Head of People

About this role

Based in San Francisco, Arine is a rapidly growing healthcare technology and clinical services company with a mission to ensure individuals receive the safest and most effective treatments for their unique and evolving healthcare needs.

Frequently, medications cause more harm than good. Incorrect drugs and doses costs the US healthcare system over $528 billion in waste, avoidable harm, and hospitalizations each year. Arine is redefining what excellent healthcare looks like by solving these issues through our software platform (SaaS). We combine cutting edge data science, machine learning, AI, and deep clinical expertise to introduce a patient-centric view to medication management, and develop and deliver personalized care plans on a massive scale for patients and their care teams.

Arine is committed to improving the lives and health of complex patients that have an outsized impact on healthcare costs and have traditionally been difficult to identify and address. These patients face numerous challenges including complicated prescribing issues across multiple medications and providers, medication challenges with many chronic diseases, and patient issues with access to care. Backed by leading healthcare investors and collaborating with top healthcare organizations and providers, we deliver recommendations and facilitate clinical interventions that lead to significant, measurable health improvements for patients and cost savings for customers.

Why is Arine a Great Place to Work?:

Outstanding Team and Culture - Our shared mission unites and motivates us to do our best work. We have a relentless passion and commitment to the innovation required to be the market leader in medication intelligence.

Making a Proven Difference in Healthcare - We are saving patient lives, and enabling individuals to experience improved health outcomes, including significant reductions in hospitalizations and cost of care.

Market Opportunity - Arine is backed by leading healthcare investors and was founded to tackle one of the largest healthcare problems today. Non-optimized medications therapies which cost the US 275,000 lives and $528 billion annually.

Dramatic Growth - Arine is managing more than 18 million lives across prominent health plans after only 4 years in the market, and was ranked 236 on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list and was named the 5th fastest-growing company in the AI category.

The Role:

You will be joining an SLT that values a close and solutions-focused partnership with the People Team, a CEO who is thoughtful and detail-oriented, and a CFO who is your closest operational partner. You will inherit a strong team and a solid infrastructure foundation. This is not a role for someone who wants to run a steady-state People function. Arine is in an active growth phase with real cultural complexity, a workforce that spans different operating models, and an SLT that moves fast. What the organization needs now is someone who can take that foundation and grow the culture and talent strategy layer on top of it.

What You’ll be Doing/Own:

SLT Partnership

• Based on a thorough understanding of the business, work with SLT to develop People strategies that align with and support opportunities for cross-team collaboration and org efficiencies

• Serve as the organization's change management resource, equipping SLT and function heads with frameworks and support to lead their teams through change

• Partner with function heads to develop their management capabilities

Org Design and Headcount Governance

• Advise on organizational design as Arine continues to scale and add complexity

• Own the headcount planning and backfill governance process in partnership with the CFO

Culture and Org Health Monitoring and Reporting

• Own the design and execution of organizational health monitoring, reporting on trends to leadership, and driving action plans that close identified gaps

• Own the ongoing pulse survey program and translate anonymous data into SLT-level recommendations with clarity and urgency

• Serve as a thought partner for cultural initiatives and improvements to the employee experience based on data

Talent and Recruiting

• Oversee the recruiting function and ensure recruiting efforts align with expectations (e.g., market data, employee profile, recruiting strategy, seasonal hiring fluctuations) for diverse requisitions across technical and clinical roles, ensuring a holistic view of the candidate/employee lifecycle

• Partner with recruiting leads on offer strategy, compensation benchmarking, and leveling decisions

• Lead talent assessment and succession planning initiatives

• Partner with functional leads to define paths for employee development

People Operations and Compliance

• Own the full people operations foundation: HRIS (Rippling), immigration, benefits, compliance, and leave management

• Ensure the team runs with precision, especially on time-sensitive legal and regulatory requirements

• Continue the AI-enabled People Ops work already in flight, including workflow automation and analytics, while continuing to identify opportunities for automation and enablement across the company within accessible Rippling tools and dashboards

• Develop knowledge transfer initiatives and improve employee onboarding to decrease time to productivity

Team Leadership

• Lead, develop, and advocate for the People Team, guiding team members to the best possible and timely outcomes

• Identify and invest in the development paths of your directs, particularly those who are stepping into new responsibilities

Our Ideal Candidate Possesses:

• 15+ years of People leadership experience, with at least 3 years in a Head of People or VP-equivalent role

• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with C-level executives and senior leaders and influence outcomes

• Experience at a high-growth tech company between Series B and Series D

• Comfort operating in ambiguity without waiting for permission to act

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