Director - People

About Thea Energy:  Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering to create a faster and simpler approach to commercializing fusion energy. The company is reinventing the stellarator using computer-controlled arrays of planar coils thereby replacing the intricate, complex modular magnets required in all other stellarator architectures. Thea Energy is on a mission to create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.    Position Overview:  Thea Energy is looking for an experienced, highly motivated human resources professional to help scale and manage its HR practices, talent, and culture. This candidate will interact with the Company’s leadership, finance & operations, and technical teams to facilitate recruitment, onboarding, and help to grow its strong company culture and overall employee experience. This role will have a high degree of autonomy, and the ideal candidate must be able to move quickly. Your efforts will directly contribute to the organization's success by supporting HR initiatives and attracting, developing, and retraining top talent. Thea Energy’s dynamic team is made up of self-motivated individuals with an excitement for solving complex problems.

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Manage and grow Thea Energy’s talent recruitment, screening, and interviewing processes
• Plan hiring strategy for key future roles
• Manage employee onboarding and new hire orientation processes
• Manage and develop company policies, programs, and procedures, and evolve processes as the company grows
• Foster diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and community engagement plans
• Coordinate employee benefits packages
• Work with the Company’s leadership to support employee growth & development
• Nurture and track career paths for team members
• Advise in employee review and compensation discussions
• Maintain HR related files and information
• Employ strategies to build, maintain, and grow the Company’s workplace culture

Ideal Experience & Skillsets:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• Past leadership positions and experience managing and growing HR organizations
• Proven ability of supporting businesses through growth periods
• Proven organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams to support HR challenges and recruitment needs
• Experience with Lever ATS or similar ATS tools
• Well organized, structured and process driven with a speed & execution mindset
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong ethics and discretion
• Ability to find creative solutions to problems
• Exceptional work ethic

Company Benefits:

• Salary range $125,000-$185,000
• Comprehensive health benefits (e.g. medical/dental/vision)  
• Employee equity stock options  
• 20 days PTO

It’s not necessary to meet all of the skillsets outlined above. Please feel free to send us a note and tell us why you would still be a great fit for this role or Thea Energy.    Diversity and Inclusion:  Thea Energy is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a company of diverse backgrounds. By creating a diverse environment, we will bring new ideas and approaches to solving some of the world’s hardest (and most important) problems. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, family or marital status, age, disability, veteran’s status, or other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.