Nominal powers mission-critical engineering with advanced data infrastructure, real-time observability, and analysis tools — all in one collaborative platform. Backed by General Catalyst, Lightspeed and Sequoia.
About the role
Nominal is scaling the teams that bring our platform to market: Commercial Sales, Government BD, Mission (FDEs), Solutions Architects, Customer Success, RevOps, and Enablement. How we hire, develop, and organize those teams over the coming years will have a direct impact on the pace and health of our growth and team. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 6+ years in People Business Partner or HR roles, including 3+ years supporting sales or go-to-market teams at a high-growth B2B technology company
- Experience scaling through hypergrowth: You've supported an org that doubled or more (ideally Series B-E), and you've built the structure and programs that kept it healthy
- Deep understanding of sales organizations: You know how quotas, ramp, territories, and comp plans affect seller performance and morale
- Strong employee relations judgment: You handle complex, sensitive situations calmly and ideally know California employment law well
- A data-driven approach: You use people data to diagnose problems and make recommendations leaders act on
- Influence and directness: You earn trust with senior leaders, tell them what they need to hear, and drive work through people who don't report to you
More about this role
Engineers today are building some of the most ambitious machines humanity has ever seen. They should have AI that’s purpose-built for them.
Nominal is building the Hardware Intelligence Platform that gives engineers increased visibility into complex physical systems, helps them make better decisions, and ultimately gets their products into the real world faster. It brings together the systems, data, intelligence, and applications hardware engineering requires to meet the AI moment. Hardware engineering teams use Nominal to simulate, test, manufacture, and operate the physical systems that keep the world moving, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation energy systems and robotics.
Our customers span aerospace, defense, manufacturing, transportation, energy, and robotics. They include Anduril, Shield AI, Wisk Aero, Pratt Miller Motorsports, Antares, and Shinkei Systems, amongst others, alongside programs within the U.S. Air Force and Navy. Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, Tesla, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence. We're a...
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