Kairos Power

VP, People

Alameda, CA · Vp · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$265k-$325kDetected 119 days ago

Performance ManagementEmployee RelationsCadenceLeadership

About the role

We have grown from a founding team into an organization of almost 600 employees, and we are on a path of more growth over the next several years.
The complexity of that journey - across multiple sites, safety-critical operations, and a deeply technical workforce - demands a People function that enables employees to do their best work and our organization to achieve its mission.

Serve as a trusted thought partner to the CEO and executive team on talent strategy, leadership effectiveness, and scale readiness
Own enterprise talent strategy: workforce planning, hiring strategy, and succession planning at scale
Build and maintain systems that support attraction, development, and retention of critical talent
Own policy governance, employee relations strategy, investigations, and escalation decisions
Partner closely with Legal, Finance, and Compliance in a regulated, safety-critical environment
Energized by building systems for the next stage of growth
Designs durable solutions rather than reactive fixes
Requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines occasionally

Oversee leadership development, performance management, and career progression frameworks
Ensure strong leadership capability at all levels - with particular focus on manager effectiveness and VP/Sr. Director bench strength
Ensure compliant, consistent, and fair People Operations across all locations
Steward company culture in alignment with business needs and mission
Use data and diagnostics - engagement, feedback, metrics - to inform decisions and interventions
10+ years of progressive People leadership experience
Prior ownership of multiple functions within a People organization (TA, Comp, HR, L&D, etc)
Experience partnering directly with a CEO in a scaling environment
Demonstrated success leading through high-growth phases
Deep fluency in employee relations and employment risk management
Experience designing and governing compensation systems at scale
Experience leading multi-site or geographically distributed organizations

Company Overview
Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world's transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people's quality of life while protecting the environment.
This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.
You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810.
To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information.
Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy's general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information.
The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810
The VP of People will be a genuine executive partner - at the table when strategy is set, trusted when things are hard, and deeply invested in our mission for the long term.

Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810

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