Vice President of People

Who We Are
At adMarketplace, our mission is to deliver the most engaging consumer search experiences while empowering advertisers to measure media performance accurately. Today, millions of people worldwide engage with our exclusive, transparent media placements across the internet's leading browsers, shopping apps, and review sites.
Our award-winning culture is built around five core values (known as our 5C's): Curiosity, Collaboration, Creative Conflict, Commitment, and Competitiveness. With these guiding values, adMarketplace seeks to empower our team to reach their full potential through continued learning, and the opportunity to do their best work.
The Role
We're seeking a dynamic Vice President of People to join our leadership team and lead our People function through its next phase of growth. Reporting to the CFO and leading a team of seven, you'll own every aspect of our People strategy, from culture and employee experience to performance management, compensation, leadership development and international expansion.
This is not a legacy HR role. We need a hands-on builder and strategic partner who can operate at both a micro and macro-level, someone energized by the opportunity to scale our organization and build a world-class employee experience that attracts, engages, and retains top-tier talent.
What You'll Do

• Culture & Employee Engagement
  • Champion and continuously evolve adMarketplace's culture to reflect our mission, 5C values, and business goals.
  • Design and implement a cohesive employee engagement strategy that includes formal and informal feedback loops to surface actionable insights and enhance the employee experience.
  • Establish consistent and scalable practices for manager enablement, internal communications, and team health to promote alignment and accountability at every level of the organization.
  • Develop and champion employee wellbeing programs, including mental health resources and work-life balance initiatives, to support a healthy, resilient workforce.
• Talent Management & Performance
  • Lead talent strategies that support scalable growth, including succession planning, performance development, and workforce planning.
  • Oversee talent performance programs and continuous feedback practices to ensure alignment between employee growth and company goals.
  • Serve as a trusted and strategic advisor to executive leadership, proactively identifying talent gaps and development opportunities to accelerate performance and retention.
  • Build and refine performance management and talent review frameworks that drive continuous feedback, high accountability, and employee growth.
  • Launch leadership development and upskilling programs that support career mobility and long-term succession planning.
• Compensation & Total Rewards
  • Own the development, implementation, and ongoing refinement of adMarketplace's compensation philosophy, ensuring alignment with company values, business objectives, and growth trajectory.
  • Lead compensation benchmarking and market analysis to ensure competitiveness across roles, departments, and geographies.
  • Partner with Finance and executive leadership to guide annual planning cycles, merit reviews, and promotion calibrations with transparency and fairness.
  • Ensure alignment between compensation practices and performance management frameworks to reward impact and high performance.
• Onboarding, Retention & Development
  • Optimize the onboarding experience to accelerate new hire integration and engagement.
  • Develop and execute retention strategies that promote long-term career growth and organizational stability.
  • Develop scalable retention strategies by analyzing attrition trends, manager effectiveness, and employee feedback to proactively address friction points through thoughtful programming and policy.
  • Own the design and implementation of career development frameworks, enabling clarity around growth paths, internal mobility, and progression.
• International People Strategy
  • Ensure compliance with employment laws and HR best practices across all operating regions.
  • Tailor employee programs and policies to reflect cultural and legal nuances while maintaining a unified global approach.
• People Operations & Leadership
  • Lead, mentor, and scale a People team of five.
  • Develop KPIs and dashboards to measure HR effectiveness and proactively support business objectives.
  • Optimize HR systems and data capabilities to support scale, efficiency, and insight-driven decision-making.
  • Serve as a key thought partner to the executive team on people strategy and organizational design.
  • Champion organizational change and evolution through employee-centered strategies that support growth and transformation.
• Change Management & Organizational Agility
  • Lead change management efforts to enable organizational agility, ensuring smooth transitions during growth, restructuring, or strategic pivots through clear communication and employee support.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with at least 5 years in a senior People role.
• Demonstrated success scaling teams and headcount in a high-growth startup to midsize environment - preferably within media, entertainment, or technology industries.
• Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing HR teams.
• Deep experience in talent performance, engagement, and total rewards across international teams.
• Hands-on leader who is comfortable building from the ground up while also operating at a strategic level.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills.

Compensation Range: Base: $225,000-$250,000 plus bonus and equity
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Join Us
adMarketplace has been named as one of the best places to work in New York City by Built In and Crain's- the latter of which have recognized us the past three years straight! AMP is currently experiencing triple digit growth, and it's never been a better time to join our team!
We offer a robust continuing education program, management training, regular company-wide lunch and learns, and well-defined career paths to ensure all our employees have an opportunity to grow.
At adMarketplace, we play to win, but we learn from our setbacks. Our commitment to a collaborative environment means no one succeeds alone, and no one fails alone either.
We know you've come to expect comprehensive healthcare, wellness programs, paid time off, commuter benefits, and 401k matching from any company, so it's a good thing we offer all of that and so much more. adMarketplace offers Summer Fridays, catered lunches, a fully stocked kitchen, ZogSports teams, happy hours and corporate retreats to encourage a strong work/life balance.
No Third Party Recruiters. We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and we are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
*This range represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of adMarketplace in the New York office. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience; training; associated responsibilities; and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.