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
