Head of People

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized "house," Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future.

### What You'll Do - **Culture & Standards**: Define what “great” looks like at Polymarket. Codify expectations around performance, ownership, and behavior — and ensure they are upheld as we scale. - **People Infrastructure**: Own onboarding, benefits, compliance, and core people systems. Build simple, durable processes that scale without adding unnecessary complexity. - **Leadership Partnership**: Act as a trusted advisor to founders and managers. Support performance management, organizational design, and high-stakes people decisions with clear judgment. - **Performance & Retention**: Design and implement systems for feedback, growth, and accountability. Ensure top performers are recognized, challenged, and retained. - **Org Health & Signal**: Continuously assess team health. Identify issues early — performance gaps, morale risks, structural inefficiencies — and address them directly. - **Operational Rigor**: Bring discipline to how we run the people function. Track key metrics, improve processes, and remove friction across the employee lifecycle.

### What We're Looking For - Were an early or first People hire at a high-growth startup and scaled the function from the ground up. - Have strong judgment in complex, high-stakes people situations. - Are comfortable operating with limited structure and making decisions quickly. - Can balance empathy with accountability — you care about people, but prioritize performance. - Communicate clearly and directly, especially in difficult conversations. - Build systems that are simple, effective, and durable. - Earn trust quickly across founders, managers, and ICs.

### Benefits - Competitive salary & equity - Unlimited PTO - Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage - 401k match - Hardware setup — new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform where users trade on the outcomes of real-world events such as politics, sports, economics, and more, using USDC cryptocurrency on the Polygon blockchain. It provides real-time odds reflecting news, polls, and events, and operates globally with a US-regulated entity.