BACKGROUND

At Tomorrow Farms, we’re reinventing our favorite foods so they're better for people, kinder to animals, and easier on the planet. We see ourselves as the "front end" of the future of food, harnessing the most exciting and innovative food technologies to build unforgettable brands and irresistible products. We're working towards a more equitable and harmonious food system, and ultimately envision a future where animal-based products have become obsolete.

Our first product, which will be announced in just a few weeks, is a complete game-changer for the sustainable food space.

THE ROLE

We are looking for a thoughtful, creative, and strategic Director of People & Culture to build and scale our employee experience and HR functions. As a trusted advisor to the leadership team, you will strategically design and manage an empathetic, inclusive, equitable and diverse end-to-end experience; a comprehensive roadmap for people and culture that touches every point of the candidate and employee experience: hiring, onboarding, developing, retaining, and offboarding talent, ensuring that all of our practices are aligned with our values. 
A community leader, and relationship builder at heart, you are an effective prioritizer with high emotional intelligence. You hold integrity as a core value; your personal and professional commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion informs every decision that you make.

Reporting to our CEO, and working closely with our Director of Strategic Operations, you will design and implement an employee-centric engagement strategy to foster a nurturing and high-performing organization. You'll think outside the box about how we can modernize human resources in a way that is unique to Tomorrow Farms. You will play an integral role in helping us build a unique hybrid-remote model that is optimized specifically for our people and organization.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

People Operations

• Ensure that all candidates have a comprehensively positive experience in their engagement with Tomorrow Farms, regardless of the outcome.
• Develop and systemize processes (checklists, SOPs) and own strategic planning and implementation of tasks related to hiring, onboarding new hire orientation, severance calculations, separation agreements, exit interviews, technical operations, and equipment management.
• Design compelling pre-onboarding and onboarding materials (outlining current benefits, welcome emails, etc).
• Support hiring managers with end-to-end hiring processes; help screen top candidates, facilitate negotiations, and design a thoughtful transition from applicant to employee experience.
• Design and execute employee engagement initiatives and policies with leadership + manager priorities and challenges in mind.
• In collaboration with our executive leadership team, define and execute People Operations & HR related KPIs that meet business goals and objectives.
• Design and manage all documentation, including SOPs, employee handbook and HR policies.
• Establish mandatory manager training programs.
• Propose + implement equitable company-wide performance evaluation.
• Design job architectures and guidelines to provide our team with clear intentions around titles, expectations around compensation policies and reviews (merit-based and otherwise), benchmarking, and promotion plans.
• Lead the effort on equal pay analysis; work with leadership (and external consultants, as needed) to ensure compensation equality (for new hires + raises / promotions) across the organization.
• Manage the administration of compensation updates, benefits, PTO, leaves of absence, etc.
• Strategically design a unique organization chart, and update it as our team evolves and scales.

Employee Engagement & Workplace Experience

• Serve as a point of contact for all employees; create and moderate safe spaces for honest and effective conversations related to employee morale, manager/direct report and peer relationships, DEIB.
• Continuously seek learning opportunities for our team; produce communication plans, processes, policies, and digital + IRL programs that instill curiosity and a strong sense of belonging + community.
• Coordinate team culture building events; dinners, off-sites, etc.
• Think outside the box when it comes to employee benefits & perks; consider employee feedback and evolve our benefits package based on scalable strategies.
• Define objective measures and develop standardized reporting that provides the leadership team with data + insights to understand employee trends.
• Work with hiring managers to define each role + develop job description (engage external recruiters as needed), design promotional pathways within their team, and create a system for succession planning.
• Architect a workplace environment that is rooted in thoughtfulness and kindness and creates cross-functional organizational trust and transparency.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

• Partner with our leadership team to develop and strengthen our DEI principles, practices and policies into plans, programs and strategy related to hiring and performance management, employee engagement, career paths, leveling and compensation bands, development, and retention.
• Translate strategies into tactical plans; define clear actions, accountability and goals to develop our DEIB program.
• Develop opportunities to educate team members at all levels on how to recognize, accommodate, and appreciate individual differences; serve as a change agent to provide solutions, resources, and training and awareness programs that promote and amplify our DEIB philosophy.

Human Resources

• Collaborate with our leadership team to identify and implement sanctions and protocols for disciplinary actions.
• Maintain legal compliance of HR state and federal regulations; update policies as required.
• Develop and iterate on employee policies to meet federal and state laws, and company needs.
• Determine urgency of HR related questions, and ensure timely and effective resolutions.
• Offer expertise around HR best practices and compliance requirements.

**WHO YOU ARE: **

• You have an employee-first approach to people operations and human resources.
• 5+ years managing an internal culture or people-operations function in a high-growth start up; able to contribute to a continuously-evolving environment.
• You find deep meaning in developing thriving teams that encourage people to support one another.
• You have exceptional interpersonal skills and are able to maintain composure under pressure.
• You are patient, calm, non-judgmental and empathetic; you’re able to acknowledge, address and problem-solve situations outside of your own lived experiences.
• You are able to maintain professional boundaries, and exercise a high level of discretion and confidentiality.
• You are experienced with organizational development and have knowledge of HR Federal and State laws and regulations.
• You are able to analyze and distill data to make strategic decisions and execute on them.
• You can easily communicate with all organizational levels and are proactive in keeping key stakeholders informed.
• You have strong project management skills and are highly comfortable with managing multiple cross-functional initiatives moving in parallel.

WHO WE ARE
We're a team of seasoned entrepreneurs, operators, and creators who are passionate about disrupting the status quo, fixing our broken food system, and playing a small role in resolving the climate and ecological crisis.

We're humble enough to know that we always need to keep growing and learning, but we're passionate and audacious enough to think that we can make a huge impact and a meaningful contribution. Our products are better for people, animals, and the planet. As a company, we strive to practice what we preach and become embodied examples of the kinds of values we want to see more of in the world.

We think of Tomorrow Farms as the parent brand for the most well-known and well-loved food and beverage products that are helping to usher in the new, more equitable and harmonious era of food production.

WHY US

We offer a generous equity and compensation package in a venture-backed startup, plus:

• Contribution to health, vision, and dental
• 401(k) matching
• Paid family leave
• Flexible scheduling* and PTO policies
• Volunteer time off

We have an office space in Chelsea, Manhattan, where we all come in ~2 days per week. The rest can be spent working from home (or wherever!).

WHAT NOW?

If any or all of this excites you, please apply! We sincerely want to meet you. Feel free to introduce yourself through an inMail message, or email me at careers@tomorrowfarms.co

Tomorrow Farms is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.