Talent Lead People, Culture & Founder Support
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Talent Strategy & Recruitment
- Lead end-to-end recruitment across the Studio hiring world-class engineers, operators, and entrepreneurs
- Design and run recruitment processes for EIRs, venture teams, and platform hires
- Build and manage a founder talent pipeline aligned with our EIR model, Fellowship, and PODs system
- Partner with leadership to define roles, evaluate candidates, and ensure cultural fit
- Create hiring playbooks and interview frameworks that reflect our AI-native, founder-centric approach
- Leverage analytics and AI tools to improve sourcing, candidate assessment, and hiring efficiency
- Use AI tools for sourcing intelligence, talent mapping, and predictive hiring insights designing data-driven recruitment strategies that improve quality and speed.
- Prototype and pilot AI-native talent processes such as automated screening, culture-fit evaluation models, and adaptive job design to support fast-changing venture needs.
Culture & Team Development
- Embed Utopia's AI-native culture across the Studio fostering curiosity, speed, and collaboration
- Champion a one-team culture ensuring the Studio, Funds, and Platform teams work cohesively, with shared rituals and aligned values across all parts of Utopia
- Lead onboarding and internal learning programs so every team member and founder understands our mission, tools, and approach
- Organize rituals, workshops, and events that build belonging and psychological safety
- Coach team leads and founders on people leadership, feedback, and performance practices that scale
- Implement performance frameworks that balance accountability with learning
- Support leaders in designing incentive and retention models that align talent growth with venture outcomes
- Experiment with AI-enabled learning systems, internal mobility tracking, and real-time feedback tools that make performance data actionable.
- Collaborate with the Design Lead and Platform Engineers to create people dashboards that align team metrics (learning, engagement, retention) with venture KPIs.
- Pilot early experiments with AI copilots and HR assistants to enhance candidate experience, onboarding, and internal learning workflows.
Founder & Venture People Support
- Provide HR advisory and culture-building support to founders within Studio ventures
- Help early-stage companies design hiring systems, onboarding processes, and talent development plans
- Build a network of advisors, coaches, and specialists who can support founders with leadership and team-building challenges
- Develop "people playbooks" that help ventures scale while keeping strong culture
- Coach founders on organizational design for AI-native teams balancing technical depth, creative autonomy, and operational focus.
- Help early-stage teams structure roles, OKRs, and collaboration patterns for speed and clarity.
- Design simple toolkits that help founders run effective feedback and learning cycles without heavy HR infrastructure.
People Operations & Systems
- Set up and manage foundational HR systems for the Studio (payroll, contracts, policies, compliance) in collaboration with the Head of Operations & Compliance and CFO on payroll and compliance processes
- Use AI-native HR tools (PeopleGPT, Deel, Ashby, Notion AI) to automate workflows and improve decision-making
- Keep Studio and venture talent data up to date and compliant with QFC and Qatar regulations
- Track and report Studio-level talent KPIs to leadership and QDB partners
- Implement lightweight people analytics to track key indicators hiring velocity, retention risk, engagement, and learning impact across ventures.
- Use these insights to refine Studio-wide hiring, onboarding, and team development practices.
Impact & Success Metrics
- Utopia builds and retains a high-performing, values-aligned core team
- Founders and ventures consistently rate the Studio's people support as a top value-add
- EIR and venture recruitment pipelines run smoothly with high-quality placements
- Studio culture is clear, cohesive, and visible across all teams and programs
- HR systems are compliant, automated, and founder-friendly
- Performance reviews and talent development processes run on time with measurable improvements in engagement and retention
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