About the company

KoBold Metals is a rapidly growing Silicon Valley start-up using AI to enable the transition to electrification and help solve climate change. We are backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a16z, Bond Capital, Sam Altman, T Rowe Price, and other premier VCs, and operate in seven countries including the US, Canada, Zambia, and Greenland.

Our team includes the best of the industry in exploration geoscience, data science, software engineering, and business personnel. KoBold’s world-renowned geoscientists have made nearly 20 discoveries. They work on joint teams with outstanding data scientists, who have PhDs in physics, math, materials science, and geophysics. And our technology backbone has been built from scratch by our team of software engineers who are alumni of top Silicon Valley tech companies.

About the position

In this role, you will be responsible for human resources for our international operations. You will handle all aspects of people operations, from performance reviews and benefits to setting up our first employees in new countries. Your major focus will be on operations for employees in countries outside of the US, but you will work closely alongside two HR colleagues, our existing people operations manager and our Zambia HR manager, and your role will include responsibilities for HR matters for all employees worldwide.

Responsibilities

The International HR Manager will be responsible for:

• Onboarding: Smoothly take new employees from accepted offers to effective integration with the company, including payroll & benefits, immigration matters
• Performance Management: Coordinate performance reviews company-wide, including 360 feedback
• Benefits: Annually review and select benefit plans, propose and oversee employee leave policies, and assist employees as needed
• Cross Border Employment: Understand requirements for visas and work permits for employee travel and track global travel for payroll allocations
• Compliance: Become knowledgeable about relevant employment laws and regulations in the jurisdictions where we operate and help ensure that we comply with them
• New Jurisdictions: When we expand to new countries, figure out anything needed to employ our first person in a new country
• Culture: Create opportunities to build and strengthen our culture of insight and discovery
• Company Policies: Review, update and communicate company policies to employees and oversee employee training
• Other Operations: Help out broadly with operational matters across the company, from day-to-day matters to special projects

Qualifications

You must have:

• At least 8 years of experience in people operations
• Experience with companies operating in multiple countries
• Strong working knowledge of each of the major HR functional areas
• Experience in an early-stage startup company, fast-growing company, or a very small HR team with a wide mandate
• Experience with cross-border employment and payroll related issues
• The ability to manage payroll for entities across several countries
• The ability to quickly learn new tools as needed and solve new problems continuously
• A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision
• Enthusiasm for working as an individual contributor in a fast-changing environment
• Enjoyment in working with people in a wide variety of disciplines and in different parts of the world
• Interest in contributing broadly to the success of the company and eager to pitch in where needed
• A sense of humor and a propensity to focus mainly on the few things that matter most

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

This position is full-time, exempt.

Estimated salary for this Full-Time position: $130-165K

Location: Remote, anywhere in the US or Canada.