Emergence
Head of People
US · Exec
Sponsorship not specified$25k-$300kDetected 44 days ago
RecruitingPerformance ManagementHRISLeadership
About the role
- We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks.
- Excludes enterprise HR, staffing, or consulting-only backgrounds.
- Who you are You've built People functions from the ground up at SaaS companies where you owned recruiting, onboarding, performance management, and culture.
Responsibilities
- Design and deploy a People Operating System (HRIS, ATS, performance management) across new acquisitions within 90 days of close.
- Build end-to-end performance management frameworks including goal-setting, calibration, promotion criteria, and career pathing for distributed portfolio teams.
- Create manager training programs on hiring, onboarding, feedback, and performance conversations for portfolio company leadership post-acquisition.
- Develop people analytics capability to track retention, time-to-hire, engagement, and headcount planning across portfolio with monthly insights to leadership.
- Design and launch DEI program strategy that portfolio companies can customize and implement with measurable quarterly outcomes.
- Designed, built, and facilitated manager training programs on hiring, goal-setting, feedback, and performance calibration yourself.
- Build a scalable People function that enables rapid acquisition, integration, and scaling of portfolio companies from 25 to 300+ employees.
Requirements
- SaaS company experience is required.
Compensation
- 401(k) with company match.
- Professional development budget.
- Potential for board exposure and direct engagement with portfolio company leadership.
Benefits
- Salary: $200,000 to $280,000 base plus equity stake in Emergence.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance with company contribution.
- Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes.
- Flexible PTO policy with remote-first work model.
Company info
- Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses. We invest in focused portfolios, specialized operating groups with deep domain expertise and proven playbooks. Emergence combines operational rigor with a growth equity mindset, driving sustainable ARR growth, profitability improvements, and industry-leading customer outcomes.
- The Mission
- Emergence is a thematic holding company backed by the Pritzker Organization focused exclusively on acquiring and scaling category-defining software businesses.
- What We're Looking For
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