Global Head of People & Talent

<div class="content-intro"><p> </p> <p> </p></div><h2 class="t-24 " data-test-title="">Global Head of People and Talent</h2> <ul> <li>Location: San Ramon, CA (Hybrid; 3 days per week in office)</li> <li>Compensation: $150,000 – $200,000 + up to 20% bonus</li> </ul> <h3> </h3> <h3>About ARIVE and the Role</h3> <p>ARIVE is a privately held, founder-led fintech transforming digital mortgage originations with the industry's first Wholesale Originations Marketplace. We empower local loan originators to deliver best-fit, personalized mortgages from a vast network of lenders. Our feature-rich loan origination platform is mission-critical for the tens of thousands of originators who rely on it every day.</p> <p>We are profitable and growing rapidly - currently ~45 employees in the US and 130+ engineers at our India subsidiary - and building the leadership team and organizational design that will carry ARIVE through its next phase of growth and scale.</p> <p>We are looking for a Global Head of People and Talent - a strategic, hands-on leader and trusted advisor to the CEO who will own ARIVE's people function end-to-end, including organizational design, talent acquisition, employee development, performance, and culture. You will partner closely with functional heads to build a high-performance organization, collaborate openly with employees across every level and geography, and embody the ARIVE core values and culture in everything you do - leading the people function to ensure ARIVE remains agile and nimble, aligns employee expectations, and strengthens engagement through rapid growth.</p> <p> </p> <h3>Core Responsibilities</h3> <ul> <li>Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO on organizational design, key hiring decisions, talent management and people-related matters that shape the company; bring market intelligence, peer benchmarks, and best-practice recommendations that inform decisions and translate strategy into a multi-year workforce plan across the US and India.</li> <li>Implement organizational design across functions in close partnership with each functional leader - team structures, leveling, people development, and succession planning - and own the operating rhythm for planning, performance, and talent review cycles.</li> <li>Design and run performance management, calibration, and feedback cycles that raise the bar and help every employee do their best work.<br>Operationalize ARIVE's compensation framework - base, bonus, and benefits - tied directly to performance reviews and measurable business and individual outcomes, with regular market research and benchmarking against SaaS peers and comparable companies to inform leadership decisions.</li> <li>Manage health, retirement, PTO, and employee wellness programs with the same rigor applied to every other investment.</li> <li>Build and maintain HR policies, employee handbooks, job titles and descriptions, mandatory state trainings (anti-harassment, workplace safety, and other state-required programs), and compliance controls across multi-state US operations and intercompany coordination with our India subsidiary.</li> <li>Oversee employee records, contracts, and the full employee lifecycle with discretion and sound judgment on sensitive matters - investigations, performance exits, and leadership changes.</li> <li>Elevate ARIVE's employer brand across the tech ecosystem and our key talent markets; lead the US recruiting team on new hires and provide oversight and alignment for India hiring with India HR leadership.</li> <li>Design new-hire onboarding and employee development programs that accelerate time-to-impact and growth, and anchor every joiner in ARIVE's mission, values, and ways of working