Principal People & Culture Partner

About Skylo

Skylo is a global Non-Terrestrial Network service provider based in Mountain View, CA, offering a service that allows smartphone and IoT cellular devices to connect directly over existing satellites. 

Skylo’s direct-to-device service is now live on millions of activated devices across five continents, with more than 60 million square kilometers of coverage, in partnership with multiple satellite operators, mobile network operators (MNOs), Tier-1 chipset makers, and OEMs. Devices connected over satellite are managed and served by Skylo's commercial NTN vRAN, featuring a 3GPP standards-based cloud-native base station and core. Skylo provides anywhere, anytime connectivity solution that seamlessly roams between terrestrial and satellite networks. Our focus is on enabling connected services for people outdoors and connected workflows across three main verticals: mass-market consumer devices, automotive, and industrial IoT.

This role is located in our Mountain View office where we are onsite 3 days a week.

Summary Of How You Will Impact Skylo

Skylo is hiring a Principal People & Culture Partner to help fulfill Skylo’s mission of making satellite connectivity available to all. This individual will be a key strategic partner to our Chief Technology Officer and the broader Engineering & Operations teams, which are expected to more than double in the next 18-24 months. You will be instrumental in building and scaling this critical organization, focusing on strategic organizational design, talent management, and manager coaching and growth. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role that requires a systemic and detail-oriented approach to support the rapid growth of a deeply technical team.

How You Will Contribute 

• Act as the primary people partner for the Chief Technology Officer, providing strategic guidance and support to build a world-class engineering organization.
• Partner with engineering leadership on organizational design, talent planning, and scaling the team effectively to meet business goals.
• Coach and mentor leaders at all levels to enhance their leadership and management capabilities, foster a positive culture, and drive team performance.
• Serve as the key liaison between the engineering organization and the broader People & Talent team, ensuring cohesive and consistent implementation of company-wide people programs related to performance management, compensation, and career development.
• Support and manage local people operations issues while collaborating with centralized teams in Finland and India on programmatic elements.
• Maintain a systematic and detail-oriented approach to all people-related initiatives, ensuring accountability and consistent execution across the organization.
• Travel internationally up to two times per year to support global teams and initiatives

What We Look For 

• 12+ years of experience in an HR or People Partner role, with a strong focus on strategic people leadership and organizational development.
• Proven experience in a deeply technical and fast-growing environment, with expertise in org design and talent management.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans and drive implementation.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to coach and influence at all levels, from individual contributors to senior executives.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and listening skills.
• A results-driven mindset with a bias toward action and implementation.
• The ability to be the "right-hand" to the CTO while keeping the engineering organization integrated and cohesive with the company's overall objectives

What We Offer

With employees working across three continents, Skylo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. Our worldwide and inclusive culture encourages a flexible approach to work, and we also offer an attractive range benefits such as: 

• Competitive compensation packages including a stock option based equity program 
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan
• Monthly allowances for wellness and education reimbursement
• A generous time off policy, holidays, and the opportunity to temporarily work abroad
• Once in a lifetime opportunity to be a part of developing and running world’s first commercial, live direct-to-device satellite network and service 
• Access to world-class team and talent across tech domains: software, hardware, chipsets, telecom, satellite and network virtualization 
• Open, transparent, inclusive culture that blends the Silicon Valley, Nordic and South Asia characteristics

Additional Information

The compensation range for this position is: $173,000-$215,000. This range reflects the low and high end of the range Skylo reasonably and generally expects to pay the hired candidate in this role.

EEO Statement
Skylo is an equal-opportunity employer and we celebrate diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, parent or caregiver status, political affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.