Director of People & Culture

Burro is the leading robotics company in the world by number of robots working outdoors in the field with real customers. Our mission is to free people from tedious work and solve the critical labor shortages faced by farmers and others that work outdoors. 

To accomplish our mission, we need a world-class, diverse team where everyone feels comfortable sharing their ideas. With this in mind, we strive to create a work environment where every employee can be themselves and express their perspective – this enables us to deliver the most creative and innovative solutions to problems our customers face. 

Headquartered in Philadelphia with an office in central California, and backed by top Agtech and autonomy investors, including S2G, Catalyst Investors, Translink Capital, Cibus, FPrime, Toyota Ventures, FFVC, Xplorer, and Radicle, Burro was created to solve the labor shortages facing farmers using robotics. 

Burros can be described as Disney's Wall-E for agriculture and work outdoors, in a 1.0 format.  They function, today, as computer vision based autonomous ground vehicles for carrying, towing, and scouting, and are designed to lay the base for the fully autonomous future of work outdoors.  We have a growing triple digit fleet deployed in paid commercial use within vineyards, nurseries, berries, and beyond, and demand for our product is accelerating, so we are growing our team.  

About you: You are passionate about mobile robots and defining process and culture as the organization scales rapidly. Reporting to the CFO, you will work on-site with a highly-functioning organization defining the autonomy space outdoors.

• Own and scale the core People & Culture function, including onboarding, offboarding, performance management, and employee engagement
• Hire and manage growing teams responsible for the team member experience throughout the team member lifecycle
• Drive initiatives that define and enhance Burro’s company culture, employee experience, and internal communications
• Lead People & Culture reporting and metrics; define and track OKR’s and KPI’s related to headcount, engagement, retention, and diversity, equity, and inclusion 
• Manage all company HR systems and optimize  and maintain all people technology systems and tools. Identify opportunities to increase efficiency, automation and data flow. 
• Provide strategy and oversight of the administration of our compensation philosophy, benefits, and HRIS system
• Partner with the leadership team on employee relations, manager development and training, and People & Culture planning
• Represent Burro  at recruiting events, conferences and trade shows, and other networking opportunities with the objective of finding and attracting top talent
• Collaborate on talent development programs, including learning and development and career progression frameworks
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal labor laws, and global employment standards where applicable 
• Oversee the resolution to team member questions in a proactive and sensitive manner
• Serve as office manager for the Philadelphia and California offices

• Bachelor’s Degree 
• 5+ years of progressive experience in People / HR / People and Culture, including 2+ years experience managing and leading a People team
• Knowledge of HR best practices, labor laws, and compliance requirements (US and ideally international).
• Experience with scaling HR systems and implementing processes for automation
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to partner cross-functionally at all levels.
• Passion for building equitable, inclusive, and scalable people processes.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package (medical/dental/vision)
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Early-stage equity
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave

RECRUITERS: We are not accepting agency resumes for this position. Please do not forward or submit resumes through our website or to any of our employees directly. Burro is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.