Vp People

Full-time - Permanent - _**_Paris or London -_**_ 80K+ EUR or GBP + equity_

**About the role**:
We are seeking an experienced VP People to join our team. As our VP People, you will be responsible for Kiln’s People and Talent strategy, and manage a team of 4 Kilners covering hiring, people operations and office management.
- Draw upon your 7+ years of experience in People, Talent and HR functions, including at least 2 years in a leadership position, to provide strategic guidance and direction to the People team
- Drive initiatives to ensure high performance and satisfaction from team members, including onboarding, performance management, employee development and engagement
- Lead hiring efforts to ensure we’re hiring exceptional talent with a data-driven approach
- Demonstrating your expertise by successfully managing the People team, driving their development and performance
- Leveraging your previous experience in an international tech startup, particularly in managing remote teams, to effectively lead and support a geographically dispersed workforce and scale our culture
- Managing the compensation programme, including salary structures, incentives and benefits
- Utilizing your background or knowledge in international labor law to ensure compliance and guide HR policies and procedures

**Requirements**:

- Excellent communication skills in both English and French, enabling seamless communication across the organization
- Demonstrated strong negotiation skills, transparency, and conflict-resolution abilities
- Strong work ethics and a commitment to fairness and equity among all employees
- Proven ability to lead by example and create a positive work culture
- Feeling aligned with Kiln’s values
- Ability to analyze and interpret data for hiring and continuous performance assessments and to drive strategic initiatives
- Demonstrated organizational skills to effectively plan and manage team growth and multiple projects simultaneously

**Nice-to-have**:

- Experience in a Blockchain or crypto company
- Prior experience in People and Talent within a tech-oriented company
- Experience with or knowledge of HR practices in Western Europe and Singapore

**About Kiln**:
Kiln is the leading enterprise-grade staking platform, enabling institutional customers to stake assets, and to whitelabel staking functionality into their offering. Our platform is API-first and enables fully automated validators, rewards, and data and commission management. With over $2+ billion in crypto assets being programmatically staked, Kiln has a particularly strong track record on Ethereum as we run about 3% of the network; this includes 22,000+ validators with 0 slashing events. The team is made up of 45 ecosystem enthusiasts formerly at Google, Circle, Ledger, Chainalysis, and other leading technology and cryptocurrency companies. Join Kiln and help us make the web more secure, stable, decentralized, and fair

**How Kiln will support you**:

- A fast-paced, no bureaucratic work environment
- Equity Share Options in the Business: if Kiln succeeds, we all succeed
- Competitive Salary
- Unlimited holiday
- Flexible remote working
- Choose your IT equipment
- Internet connection paid up to €50/month
- Significant personal development and tech conference budget

**Your interview process**:

- Phone screening with our recruiter
- Take-home case study
- Interview with our Talent Acquisition & COO on People Operations & hiring
- Interview with our CEO & COO about organizational development and talent development
- Culture fit interview
- Coffee chat with the People team & references check
- Offer
- We're looking forward to chatting_

Please note that we are not sponsoring visas for non-UK or EU citizens. This role is specifically for employees (no B2B or contractors) based in France, the UK, Italy, Spain, Portugal & Netherlands where Kiln has a legal entity. Thank you