VP People

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Refined Float's Mission and Culture
Float aims to simplify finance for Canadian businesses, empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. As one of Canada's fastest-growing companies and top-rated startups in 2024 and 2023, Float is customer-obsessed, passionate, and entrepreneurial. Our team includes leaders from Uber, Shopify, Top Hat, TouchBistro, and Ada.
At Float, everyone is an owner, bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. We value feedback and maintain a culture of open communication and decentralized decision-making, fostering ownership and continuous improvement.
Our Product
Float is Canada's complete business finance platform, combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend, save, and grow. Trusted by 4,000 Canadian companies, Float offers high-limit corporate cards, automated expense management, next-day bill payments, high-yield accounts, and fast, friendly support-all built in Canada for Canada. We are backed by world-class investors, including Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures, following our $70 million Series B raise.
About the VP People Role
We seek an outstanding VP of People to guide us through a critical period of growth. As a key partner to the executive team and a steward of our culture, you will own all people-related programs and systems, from performance management to organizational design and operational infrastructure.
This high-impact, high-trust leadership role requires a hands-on, growth-oriented leader who can drive change, enable velocity, and elevate organizational performance to world-class standards. You will build a high-performing, values-driven organization with relentless accountability, attracting and retaining top talent globally.
The ideal candidate combines sharp business acumen with decisive action, capable of restructuring teams, implementing new frameworks, and delivering candid feedback with clarity and conviction. If you are motivated by impact, ambition, and shaping a fast-scaling company's future, Float is the place for you.
Key Responsibilities
Organizational Velocity & Agility:
Partner with the CEO and leadership to drive organizational velocity, adaptability, and agility as we scale toward our mission.
Performance Management:
Build systems of accountability that foster world-class performance, clear expectations, and a culture of continuous improvement.
Talent Development:
Create scalable frameworks to develop top-tier individual contributors and leaders, ensuring a strong internal leadership pipeline.
People & Workplace Strategy:
Define and execute strategies to attract top talent, support evolving business needs, and foster high-performance environments.
HR Excellence & Business Partnership:
Oversee HR programs across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, total rewards, benefits, performance management, and talent reporting.
Candidate Profile
Strong Business Acumen:
Background in management consulting, finance, or related fields with strategic insight and organizational understanding.
Business Owner Mentality:
Focused on achieving organizational goals over functional responsibilities.
Change Embracement:
Resilient, proactive in improvement, and adaptable to change.
Leadership & Impact:
Capable of driving organizational change and operational velocity.
Systems Thinking:
Focused on structures, processes, and interdependencies.
Truth-Seeking & Speaking:
Proactive in surfacing insights and holding teams accountable.
Role Fit and Exclusions
This role is not suitable for those who require close oversight, are uncomfortable with ambiguity, or do not prioritize growth and ownership. We encourage candidates who are excited about the role and align with our values, even if they do not meet every requirement.
Benefits & Perks
Flexible time off
Catered lunches on Tuesdays & Wednesdays
Personal Float card with quarterly stipend and home office allowance
Autonomy to make an impact
Work with a world-class team
Dog-friendly office
We are committed to an inclusive workplace. If you need accommodations during hiring or employment, please reach out to Vic, and we will support you.
Required Experience
Executive-level experience with key skills in Business Development, Eclipse, Economics, Accounting, Risk Management, and Brokerage. Full-time position with 1 vacancy.
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