Talent Acquisition & People Operations Lead
Full-time and Austin, Texas
ABOUT POOLSIDE
In this decade, the world will create Artificial General Intelligence. There will only be a small number of companies who will achieve this. Their ability to stack advantages and pull ahead will define the winners. These companies will move faster than anyone else. They will attract the world's most capable talent. They will be on the forefront of applied research, engineering, infrastructure and deployment at scale. They will continue to scale their training to larger & more capable models. They will be given the right to raise large amounts of capital along their journey to enable this. They will create powerful economic engines. They will obsess over the success of their users and customers.
poolside exists to be this company - to build a world where AI will be the engine behind economically valuable work and scientific progress.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We’re looking for our first Data Center Talent Acquisition & People Operations Lead — a strategic yet hands-on builder who will lay the foundation for how we attract, hire, and support our team as we grow. You’ll own the full employee experience: from sourcing to hiring all of our talent and ensuring a smooth and great experience for all our team.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Talent Acquisition
Partner with hiring managers and leadership to define and execute on all hiring needs (from writing job descriptions, to sourcing strategies and end-to-end recruitment).
Own full-cycle recruitment: sourcing, screening, interviewing, and managing offers and negotiations.
Build and manage a pipeline of high-quality candidates across technical and non-technical roles.
Partner with the Poolside People team to ensure consistency across all areas of the business.
People Operations
Manage the end-to-end employee experience, including employment, payroll, benefits, compliance and so on.
Serve as the first point of contact for team inquiries and ensure an excellent employee experience.
Build and maintain processes for scalability and according to the data center unique needs.
Partner with the Poolside People team to ensure consistency across all areas of the business.
Intro call with Beatriz, Head of People
Panel Interview with Beatriz, Jag (People Ops Manager) & Lauren (Strategic Ops Director)
Interview with Lance, VP of Data Center
Interview with Margarida, COO
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Experience in both talent acquisition and people operations roles, at early stage startups and fast growing companies.
Strong understanding of people operations best practices, US compliance and employment law (specifically important in Texas state).
High level of autonomy and willingness to build processes and relationships from scratch.
Excellent communication and ability to operate in a fast paced environment and growing team.
PROCESS
Intro call with Beatriz, Head of People
Panel Interview with Beatriz, Jag (People Ops Manager) & Lauren (Strategic Ops Director)
Interview with Lance, VP of Data Center
Interview with Margarida, COO
Data Retention
Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, as required to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, or as necessary to resolve disputes. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider our statutory obligations, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes we process your personal data for, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means. We specify the retention periods for your personal data in our data retention policy. Under some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data so that it can no longer be associated with you. We reserve the right to use such anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent. If you are offered and accept employment with poolside, the personal data we collected during the application and recruitment process will become part of your employment record, and we may use it in connection with your employment consistent with our employee personal data policies. If you do not become an employee, or, once you are no longer an employee of poolside, we will retain and securely destroy your personal data in accordance with our document retention policy and applicable laws and regulations.
Rights of Access, Correction, Erasure and Objection
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during the recruitment process. By law you may have the right to request access to, correct, and erase the personal data that we hold about you, or object to the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You may also have the right to request that we transfer your personal data to another party. If you want to review, verify, correct, or request erasure of your personal data, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal data to another party, please contact us at legal@poolside.ai . Any such communication must be in writing. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and your right to access, and to provide you with the personal data that we hold about you or make your requested changes. Applicable law may allow or require us to refuse to provide you with access to some or all of the personal data that we hold about you, or we may have destroyed, erased, or anonymized your personal data in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices. If we cannot provide you with access to your personal data, we will inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.
Right to Withdraw Consent
Where you have provided your consent to the collection, processing, and transfer of your personal data, you may have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, contact us at legal@poolside.ai
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Notice at any time, and we will provide you with a new Privacy Notice when we make any updates. If we would like to use your previously collected personal data for different purposes than those we notified you about at the time of collection, we will provide you with notice and, where required by law, seek your consent, before using your personal data for a new or unrelated purpose. We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent only where required by applicable law or regulation.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our processing of your personal data or would like to make an access or other request, please contact us at legal@poolside.ai