HR Manager

Landmark Ventures is seeking a people-oriented, growth-minded HR Manager to play a key role in shaping a positive, inclusive, and high-performing employee experience across the organization. This role manages all core HR functions, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee engagement, and compliance, while also supporting special projects, culture initiatives, and organizational growth. The HR Manager partners closely with senior leadership, hiring managers, and cross-functional teams to build thoughtful people processes that strengthen retention, professional development, and organizational effectiveness.

Role and Responsibilities:

Talent Acquisition & Hiring (40%)

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for all roles across the organization, ensuring an equitable, consistent, and high-quality process.
• Partner with hiring managers to create job descriptions, develop interview processes, and align on hiring needs and expectations.
• Coordinate with external recruiters, schedule interviews, gather feedback, and oversee candidate experience from application through offer.
• Post roles across appropriate job boards and manage applicant screening in the ATS.
• Manage hiring process for offshore contractors across international time zones, ensuring alignment across HR, hiring managers, and senior leadership.
• Support hiring managers in assessing team needs, strengths, and working styles to ensure thoughtful team composition and people alignment.
• Maintain candidate records, interview notes, and hiring metrics in the ATS.
• Identify opportunities to improve hiring strategy, forecasting, and processes.

HR Compliance, Policy & Strategy (15%)

• Refine and implement HR policies and systems that align with the organization's goals and strategic objectives.
• Lead the annual Organizational Health Survey, analyze results, and present findings to leadership.
• Advise leadership on HR best practices, compliance, and workforce planning.
• Act as a trusted, confidential sounding board and resource for employees seeking support, clarity, or guidance related to workplace concerns, policies, or interpersonal dynamics.
• Oversee and optimize HR platforms, including Lattice, BambooHR, and Slack workspace management.

Performance Management (15%)

• Lead performance management processes and review cycles, including communications, guidance for managers, and tracking promotion adjustments.
• Maintain and update career progression frameworks to ensure clarity around growth opportunities across the organization. 
• Design structures and processes that support strong, consistent performance across teams; strengthen the HR function as a growth driver of the company.
• Coach managers on performance expectations, feedback delivery, and development planning. 
• Serve as a neutral or supportive resource to address performance concerns, communication gaps, or interpersonal/team conflicts.

Training & Development (10%)

• Plan and deliver professional development and training across the organization.
• Develop and manage manager training initiatives and long-term professional development programs.
• Partner with leadership to build internal mentorship programs and PD resources.

Onboarding (10%) 

• Oversee all onboarding activities to ensure a seamless and welcoming employee experience.
• Manage new hire paperwork, compliance documents, transition from recruitment to onboarding, and internal HR to-dos.
• Coordinate logistics with hiring managers, new hires, IT, and administrative staff through the first 90 days.
• Facilitate introductions, welcome messages, and visibility across the organization.
• Coordinate with hiring managers on workload, expectations, deliverables, and retention strategy for all hired talent.
• Gather feedback from new employees and managers to support ongoing process improvement.
• Build early relationships with new hires to understand their needs, provide support, and reinforce a culture of openness and trust.

People & Culture Initiatives (10%)

• Drive culture-building efforts aligned with organizational values and priorities.
• Support and advise the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility) Council and employee resource groups, and help integrate DEI principles into daily practices, communications, and employee experience.
• Maintain a culture of appreciation through newsletters, meetings, shoutouts, and recognition-driven programming.
• Partner with leadership to identify new retention strategies (e.g., recognition initiatives, learning opportunities, long-term career pathways).
• Hold regular HR check-ins and “stay” interviews with employees to proactively identify issues, surface concerns, and support engagement and wellbeing. 
• Maintain a productive and supportive offshore team by building communication structures, offering check-ins, and strengthening team cohesion.
• Support strategic employee engagement goals across hybrid teams.
• Conduct research and provide project support for special initiatives and organizational growth efforts led by the COO and CEO.

The ideal candidate has:

• 4-6 years of experience in Human Resources, People Operations, or related fields, including 2+ years in a manager-level role. 
• Preferably a mix of in-house experiences between large corporate and also smaller/mid-size entrepreneurial environments, high-growth and fast-paced cultures, and roles in which you advised LOB leaders and senior executives on bolstering the HR and talent functions to support new growth of the company (i.e., enhanced the levers around talent, PD, hiring, etc., during a growth spurt and strategic inflection point of a company, etc.).
• Strong understanding of HR best practices, compliance, talent acquisition, and employee engagement. 
• Experience with HRIS/ATS platforms; Lattice and BambooHR or similar experience strongly preferred. 
• Ability to multi-task, execute under tight deadlines, work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment, monitor and manage multiple priorities, and meet timelines on large projects from inception through completion
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills – have an ability to interface directly with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and pick up on nuances of team dynamics and interactions.
• Strong self-management skills and comfort in a dynamic work environment – display a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing work in a timely manner and demonstrating responsible behavior.
• Strong project management skills – highly organized, demonstrate attention to detail and strategic problem-solving, and have a proactive attitude and sense of urgency. 
• Collaboration and teamwork – comfortable working via email, phone, Zoom, and in-person with colleagues and clients to collaborate effectively with others.
• Curiosity and resourcefulness – comfortable in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment and can work calmly, independently, and effectively under deadlines.
• Work “Athlete” mindset – someone who is coachable, innovative, focused, adaptable, takes initiative, and has a “get things done” attitude

We are looking for a key addition to our talented, driven, and fun-loving team with the opportunity for upside and career growth. Landmark is a high-energy company where you’ll work with great people and be encouraged to grow professionally, take on new responsibilities, and become an increasingly large contributor.

About Landmark Ventures:

Landmark Ventures is the ultimate dealmaking platform. A leading investment bank, events platform, and corporate advisory firm, Landmark has worked with hundreds of the top public companies, investment funds, and growth-oriented private companies over the past 25 years. The firm specializes in deep market insights and extensive personal relationships across the enterprise software, cybersecurity, internet of things (IoT), industrial tech, artificial intelligence, sports, marketing tech, and digital media sectors. A significant portion of these involve cross-border deals and relationships across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Israel.

Landmark Ventures is committed to hiring a diverse team that provides important perspectives in our work and is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes all qualified applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, physical or mental ability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

About Our Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to Landmark.
• We are a remote company headquartered in NYC with a global team and a flexible working environment.
• Generous vacation and holidays, including all Federal holidays including the day after Thanksgiving. Additionally, team members get two days each year to volunteer, and receive an additional day of Paid Time Off for each anniversary up to five years.
• Comprehensive health insurance: team members pay $1 each month for full medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with a broad network through ADP.
• Steller team of co-workers, an engaged virtual culture, and a lot of Awesome Fun Times (AFTs) in-person and virtually (team outings, Wellness Wednesdays with special guests, virtual get-togethers, active Slack groups, and more).
• Meaningful work at an organization that focuses on your growth. Landmark offers professional development sessions, career conversations, external resources, and plenty of stretch opportunities to hone your skills.
• Learn from experts who have been in the organization for 10+ years and from always-innovative clients in an entrepreneurial environment.