Do you want to empower organizations to build smarter compensation strategies while ensuring fair pay for all employees?
Syndio is a Series C technology company leveraging advanced technology and responsible AI to accelerate decision-making, streamline compliance, and democratize insights for consistent, equitable compensation practices at scale. Backed by $83M in investments from Bessemer Venture Partners, Voyager Capital, and Emerson Collective, we are expanding our team and products to help companies align their rewards strategies with their business goals.
Our customers are our greatest asset. Syndio partners with many of the world’s most recognized and respected enterprises, helping them implement leading-edge compensation solutions with expert guidance. We analyze pay for over 10 million employees across dozens of countries, ensuring fair, defensible rewards that drive better business outcomes.
Join us in our mission to help companies make smarter pay decisions they can trust!
This role is the strategic head of the People function, reporting directly to the CEO and owning the roadmap that connects culture, performance, and organizational capability to business outcomes. You’ll lead a small, talented team and be a genuine thought partner at the leadership table — someone who brings a clear point of view and moves quickly from strategy to action.
This is a builder's role. The team is talented and the foundation is solid. What’s needed now is a leader who can elevate the organization beyond transactional work, strengthen leadership effectiveness across the company, and architect the people systems an AI-native business actually requires.
- You’ll define what strong leadership looks like at Syndio. Not through training programs alone — through clear behavioral standards, real accountability, and operating norms that actually stick.
- Establish a clear model for who owns culture, performance, and development — and make sure leaders actually own it.
- You own the performance architecture, from goal-setting through performance conversations, all the way to how individual work connects to company outcomes..
- Evolve how Syndio defines and measures strong performance for an AI-enabled workplace.
- Lead org design and change management as Syndio's operating model continues to shift.
- You’ll lead the culture roadmap. Diagnose what’s working, identify what needs to shift, and build what’s missing.
- Design engagement approaches tied to what actually drives retention and performance.
- Build conditions for greater accountability and ownership at every level of the organization.
- Champion an AI-native approach to People work — automating the transactional processes, while amplifying human judgment, coaching, and leadership.
- You’ll own the human side of AI transformation: job design, reskilling, performance evolution, and change enablement.
- Partner with the CEO and senior leadership to translate business strategy into people strategy at the speed the company requires.
- Oversee talent acquisition strategy to attract and close candidates who thrive in transformation environments.
- You own compensation philosophy and total rewards. Competitive, equitable, and aligned to how Syndio actually values contribution.
- Ensure People operations are scalable, automated where appropriate, and not consuming strategic capacity.
- Senior HR leadership in technology companies, through meaningful periods of transformation or scaling.
- A track record of building strategic People functions — not primarily compliance or administrative infrastructure.
- Experience defining leadership standards and building accountability into culture, not just managing development programs.
- Demonstrated work in performance, engagement, and culture with measurable outcomes.
- Comfort as a CEO-level thought partner — you bring a point of view and know how to influence without authority.
- You’ve applied AI to People workflows, org design, or workforce strategy in a practical way
- You’re a systems thinker who sees the whole before redesigning any part — and a builder who’s energized by creating what doesn’t exist yet.
- You communicate with clarity and directness. You turn complexity into action, not more process.
- 💰 Competitive Compensation. For this role our salary is targeted at $200,000 -$275,000 per year. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise. We take a geo neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location.
- 🏆 Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success.
- 🏝 Flexible Vacation Policy. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave.
- Paid parental leave
- 🩺 Medical, Dental, Vision. Syndio pays 90% of employee premiums, and 50% for dependents.
- 🏥 Life Insurance & Disability. Syndio covers the full premium.
- 🏦 401(k). To help you save for your future
- Fully remote model - #LI-Remote
The interview overview
Below you'll find an outline of the interview plan for our Head of People & Performance position. Please note that this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.
- 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team
- 45 minute zoom interview with the Hiring Manager
- Three video interviews with several team members (Executive Peers, CEO) - 2 hours
- Final meet & greet with the team - 45 mins
At Syndio, we're building a diverse team that values candor, curiosity, and community. If you share these values and are interested in joining us, we'd love to talk with you even if you don't 100% meet the "about you" listed here. We don't expect anyone to have all the answers, as long as you're willing to learn and grow with us.
Syndio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are building an inclusive and collaborative workplace as we grow, and we welcome team members regardless of gender/identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, physical disability and age.
Skills Required
- Senior HR leadership in technology companies through meaningful periods of transformation or scaling
- Track record of building strategic People functions rather than primarily compliance/administrative work
- Experience defining leadership standards and embedding accountability into culture
- Demonstrated experience in performance management, engagement, and culture with measurable outcomes
- Comfort and experience as a CEO-level thought partner; ability to influence senior leaders
- Practical experience applying AI to People workflows, org design, or workforce strategy
- Experience owning compensation philosophy and total rewards design
- Experience overseeing talent acquisition strategy for high-growth or transformation environments
- Experience leading organizational design and change management
- Experience building scalable, automated People operations and HR processes
Syndio Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Syndio and has not been reviewed or approved by Syndio.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay practices are framed around equity and transparency, with internal analyses and open sharing of pay data building confidence in fairness. Feedback suggests this approach strengthens trust in how compensation is determined.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision alongside company-provided life and disability insurance and substantial employer premium support. Feedback suggests these offerings are viewed as robust and valuable.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include flexible vacation, paid holidays, and paid parental leave. Feedback suggests the breadth of PTO is appreciated, particularly in a remote-first environment.
Syndio Insights
What We Do
At Syndio, we help the world’s most influential companies make smarter, fairer decisions, starting with pay. We’re a mission-driven, remote-first team of curious builders, bold collaborators, and thoughtful problem-solvers. If you're energized by challenge and motivated by impact, you're in the right place.
Why Work With Us
Responsibility is built into how we operate, grow, and lead. That’s why we see ourselves as more than just a tech company. We help global companies make better pay decisions. Decisions that are more equitable, more transparent, and more aligned with long-term business needs.
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