Head of People

Montréal 🇨🇦 (CAD 170,000 to CAD 200,000) + stock options 💰 8+ years experience 🧪

or Paris 🇫🇷 (EUR 80,000 to EUR 100,000) + stock options 💰 8+ years experience 🧪

About Zeffy

🌬 At Zeffy, we believe nonprofits need access to the best technology to have more impact, but most of them don’t have any budget left for technology. That’s why we have developed a powerful fundraising platform and made it entirely free! Our mission is to empower all nonprofits to solve the world’s biggest problems.

🚀 With 50,000+ nonprofits using Zeffy, we are at an exciting stage of our journey. We have helped nonprofits raise $1 billion, and with 200% year-over-year growth, we aim to support more than 300,000 nonprofits by the end of 2026.

🌱 Zeffy is a B-Corp company with a dedicated team and ambitious goals. We’re here to make a difference, driven by the will to create a better world.

Head of people, guardian of the culture

Our mission is ambitious, and we know we won’t achieve it without an exceptional team.

How did we create this exceptional team:

• We have an extremely selective hiring process, to assess both hard skills and a clear alignment with our values
• We empower talent: we pay above the market, and care deeply about our team evolution. As a result we have had almost no turnover in the last 5 years
• Team efficiency: we make sure we recruit only when we have a clear need. We are only 40 where at our revenue stage most companies are 100 or more.

As we scale, we're hiring a Head of People to help us maintain exceptional talent density and scale our values and culture alongside the team.

About the role:

As our first People leader, you are accountable for acquisition, development and retention of exceptional talent.

More precisely, you will:

• Manage our Operation Manager (in charge of payroll / insurance / events etc…) and be the person accountable of more complex admin matters.
• Manage the talent team (two recruiters) and empower them, stepping in when needed to help optimize and improve processes.
• Lead our evaluation and HR processes, from annual reviews to monthly 1-1.
• Train managers and support them in their challenges.

What you won’t be doing:

• Replacing Managers HR responsibilities. We believe that most topics should be discussed directly between managers and managees, but we count on you to coach Managers.

Preferred experience (qualifications)

We are looking for someone with 8+ years of experience building People’s operations, with experience in a fast-growing startups. More specifically:

• You’ve managed a team before and know how to support and grow individuals.
• You have experience with performance management processes.
• You’ve been involved in recruitment, either as a hiring manager or as a recruiter.
• Nice to have: an experience with French employment law or complex HR admin topics would be especially helpful since our team is split between Paris (15+ employees) and Montreal (20+ employees).

💡 Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't check every box. If this applies to you and you are interested in the position, we'd love to hear from you!

Working at Zeffy will feel like home if 🌱

Needless to say it starts with being excited by our goal : empowering millions of nonprofits to change the world. It’ll feel even more natural if our core values resonate with who you are:

• Millions to help: You are driven and ambitious. As we want to triple again this year, we value fast execution, efficiency and initiative.
• Be there for each other: You collaborate with kindness and you understand the importance of giving and receiving the feedback openly.
• You keep it simple: You know that the best solutions are often the simplest ones, and you always challenge yourself before adding processes and complexity.

Why join us at Zeffy? 💜

• Be part of a purpose-driven company: We are profitable and growing fast, with a sustainable model that supports nonprofits.
• Experience real impact: With 200% year-over-year growth, we’ve helped nonprofits raise $1 billion**,** and we’re just getting started!
• Work in a collaborative environment: Join an ambitious, passionate team, on a mission to create meaningful change.

What’s in it for you

• 🏖️ Paris: 5 weeks holiday + RTT per calendar year, 
  Montréal: 4 weeks holiday + 1 week during Christmas time 
• 💰 Competitive stock option program
• 🏥 Health insurance
• 🧘 Wellness Allowance
• 🤝 Team volunteering four times per year
• 🏢 Offices located in the heart of Paris 11ème or in le Plateau (Montréal), with the possibility of flexible, hybrid work
• 🌍 Offsite summit once a year with the entire team
• ✨ Work with individuals driven to make a profound and positive impact on the world!

Recruitment Process

• Call with Recruiter (30min)
• Meeting with Hiring Manager (1.5h)
• Paid Case Study (4h async)
• Cultural interview with leadership (1h)
• Reference check
• Job offer