About Cie
Cie is a venture studio that specializes in accelerating innovation for large enterprises and growth for emerging startups. We invest as a partner from ideation to completion.
We’re looking for a People Business Partner to join our team! You’ll lead People and talent operations across Cie and our portfolio of start-ups. This is a high-impact role in our ‘start-up university’ environment. You will learn about the unique challenges of building businesses across industries at an accelerated pace.
- Named as a Best Place to Work in 2025 by BuiltIn LA
- ‘From Zero to One’: How Cie’s Culture Helps New Ideas Shine
What You’ll Do
- Own strategy and operations for HR and Talent Acquisition across Cie and our portfolio companies
- Build trust-based partnerships with executives and founders to solve people challenges and shape culture
- Lead full cycle recruiting and onboarding, ensuring new hires are set up for success from day one
- Gather employee feedback to continuously evolve the employee experience, from engagement to retention
- Design and implement scalable programs that support growth, with a strong focus on execution and adoption
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Communication, Psychology, or a related field; OR equivalent experience in the field
- HR certification (e.g. SHRM, PHR) is a bonus
- Experience in a fast-moving, start-up or venture-backed environment
- Adaptability: You pivot quickly, juggle multiple priorities, and stay calm in ambiguity
- Leadership: You don’t wait to be told what to do, you find areas of need and lead with purpose and influence
- Follow-through: You don’t just launch programs, you make sure they’re adopted, evaluated, and refined
- Humility: You love learning, take feedback well, and never think you're above any task
- Breadth: You’re comfortable diving into many types of people-related challenges
- Collaboration: You work well with all kinds of personalities and keep projects on track (bonus points for strong project management skills)
- Impact-driven: You care more about meaningful outcomes than checking boxes
- Approachable: You build genuine connections and people feel comfortable talking to you
Beyond the Paycheck
You will be a critical part of our core team and have influence over the direction of our portfolio companies.
Growth: We support and invest in your career development
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Supplemental benefits
- 401k with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Start-up + profit sharing units
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What We Do
Cie is a venture studio that serves as an innovation lab and accelerator for bold entrepreneurs who want to transform disruptive ideas into thriving ventures.
Cie blends Silicon Valley DNA with the business maturity of serial entrepreneurs, seasoned venture capitalists, and Fortune 500 executives. Combined with the team’s strategic and operational expertise in technology, product development, brand building, and customer acquisition, Cie consistently drives positive outcomes across a wide range of business challenges.
Cie’s venture portfolio includes Cie Games (acquired by Glu Mobile), Nativo, ASAP Tire (acquired by Tire Rack), Titan School Solutions (acquired by LINQ), Performa Labs, Apollo Education System, and a growing list of emerging start-ups. Cie’s leadership team has served key roles at transformational companies such as Amazon, eBay, Yahoo!, Overture, Pepsi, Nestlé, Saks Fifth Avenue, Goldman Sachs, and Internet Brands.
Why Work With Us
We’re passionate about launching new businesses and accelerating growth in our ventures.
We’re looking for people who are entrepreneurial at heart, want to be builders and creators, and are willing to roll up their sleeves. You’ll learn how we build successful startups, find the signal in all the noise, and incubate your own ideas.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
