Vice President, People Jobs

About Us
dbt Labs was founded in 2016 to empower analysts to create and disseminate organizational knowledge. Since then, we’ve grown to become one of the leading brands in the analytics industry. Our product, dbt, is used by thousands of companies. dbt Labs is a remote-first, values-driven company with a globally distributed team. You can learn more about our values here.
dbt Labs has grown exponentially in the last few years and we are looking for a People Leader to help continue to build our team and our culture. As the Vice President of People, you will play a critical role in fostering culture, creating scalable processes, and supporting all People team functions.
This role will report into the CEO and be a member of the executive team.
In this role, you can expect to:

• Identify strategies to retain, reward, and grow existing employees
• Leadership
• Participate in the development of the company’s plans and programs as a strategic partner, particularly from the perspective of the impact on employees and culture
• Develop and implement strategies around the People function (including but not limited to): workforce planning, talent management, performance reviews, employee relations, organizational design, and the development of key talent.
• Lead the performance management process to ensure focus on business goals and development of employee capabilities and potential
• Identify and implement ways to support the company’s mission through effective People practices
• Expertise
• Create and maintain the dbt Labs culture and values
• Translate the strategic business plans into people operations
• Build relationships at the executive team level to act as a strategic business advisor of each business unit or specialty group regarding key organizational and management issues
• Work with the management team to continue establishing the company’s culture
• Advise and partner with the executive team on OKR / goal alignment, budget and workforce planning
• Lead, strategize, and collaborate with the CEO and the executive team to create the vision and strategy of everything related to people.
• Culture

You are a good fit if you have:

• Values alignment and commitment to reinforce, live, and nurture our values internally
• Experience leading and navigating a complex and at times ambiguous organization
• 10+ years of experience in People executive positions leading scaled teams with multiple reporting layers
• Experience leading companies through dynamic, high-growth environments
• Track record of engaging, motivating & inspiring a global People team

You'll have an edge if you have:

• Experience building, managing and developing international organizations
• Analytical orientation in relation to employee experience
• Public company leadership experience
• Knowledge of US employment law and associated best practices in navigating complex employer-relation issues.
• Experience with international employment law.

Compensation & Benefits

• Equity Stake
• Benefits: Unlimited vacation, 401k w/ 3% guaranteed contribution, excellent healthcare, office and cell/internet stipends, and paid parental leave
• Salary: Commensurate with Experience

What to expect in the hiring process:

• Initial Conversation with our Manager, Talent Acquisition
• Focused Interview with our Manager, People Business Partners, Vanessa Yeh
• Lastly, an in-person portion meeting a few different stakeholders (peers and direct reports)
• Hiring Manager Interview with our CEO, Tristan Handy

Who We Are
At dbt Labs, we have developed strong opinions on how companies should practice analytics.
Specifically, we believe that:

• Data analysts should adopt similar practices and tools to software developers
• Analytic code itself — not just analytics tools — will increasingly be open source
• Code, not graphical user interfaces, is the best abstraction to express complex analytic logic
• Critical analytics infrastructure should be controlled by its users as open source software

It turns out that a lot of other people believe this too! Today, there are 9,000 companies using dbt every week, 30,000 practitioners in the dbt Community Slack, and 1,800 companies paying for dbt Cloud. Our customers include JetBlue, Hubspot, Vodafone New Zealand, and Dunelm. dbt is synonymous with the practice of analytics engineering, defining an entire industry. We’re backed by top investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and Altimeter. We recently raised our series D: read the announcement here!
dbt Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to building an inclusive team that welcomes a diversity of perspectives, people, and backgrounds regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other protected status. We feel strongly that whether or not your experience exactly fits the job description, your passion and skills will stand out and set you apart even if your career has taken some twists and turns. If you are on the fence about whether you meet our requirements, we encourage you to apply anyway! Please reach out to us directly at [email protected] if you need assistance or an accommodation.
Want to learn more about our focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at dbt Labs? Check out our DEI page here.
dbt Labs reserves the right to amend or withdraw the posting at any time.
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