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Head of People

Posted on 21 October 2026New

About the role

💼 What you will do

• Join VRChat as Head of People, working fully remotely from anywhere. • Lead a focused People function that helps VRChat build and sustain a small, exceptionally strong team. • Partner directly with the CEO, leaders and managers on performance, development and accountability. • Build on existing infrastructure in a hands-on leadership role alongside the recruiting lead. • Shape how VRChat attracts, develops and retains its talent. • Sustain an inclusive, remote-first culture across a global, diverse workforce.

📋 Job Requirements

• Show success leading a lean People function or broad People remit at a growing technology company. • Bring direct ownership of performance practices, manager coaching, employee relations and People operations. • Show a track record of building People programmes with measurable impact. • Bring experience guiding a People function through inflection points such as growth or organisational change. • Move fast and iterate, getting a first version to stakeholders quickly. • Show practical experience improving People workflows with automation or AI. • Communicate insights and trade-offs clearly to senior leadership. • Bring experience managing globally distributed, fully remote teams across multiple employment models.

🌟 Nice-to-have

• Bring a background in tech, gaming, social platforms or community-driven products. • Show experience at a company where the product is also a space the workforce uses. • Bring experience presenting People insights to a board. • Show a genuine track record of fostering belonging across a diverse, global workforce. • Bring time spent in VRChat or curiosity about social VR.

🎯 Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to strengthen alignment, decision-making and accountability. • Turn People priorities into deliverables with clear owners and milestones. • Lead and develop the People team. • Run a practical performance calibration and manager accountability process. • Coach managers through difficult feedback, employee relations issues and organisational change. • Use engagement, attrition and performance data to surface risks and capability gaps. • Lead levelling, compensation and equity practices with leadership and Finance. • Own onboarding and the employee lifecycle, partnering with the recruiting lead on workforce planning.

About VRChat

😃 What VRChat offers

• Work 100% remotely with flexible hours and core collaboration hours. • Receive stock options. • Take unlimited, flexible vacation and enjoy a generous holiday schedule. • Get paid parental leave. • Act as a trusted partner to the CEO and business leaders. • Help shape the culture of a diverse, community-driven company.

💖 What makes VRChat unique

VRChat is a social VR platform with over 250,000 user-created worlds, giving its community the power to build and share immersive experiences on any device. It has raised $100 million from investors including Makers Fund, Anthos Capital and HTC. VRChat is a fully remote company with a team drawn from Netflix, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google and more.

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