Head of People at VRChat
- Company
- VRChat
- Employment type
- Full-Time
- Location
- Worldwide
- Posted
- 2026-10-30
About this role
Join the VRChat Team VRChat offers a first-of-its-kind, game-changing platform that provides an endless collection of social VR experiences and gives the power of creation to its robust community. With over 250,000 worlds and growing, VRChat’s vision is to allow users to bring their imaginations to life and help shape the metaverse anywhere in the world on any device. VRChat has raised $100M to date with the support of investors, Makers Fund, Anthos Capital and HTC. We have a great team which includes people from: Netflix, Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google, Amazon, Unity, Spotify, Discord, Uber, eBay, Robinhood, Twitch, Zynga and TikTok. Come and join the mission! Job Overview Help VRChat build and sustain a small, exceptionally strong team. You'll lead a focused People function and work directly with leaders and managers to turn clear expectations into effective performance, development, and accountability practices. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll build on existing infrastructure and partner closely with the recruiting lead. We’re looking for a builder who combines strategic judgment with practical delivery, moves comfortably between strategy and hands-on work, and builds only the process the business needs. If you’re energized by leading high-impact environments and care deeply about building inclusive, community-aligned cultures, this role was built for you. Job & Team Impact As Head of People, you’ll shape how VRChat attracts, develops, and retains the talent that makes our mission possible. You’ll be a trusted partner to the CEO and business leaders, a coach to managers, and a champion for the people and culture that make VRChat distinct. Duties & Responsibilities Partner with senior leaders to strengthen leadership alignment, decision-making, and accountability. Challenge constructively, clarify decision rights, and move decisively once alignment is reached Translate People priorities into practical deliverables with clear owners, milestones, and proactive communication of risks and trade-offs Lead and develop the People team with clear priorities, support, and tools. Model calm, respectful leadership under pressure and handle sensitive matters with discretion, impartiality, and evidence-based judgment Build trust in People as an approachable, reliable partner to employees and managers, with dependable core operations and onboarding Run a practical performance-calibration and manager-accountability process that helps leaders recognize strong performance, identify gaps, support development, and address persistent underperformance promptly and fairly. Leaders own performance decisions; People equips, coaches, and challenges them Coach managers through difficult feedback, employee relations issues, and organizational changes, balancing clear business expectations with fairness, sound judgment, and employee dignity Use engagement, attrition, and performance insights to surface emerging organizational risks and capability gaps proactively, with practical recommendations and clear decisions for leadership Lead the development and operation of leveling and compensation practices, including equity philosophy and communication to candidates and employees, in partnership with executive leadership and Finance Use automation and AI where they demonstrably improve People operations, reduce manual work, or improve employee experience, with appropriate safeguards for sensitive employee data and human judgment Partner closely with the recruiting lead on workforce planning, quality of hire, leveling, and candidate experience. Own the ongoing onboarding and employee lifecycle, using recruiting-to-ramp feedback to improve handoffs Sustain and evolve VRChat's inclusive, remote-first culture across a globally distributed and diverse workforce What Success Looks Like in Your First Year Clearer expectations, consistent performance calibration, and managers better equipped to give feedback and address issues. Strengt…
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