Head of People at Vrchat

Join the VRChat Team VRChat is an immersive social platform, home to a passionate, global user base and a vibrant creator community. Our community is what makes us successful and that shapes how we think about People. We’re fully remote, globally distributed, and backed by $100M from Makers Fund, Anthos Capital, and HTC. We move fast, build lean, and care deeply about the people and culture that make this work. Job Overview This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution. You’ll own the full People function, reporting directly to the CEO and serving as VRChat’s most senior People leader. We’re looking for a builder: someone who sets direction and does the work, moves fast, and is actively exploring how AI can transform the way People teams operate. If you’re energized by leading lean, high-impact environments and care deeply about building inclusive, community-aligned cultures, this role was built for you. You’ll lead a small, high-impact team and you’ll be expected to be a player-coach who sets the strategy and rolls up their sleeves to execute it. Job & Team Impact As Head of People, you’ll shape how VRChat attracts, develops, and retains the talent that makes our mission possible. You’ll be a trusted partner to the CEO and business leaders, a coach to managers, and a champion for the people and culture that make VRChat distinct. Duties & Responsibilities • Own the full People function, with accountability spanning People Operations, Talent & Recruiting, Performance & Growth, Compensation Strategy, Culture & Engagement, and Manager Enablement • Serve as a strategic business partner to the CEO and senior leadership team, aligning People strategy with business goals and delivering talent insights that connect people metrics to outcomes • Translate engagement, attrition, and performance data into proactive executive-level narratives and recommendations • Lead and develop a small, high-impact People team, ensuring they have the support, clarity, and tools to do their best work • Own recruiting strategy, with a consistent focus on quality of hire and long-term fit. Be the closer on senior and hard-to-fill roles • Evolve our performance frameworks to keep pace with how we work, giving managers practical tools that drive real accountability • Own how VRChat thinks about compensation: leveling, equity philosophy, and how it’s communicated to candidates and employees • Embed AI into People Operations by identifying and implementing solutions that meaningfully reduce manual workload and enhance the employee experience • Sustain and evolve VRChat’s inclusive, remote-first culture across a globally distributed and diverse workforce Experience, Skills & Qualifications • 8–12 years in People/HR, with ownership of a People function or a significant pillar of it, budget accountability, and leadership partner experience • Demonstrated track record of building and executing people programs with measurable impact • Fast and iterative. Gets a v1 in front of stakeholders in days, not weeks, and improves from there • Experience supporting fully remote, globally distributed teams • Has scaled a People function at a company in the 100–500 employee range • AI-forward: actively uses AI in People work today and can identify, evaluate, and implement solutions that reduce manual workload • Earns trust quickly and influences at all levels through expertise and judgment • Genuinely aligned with how we work: bold enough to experiment, willing to engage in healthy debate and then commit fully, collaborative by default, and motivated by outcomes over activity • Empathetic and decisive; comfortable operating in ambiguity and making pragmatic calls with imperfect information • Able to operate at the executive level, comfortable presenting people data and insights to leadership and a board • Experience managing globally distributed teams across multiple employment models and regions Bonus Points • Background in gaming, social platforms, or community-driven products; bonus if you understand that the product IS the community • A genuine track record of fostering belonging across a diverse, global workforce • You’ve spent time in VRChat, or you’re curious about social VR and what it means for how people connect Benefits • Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company offering flexible working hours in combination with core hours supporting real-time collaboration • Health benefits for U.S. and Canadian employees • 401K (U.S.) and RRSP (Canada) retirement plans • Stock options • Unlimited/flexible vacation policy • Paid parental leave • Generous holiday schedule VRChat is an equal-opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. VRChat fosters a diverse, creative, and collaborative environment where anyone can contribute to any of the ongoing projects or direction of the roadmap at any time.  If you’re a passionate team player who wants to have an impact on a dynamic team, we’d love to hear from you!   All job offers are subject to satisfactory referencing and background checks.