Vice President of People

Pano AI is a growth-stage hybrid-remote start-up focused on early wildfire detection and intelligence. The Vice President of People will shape and scale the people strategy, ensuring the company attracts, develops, and retains exceptional talent while maintaining a strong culture during a critical growth phase.

Responsibilities:

• Define and execute a company-wide people strategy aligned with business goals and growth plans
• Partner closely with founders and executive leadership on organizational design, leadership development, and culture
• Drive initiatives that reinforce Pano’s values: Impact, Service, Excellence, Speed, and Innovation
• Build, scale, and lead the People Operations function, ensuring operational excellence across systems, policies, compensation, and benefits for the global Pano team
• Oversee the development of scalable programs across performance management, engagement, and career development that enable accountability and high performance
• Establish and monitor key people metrics across hiring, retention, and organizational health
• Lead the Workplace Experience function in delivering a best-in-class employee experience across remote, hybrid, and in-office environments
• Ensure events, programs, and spaces foster connection across distributed teams
• Coach and lead the scaling of a high-performing recruiting function that contributes to a strong employer brand that attracts top-tier talent across technical, operational, and GTM roles
• Align hiring strategy, processes, and outcomes with company growth objectives
• Lead, coach, and develop a small but mighty People Ops, Workplace Experience and Talent team
• Build a high-performing, aligned People, Talent and Workplace function that scales with the company