About 10a Labs: 10a Labs is the safety and threat-intelligence layer trusted by frontier AI labs, AI unicorns, Fortune 10 companies, and leading global technology platforms. Our adversarial red teaming, model evaluations, and intelligence collection enable engineering, safety, and security teams to stay ahead of evolving threats and deploy AI systems safely.

Head of People

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Head of People to build and lead the people function at 10a Labs. This leader will own the full employee lifecycle while ensuring the company scales with strong operational rigor, compliant HR practices, and a high-performance culture. Partnering closely with leadership, Legal, Finance, Recruiting, Operations, and other teams, you will build the policies, processes, and people programs that support a rapidly growing organization.

In This Role, You Will

• Own People Operations and Human Resources functions across the organization.
• Develop scalable HR policies, processes, and internal documentation that support company growth.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws while partnering closely with Legal on employment matters, contracts, and investigations.
• Lead employee relations, workplace investigations, conflict resolution, and performance management.
• Design and manage performance review programs, manager enablement, and people metrics to drive organizational effectiveness.
• Own onboarding, offboarding, employee records, HRIS, payroll coordination, and benefits administration.
• Maintain the employee handbook, company policies, and employment documentation.
• Partner with Recruiting to ensure compliant hiring practices and an exceptional new hire experience.
• Coordinate employment-based immigration processes with outside counsel.
• Partner with Finance on compensation benchmarking, promotions, leveling, and equity administration.
• Partner with Compliance to ensure personnel-related security, confidentiality, onboarding, and access control requirements are met.
• Coach managers and executives on organizational design, leadership development, employee relations, and change management.
• Drive strategic People initiatives that enable the company to scale effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field; advanced degree or HR certification preferred.