HPVP Hiring a Head of Talent
About Hyde Park Venture Partners:
Hyde Park Venture Partners is an early-stage venture investing firm focused on high-growth technology startups in the mid-continent. With an extensive on-the-ground network and activity throughout the region, we invest in seed and early Series A software startups across B2B, marketplace, and consumer service business models.
Among others, our portfolio includes top mid-continent startups FourKites, G2, ShipBob, and Terminus.
We are seeking an experienced talent professional for our Head of Talent role who will develop and lead our new Portfolio Talent function.
Responsibilities:
- Best practice development: Design and communicate best practices for portfolio company organizational structure, hiring, people management, and development practices.
- Portfolio company enablement: Work with portfolio companies from first investment, through scale, and ultimately exit to improve organizational design and people management.
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion impact: Drive diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across our portfolio and fund team.
- Talent network expansion: Expand HPVP’s portfolio company talent network through extensive networking efforts and events.
- Thought leadership: Use the foundation of work with portfolio companies and HPVP’s talent network to develop outward-facing content in the startup talent arena.
Requirements:
- 8 –15 years of startup or technology company people operations experience and leadership; the most qualified candidates will have experience across other business functions as well
- Demonstrated excellence in both internal and external client success and enablement
- Experience in high-growth, scaling environments
- Existing residency or deep ties to Chicago
How we work:
We respect and celebrate entrepreneurs and their ideas. We are responsive and tenacious, and we do what we say. We communicate openly and honestly about fact and emotion. We make data-driven decisions. We believe that rewards should accrue to those who create value. These are our values, and we take them seriously.
For our Head of Talent hire, this means being quick, honest, and direct… while being respectful and self-managed.
How to Apply:
Your interest, LinkedIn profile, and/or resume may be shared with guy@hydeparkvp.com and jenna@hydeparkvp.com.
