Short Story
Director of HR
San Francisco · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 47 days ago
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About the role
- Startups win by having great people, clear standards, and repeatable infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Partnership: Be a thought partner to the CEO and leadership team on organizational design, workforce planning, and talent development.
- Performance Systems: Build data-driven performance management, growth frameworks, and compensation benchmarking to retain top talent.
- Oversee HR for the fulfillment team. Build and maintain strong HR practices for our hourly fulfillment workforce, from onboarding through day-to-day operations, using our existing HR and timekeeping systems.
- Labor & Capacity Planning: Partner with the Warehouse Manager and People Operations Manager to forecast headcount, plan labor, and coordinate high-volume front-line recruitment.
- Employee Relations: Lead clear and empathetic employee relations strategies, navigating difficult conversations with good judgment.
- Scaling: Evolve HR systems and processes for our distributed stylist network so they can support changing volume, team growth, and operational complexity.
- Retention and Engagement: Improve how we recruit, onboard, develop, communicate with, and retain stylists.
- Build simple, repeatable tools and routines that help managers handle performance, attendance, employee relations, documentation, and communication with consistency across functions:
- Be a thought partner to the CEO and leadership team on organizational design, workforce planning, and talent development.
- Partner with the Warehouse Manager and People Operations Manager to forecast headcount, plan labor, and coordinate high-volume front-line recruitment.
Requirements
- A track record heading up HR for an hourly, distributed, or multi-site workforce.
- 8+ years of experience in HR.
- You can prioritize well in a fast moving environment and make progress without waiting for perfect conditions.
Nice to have
- Bilingual (English & Spanish) is a plus
Compensation
- Performance Systems: Build data-driven performance management, growth frameworks, and compensation benchmarking to retain top talent.
Benefits
- As a fast-growing startup, we're revolutionizing retail with a data driven learning system that leverages customer feedback to create tailored products.
- We've been recognized by top publications like Forbes, Fortune and are backed by leading investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.
- We're a profitable, fast-growing company with strong traction and a passionate customer base.
- Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and comprehensive benefits
- You'll own the health, compliance, performance infrastructure, and cultural alignment of three distinct branches, each with its own cadence and composition.
Company info
- ✨ Transform Lives. We're customer-first. Everything we create exists to give her confidence.
- ⚡️ Demand Excellence. We deliver only our best work, in Fit and Finish. We obsess about details others overlook.
- 💪 Embrace Challenges. We see obstacles as opportunities to invent better solutions.
- 💡 Think Differently. We get a thrill from finding better solutions others haven't seen.
- Short Story is an award winning, technology powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under.
- We're building a company with intention and purpose.
- Our culture thrives on data insights, exceptional commitment to fit, and the urgency to move quickly on what matters.
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