globally consistent People Operations framework
Partner closely with Legal on employment law, regulatory compliance, immigration, and risk mitigation
Own global recruiting strategy across technical and non-technical functions
Implement structured hiring processes that increase talent density and hiring rigor
Partner with Finance to align headcount planning with budget forecasting
Support long-term workforce modeling and geographic expansion planning
Own and optimize the People technology stack (HRIS, ATS, payroll, performance tools, analytics)

This leader will design and mature the infrastructure, systems, and operational discipline required to support sustained company growth.

Working at Armada means taking ownership, driving autonomy, and delivering impact.

Provide clear, data-informed perspective on team health, performance, and organizational risk
Oversee payroll, benefits, mobility, and vendor management across multiple jurisdictions

Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale and sovereignty.
Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and to the CNBC Disruptor 50, Armada's solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense.
With nearly $500 million in funding to date, Armada is backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Lux, BlackRock and Microsoft (M12), alongside strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Dell, Palantir, NVIDIA, SpaceX, and Skydio.
We are building the infrastructure layer for sovereign and edge AI - rugged, deployable compute for customers that cannot rely on centralized cloud.
You'll tackle challenges that haven't been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up.
What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada's mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.
Location. This role will require you to come onsite to either our San Francisco Presidio HQ or our Bellevue, WA office on a weekly basis. We are not able to consider remote candidates for this role.
We are not able to consider remote candidates for this role.

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