Gatik AI

Gatik AI

Head, HR (Contract to Hire)

Santa Clara, CA

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 21 days ago
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About the role

  • We are seeking a Head of Human Resources to help scale and strengthen Gatik's people operations during a critical stage of company growth.
  • This is a high-ownership, hands-on leadership role within a fast-paced autonomous vehicle startup environment.
  • We are looking for someone practical, adaptable, solutions-oriented, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a rapidly evolving environment.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with founders and leadership teams to help scale the organization and build strong people operations practices.
  • Lead and support day-to-day HR operations, employee relations, organizational development, and people strategy initiatives.
  • Build and improve scalable HR processes, policies, and programs while maintaining startup agility and speed.
  • Support performance management processes, calibration discussions, manager coaching, and employee development initiatives.
  • Partner with leadership teams on organizational planning, team structure, leveling, and compensation discussions.
  • Support leadership teams during periods of rapid organizational growth, shifting priorities, and evolving business needs.
  • Drive strong communication, accountability, and operational excellence across HR programs and initiatives.
  • Partner cross-functionally with recruiting, operations, finance, legal, and leadership teams as the organization scales.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, preferably within high-growth startup or scaling technology environments.
  • Strong experience supporting technical organizations such as engineering, robotics, autonomy, AI/ML, hardware, or operations teams.
  • Proven ability to operate both strategically and tactically in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
  • Strong knowledge of California employment law, compliance practices, investigations, and employee relations.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, and ability to navigate sensitive situations professionally.

Nice to have

  • Experience with performance reviews, compensation calibration, leveling frameworks, onboarding, and manager enablement programs is highly preferred.
  • Candidates with demonstrated impact and longevity in startup or scaling environments are strongly preferred over candidates coming solely from highly structured large-company environments.
  • Prior experience helping scale organizations through periods of rapid growth is a plus.

Compensation

  • $180,000 - $260,000
  • More about Gatik
  • Founded in 2017 by experts in autonomous vehicle technology, Gatik has rapidly expanded its presence to Mountain View, Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas, and Toronto.
  • As the first and only company to achieve fully driverless middle-mile commercial deliveries, Gatik holds a unique and defensible position in the AV industry, with a clear trajectory toward sustainable growth and profitability.
  • We have delivered complete, proprietary AV technology - an integration of software and hardware - to enable earlier successes for our clients in constrained Level 4 autonomy.
  • By choosing the middle mile - with defined point-to-point delivery, we have simplified some of the more complex AV challenges, enabling us to achieve full autonomy ahead of competitors.

Company info

  • Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world's first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.
  • The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.
  • Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion.
  • The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world's first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart.
  • Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.
  • The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile.
  • With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.
  • What we're looking for
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