Head of People Technology
Menlo Park · Menlo Park - · 10+ years experience · Posted Oct 7, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Location
- Menlo Park · Menlo Park -
About Moloco
- Moloco is an AI-native performance advertising company, bringing the power of AI advertising to the open internet. Founded in 2013 by machine learning engineers who had built AI advertising systems inside the world's largest technology companies, Moloco began from a shared mission: to build that same engine for the open internet.
- Today, Moloco is one company with two businesses, built on the same compound AI system. Moloco Ads is our AI-native performance advertising platform, helping mobile app marketers acquire, retain, and re-engage high-value users across the open internet. Moloco Commerce Media is our AI-native retail media platform, enabling retailers and marketplaces to turn their platforms into thriving ad businesses. Both are powered by CARA (Compound Ad Recommendation Architecture), the AI system behind every Moloco product.
- At Moloco, we bring together those who've already solved hard problems and those with the drive to. Here, we work on some of the complex problems in AI advertising, at a scale and level of sophistication very few companies can offer. Come build what's next.
- The Impact You’ll Be Contributing to Moloco:
- Technology is redefining how organizations attract, support, and develop talent. As the Head of People Technology, you will shape the technology strategy that powers our People organization, ensuring our systems, AI capabilities, and digital experiences enable the business to scale while delivering an exceptional employee experience.
- Reporting to the Senior Director of People Enablement, you will lead the People Technology function and define the long-term vision for our AI-first People Technology ecosystem. You will oversee the strategy, governance, and evolution of our technology stack while identifying opportunities to simplify work, leverage AI and automation, and build intuitive employee experiences.
About the role
- As the Head of People Technology, you will shape the technology strategy that powers our People organization, ensuring systems, AI capabilities, and digital experiences enable business scale.
- You will lead the People Technology function, define the long-term vision for an AI-first People Technology ecosystem, and oversee strategy, governance, and technology stack evolution.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute a multi-year People Technology strategy aligned with business priorities and workforce needs.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and AI capabilities to continuously modernize the People Technology ecosystem.
- Lead technology architecture decisions, ensuring solutions are modular, scalable, secure, and built to evolve.
- Make thoughtful build vs. buy decisions that maximize business value, speed, and long-term maintainability.
- Design and build AI-powered products and experiences that simplify work for employees, managers, candidates, and the People Team.
- Rapidly prototype, iterate, and ship solutions using AI, APIs, and scripting platforms.
- Design and own People data architecture, including data models, integrations, governance, and data pipelines.
- Establish a disciplined operating model through structured intake, prioritization, sprint planning, and release management.
- Own strategic vendor relationships, contracts, product roadmaps, and technology investments.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing People Technology team.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience leading People Technology or in Engineering designing systems at scale
- Proven success building and developing high-performing technical teams
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing multi-year technology strategies that support business growth
- Deep expertise with enterprise People technology & ecosystems
- Experience leading complex technology implementations, platform optimization initiatives, and organizational change
- Strong understanding of HR systems integrations, access controls, reporting, and data integrity practices
- Experience supporting compliance, audit, SOX, requirements within HR systems
- Demonstrated ability to build partnerships & influence at all levels of the organization
- Experience managing enterprise technology vendors and strategic technology investments (experience making build vs buy decisions)
- Strong understanding of People processes, employee lifecycle operations, and the role technology plays in enabling exceptional employee experiences
Preferred qualifications
- Leadership presence with strong collaboration skills; able to articulate a clear problem statement & recommendation and secure buy-in and support from key stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategic vision into measurable business outcomes
- Demonstrated project management and change management skills, familiarity with project management tools / methodologies and a track record of success in bringing highly complex, cross-functional projects to completion
- Experience in a scaling growth start up
- Can build custom systems (not just SaaS configuration)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Well-being benefits and perks
- Up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year
- One Thrive Day off per quarter
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- Bonus and equity awards
Skills
- AI
- APIs
- Scripting Platforms
- HR Systems Integrations
- Data Models
- Data Pipelines
