🚀 About Awesomic

Awesomic is a YC-backed web app that matches businesses from around the world with the best-fit creative and tech talents using an AI-driven algorithm.

Since our founding in 2020, we’ve completed 14,000+ projects for 4,000+ clients — including Reface, Lift99, SilviaTerra, and multiple Y Combinator startups and VC funds.

Our team is on a mission to redefine how companies scale design and talent globally — fast, flexibly, and with excellence.

💡 Now Hiring: Vice President of Talent (San Francisco, CA)

We’re looking for a Vice President of Talent to join our executive team and shape the future of Awesomic’s global people strategy.

This is a senior leadership role at the intersection of talent, operations, and strategy — ideal for a visionary leader who knows how to build scalable, high-performance teams that drive measurable business growth.

You’ll own the entire talent lifecycle — from attraction and engagement to performance, development, and retention — creating a culture where exceptional people thrive and our business scales sustainably.

🧠 What You’ll Do

• Drive Talent Profitability: Build and execute operational people strategies that directly contribute to Awesomic’s growth, profitability, and team efficiency.
• Optimize Workforce Performance: Ensure the right people are in the right roles through proactive capacity planning, data-driven decision-making, and workforce analytics.
• Lead Global Talent Operations: Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and performance systems designed to attract, deploy, and retain top talent across geographies.
• Champion Retention & Engagement: Develop impactful retention programs that reduce churn, increase satisfaction, and strengthen Awesomic’s employer brand.
• Build Scalable Performance Systems: Implement clear frameworks for goal-setting, feedback, and career growth that align with business outcomes.
• Leverage Talent Analytics: Own and optimize people metrics — from cost per hire to employee lifetime value — to forecast needs and inform executive strategy.
• Partner with Leadership: Collaborate with the CEO and executive team to align talent operations with revenue targets, utilization, and strategic objectives.
• Elevate Employer Brand: Strengthen Awesomic’s visibility and positioning as a high-performance, global, and inclusive workplace.
• Drive Operational Excellence: Continuously refine people processes and tech infrastructure to enable faster, smarter decision-making across all teams.

🧑‍🚀 About You

• 10+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, People Strategy, or HR Leadership, ideally in fast-growing tech or creative companies.
• Proven ability to design and execute scalable people strategies that drive growth and engagement.
• Experience leading distributed, high-performing teams across multiple regions.
• Strong expertise in recruitment, learning & development, performance management, and organizational design.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Deeply data-driven, using metrics to guide decisions and forecast talent needs.
• Passionate about building diverse, inclusive, and empowered company cultures that deliver results.

💎 What’s On Us

• Join a visionary team redefining how the world connects talent and design.
• Work alongside Awesomic founders Roman Sevast and Stacy Pavlyshyna — YC alumni and Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees.
• Full flexibility: hybrid setup, with access to hubs in San Francisco, Warsaw, Kyiv, and Lisbon.
• Unlimited paid vacation and sick days.
• Comprehensive health insurance and mental health support.
• Annual learning & development budget and leadership coaching.
• High-impact role where your decisions shape the future of Awesomic.

💫 We’d love to meet our future VP of Talent — someone ready to build the team that builds the future.