Vice President of People

What you will do

• Own the strategic vision for our People Team at Sana. You will lead a critical aspect of Sana’s business and work cross-functionally to craft a plan building upon our strategic priorities.

• Lead and continue to build a high performing team consisting of recruiters, people operations staff, talent management, and other roles yet to be hired.

• Develop and foster plans for your team members’ continued career growth through regular coaching, consistent 1:1s, feedback sessions, and Q&A.

• Talent Acquisition. Responsible for attracting and recruiting top talent to support business objectives, with a strong focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in hiring practices. Own and expand our employer brand in collaboration with Marketing.

• Talent Development. Create a learning and development strategy that provides employees at all levels with a clear pathway for continuous professional growth. Serve as a consultant to leadership and management on HR-related issues while acting as an employee champion and change agent.

• Performance Management. Build overall company performance philosophy and guide leaders across the company on organizational design and development, leadership, employee engagement and retention, performance measurement, coaching, and succession planning.

• People Operations. Manage and optimize global people systems, processes, and policies. Serve as the "center of excellence" for every moment in the employee lifecycle and the go-to for employee questions.

• Compensation & Benefits. Build and refine a total compensation program that offers employees a comprehensive package that is informed by industry benchmarking, tailored to Sana’s remote culture, is competitive within the market, and meets business requirements and budgets.

• People Data Insights. Identify, track, and report on key performance indicators for recruiting, retention, DEIB, compensation, performance, engagement, and other critical metrics that align to broader business objectives and priorities.

• Work closely with the Finance team across a range of programs, including compensation planning, performance cycles, equity management, payroll, benefits planning, budgeting, IT procurement, and compliance.

• Ensure compliance with employment, benefits, insurance, safety, and other laws, regulations, and requirements.

• Provide guidance and leadership to the People team while also assisting with the resolution of HR, compensation, and benefits questions, concerns, and issues as they arise.

About you

• 10+ years of relevant experience, preferably with 3+ years in a fast-growth company environment in the health, wellness, and/or benefits space at a leadership level.

• An inspirational leader and excellent people manager with a passion for team-building. You know how to identify, recruit, and maximize your team’s talent. People love working with and for you.

• Exceptional analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to look at key performance metrics and employee/benefits data on a regular basis to find trends, drill-down into cases as needed, and to take data-informed action accordingly. Experience using business intelligence tools such as Tableau is a plus.

• Outstanding emotional intelligence and communication skills over zoom, cell, email, chat, carrier pigeon, etc.

• Direct experience scaling organizations efficiently and effectively, with ability to anticipate and proactively support various growth-related challenges.

• Working knowledge of relevant employment laws and regulations and how to practically apply them in the workplace.

• Values-oriented. You care deeply about making our healthcare system work better for people and business owners.

• Unparalleled attention to detail. You love getting into the weeds to get things done.

• Fast learner. Entrepreneurial. Self-directed. Excited to build something from scratch.

• Gritty. You aren’t worried about getting your hands dirty and working hard when you need to.