Head of People / HR Lead

About Us

Ropedia is a Singapore-based, early-stage AI startup focused on building the data infrastructure for spatial and physical intelligence. Our core team brings together expertise from Tsinghua, Meta, Google, and UC Berkeley, and we have already achieved early-stage commercial viability.

We develop proprietary wearable and mobile capture devices and models to collect, recover, and reconstruct multimodal human Xperience in real-world scenarios. Our mission is to power the next generation of World Models and Embodied AI. We offercompensation competitive with top-tier tech giants, along with significant early-team equity and incentives.

Role Overview

Location: Singapore

Type: Full-time, Founding Team / Management Role

As the Head of People, you will be the primary architect of our high-performance culture. Your mission is to attract the world's top AI and engineering talents and build an environment where elite teams thrive during our rapid 0-to-1 scaling phase.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end search for elite talent across AI research and robotics.
• Work directly with the founders to define team structures, reporting lines, and the evolution of our founding team culture.
• Design and manage competitive compensation frameworks, including salary benchmarking and the administration of the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP).
• Build high-impact, lightweight performance review cycles and professional development paths tailored for top-tier researchers and engineers.

Requirements

• A deep understanding of what motivates and attracts top-tier talent.
• Excellent communication skills to facilitate collaboration with our global talent pool and core stakeholders.
• Proven ability to balance speed with structure, building enough process to scale without introducing corporate bureaucracy.
• Ability to design, document, and iterate on HR SOPs and organizational workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a first HR hire or Head of People at a successful venture-backed tech startup.
• Prior experience in international hiring and managing employment compliance across different jurisdictions.
• A strong existing network within the AI, robotics, or deep-tech talent ecosystems.