Kontakt.io · 18 hours ago
VP Talent
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/ExecutiveKontakt.io is building a platform that enhances clinical workflows in healthcare. They are seeking a VP Talent to establish a scalable talent operating system and ensure high-quality hiring and performance management across the organization.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Indoor PositioningInternet of ThingsLocation Based Services
Responsibilities
Hiring systems that consistently surface and close A-players
Clear definitions of “great” for every critical role in the company
Leveling, compensation, and promotion frameworks tied to real outcomes
Performance management with measurable expectations and consequences
Org design and headcount planning aligned with revenue, margin, and speed
Leadership bench strength, coaching cadence, and calibration
Culture enforcement through hiring decisions, promotions, and decisive exits
Build a world-class GTM and R&D hiring engine
Define “great” for every core GTM and Engineering role in the Kontakt.io context
Reduce time-to-hire to ≤60 days while increasing hiring quality
Achieve ≥90% hiring accuracy (new hires meet or exceed expectations at 3 and 6 months)
Eliminate prolonged vacancies in critical roles
Install scalable leveling, compensation, and performance systems
Implement simple, clear leveling across GTM, Engineering, Product, and Ops
Relaunch performance management so every employee has measurable outcomes within 90 days
Reduce comp and promotion inconsistencies by ≥80%
Design an org that scales with speed and clarity
Provide the exec team 12–18 months of headcount and org visibility
Ensure clean ownership boundaries across GTM and Engineering
Surface structural risks and single points of failure early
Reinforce high-performance culture at scale
Ensure hiring and promotion decisions consistently reflect Kontakt.io virtues
Maintain ≥90% annual retention of critical talent
Keep the company lean, direct, and ownership-driven as headcount scales
Strengthen the leadership bench
Ensure all Managers, Directors, and VPs operate with clear expectations and accountability
Run tight calibration cycles that close leadership gaps in weeks, not quarters
Upgrade or exit leaders who do not scale — decisively and respectfully
Qualification
Required
Master of human judgment
Ability to see the truth about people, often before others are ready to admit it
View hiring as a high-stakes decision engine
Allergic to interview theater, rehearsed narratives, and surface-level excellence
Look for motivation, judgment, and failure modes
Do not delegate assessment
Ability to protect the company from tempting but flawed candidates or leaders
Willingness to slow things down, kill a 'strong' hire, or confront a leadership issue early
Leadership grounded in real scar tissue from growth-stage companies
Build culture through hiring, promotions, and exits
Architect and operate full talent lifecycle across GTM, R&D, Product, and Operations
Define 'great' for every critical role in the company
Implement leveling, compensation, and promotion frameworks tied to real outcomes
Manage performance with measurable expectations and consequences
Align org design and headcount planning with revenue, margin, and speed
Ensure leadership bench strength, coaching cadence, and calibration
Enforce culture through hiring decisions, promotions, and exits
Run talent like a growth engine: quality, throughput, and leverage
High bar and low tolerance for politics or hand-waving
Experience scaling both GTM and deep engineering organizations
Experience in the messy middle (≈100 → 500+ employees)
Backbone to challenge the CEO and exec team early, with evidence
Trusted because right, not because agreeable
Company
Kontakt.io
Kontakt.io is an AI-powered RTLS platform that tracks indoor movements, improving efficiency in healthcare.
Founded in 2013
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$68.77MKey Investors
Goldman Sachs Asset ManagementEuropean Investment BankCredo Ventures
2024-04-16Series C· $47.5M
2022-06-01Debt Financing· $13M
2018-05-17Series Unknown· $0.52M
Leadership Team
Philipp von Gilsa
CEO & Founder
Łukasz Szelejewski
CTO
Recent News
HospitalManagement.net
2026-01-09
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