About Mesh
At Mesh, our mission is to enable consumers to pay and be paid with any asset. Today, trillions of dollars in tokenized assets exist but remain largely unusable for everyday commerce. Mesh is bridging this gap by making crypto payments reliable, useful, and ubiquitous. We combine a powerful orchestration engine with a seamless consumer app to unlock liquidity for the world. Backed by leading investors like PayPal Ventures, Paradigm, and Galaxy Ventures, we are building the infrastructure for the next era of the global economy. Join us!
Overview
Mesh is hiring a People Manager who loves building in high-growth environments and turning complexity into scalable systems. This isn’t a maintenance role — it’s a build, optimize, and elevate opportunity.
As we scale from 100 to 200+ employees, you’ll partner closely with leadership to architect and strengthen the foundations that power our growth: performance management, compensation operations, employee relations, global compliance, and core people processes.
You’ll operate at both the strategic and hands-on levels — leading a performance cycle one week and redesigning our global onboarding experience the next. If you’re energized by creating structure where it’s needed, raising the bar, and shaping the future of a growing organization, this role is for you.
What You'll Do
- Lead high-impact performance cycles (mid-year + year-end), including thoughtful calibration
- Empower managers to deliver clear feedback, navigate tough conversations, and grow their teams
- Shape and evolve career frameworks (IC + Manager) and support smart, equitable compensation strategies globally
- Serve as a trusted advisor to managers — balancing business needs with people-first thinking
- Navigate employee relations with sound judgment, discretion, and fairness
- Own the end-to-end employee lifecycle, ensuring seamless operations across onboarding, offboarding, HRIS, leave, payroll, and policies
- Partner with external counsel to manage immigration and global work authorization processes
- Keep us compliant across the US, India, and EU as we scale
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business or related field
- 5+ years of progressive HR experience, ideally within high-growth tech startups
- Proven experience scaling alongside a growing company — you’ve seen (and shaped) what “good” looks like at different stages
- Deep expertise in performance management and leading thoughtful calibration processes
- Hands-on experience with compensation benchmarking (multi-geo exposure preferred)
- Familiarity with equity programs; Carta experience is a plus
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and excited by building from 0 → 1
- Strong documentation habits and operational rigor — you create clarity, not chaos
- High judgment, low ego, and a strong sense of ownership
The annual base salary range for this role is $149,600-$202,400 in San Francisco and New York. The compensation range provided may span multiple career levels and will be narrowed during the interview process based on factors including a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. For candidates outside of San Francisco and New York, compensation will be adjusted to reflect the applicable market and location-based pay band. The base salary range listed excludes commission (if applicable), equity, and benefits. The pay range represents the minimum and maximum target for new-hire compensation. Actual compensation may vary and may be higher or lower depending on individual circumstances.
Why You’ll Love It Here
At Mesh, you're not stepping into a typical role—you're joining a rocket ship in mid-liftoff. You'll tackle complex, meaningful problems that actually move an industry forward, working alongside a sharp, motivated team that moves quickly, collaborates deeply, and expects everyone to operate with ownership. This is the kind of place where you'll see your work ship fast, make real impact, and be able to point to something and say, "I built that." You'll grow fast, level up your skills, and get a front-row seat to how a high-growth company scales from the inside, with competitive comp, solid benefits, and room to stretch your craft all coming standard. If you're energized by building, learning, and shaping something big—this is where you'll want to be.
In-Office Expectations
Employees based in our San Francisco, New York, and Bangalore hubs are expected to work from the office at least 40% of the time (approximately two days per week). This expectation may vary slightly depending on role, team, and business needs. Certain roles that require closer cross-functional collaboration or operational support may have additional in-office requirements, which will be discussed during the interview process. Our hybrid approach is designed to balance meaningful in-person collaboration, team building, and real-time decision-making with the flexibility to work remotely. We believe this structure supports strong execution while preserving autonomy and focus time.
How We Care For Our Team
We believe great work happens when people feel valued and supported. That starts with competitive salary and equity that grows as you and the company grow, plus comprehensive health coverage for you and your family. We offer unlimited PTO—and we mean it. Take the time you need to recharge and show up at your best.
We're invested in your growth with a dedicated budget for courses, conferences, and certifications. Work from wherever you're most productive with our remote-friendly approach, and count on having the top-tier tools and equipment you need to do exceptional work.
Mesh Pay is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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