Vice President, People

Vice President, PeopleAt Montera, we're building the future of digital infrastructure. Founder-led with $1.5B backed by Stonepeak, Montera is driven by a future-focused vision: to develop and operate hyperscale data centers essential for tomorrow's technology. Our mission is to deliver strategically located, hyperscale data centers designed for speed, reliability, and scalability.

Backed by decades of experience in design, construction, and operations, we don't just build—we execute with purpose.Montera is seeking an experienced and strategic Vice President, People to lead our People function during an exciting period of growth. Reporting directly to executive leadership, this individual will serve as the company's senior HR leader and trusted advisor, responsible for building the people strategies, programs, and infrastructure that enable our business to scale. The Vice President, People will lead all aspects of Human Resources, including talent acquisition, total rewards, learning and development, employee relations, organizational development, performance management, HR operations, and compliance.

This role is weighted toward enterprise strategy, executive counsel, and organizational design, while remaining close enough to execution to build what does not yet exist. The ideal candidate is a seasoned executive experienced builder who has built a People function from an early stage through rapid scale. Thrives in fast-paced, is comfortable operating with investor visibility, high-growth environments and pairs strategic judgment with the operational know-how to stay engaged in the day-to-day needs of a lean, fast-moving business.Human Resources LeadershipOwn the enterprise people strategy, translating Montera's growth plan and capital deployment roadmap into workforce, organizational, and leadership priorities.Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, and employee engagement.Build scalable HR programs, policies, and operating processes that support a growing organization.Lead the people workstream for new site launches, market entries, and acquisitions, including local labor strategy and organizational readiness for multi-site operations.Lead organizational effectiveness, change management, succession planning, and talent development initiatives.Establish HR metrics and people analytics to support data-driven business decisions.Talent AcquisitionOwn Montera's talent acquisition strategy including hiring priorities, workforce plans, sourcing model, and headcount governance, Partner with the Head of Talent Acquisition leading day-to-day execution develop workforce planning strategies that support business growth.Set the standards and metrics for hiring speed, quality of hire, and candidate experience, and hold the function accountable to them.Own Montera's employer brand positioning in the data center talent market and approve recruiting technology, agency, and vendor investments.Lead executive and site-leadership searches, including search firm selection, candidate assessment, and executive offer strategy.Learning & DevelopmentDesign leadership development, onboarding, succession planning, and career development programs.Build performance management frameworks that promote accountability, growth, and continuous feedback.Identify organizational capability gaps and implement development initiatives.Total Rewards & BenefitsLead Montera's total compensation strategy; compensation philosophy, job architecture and leveling, salary structures, incentive design, and long-term incentive planning and bring recommendations to executive leadership.Oversee compensation, benefits, wellness programs, and leave administration.Partner with Finance and external vendors on compensation model planning, merit and bonus cycles, job architecture, and total rewards spend, and manage salary benchmarking, survey, and consulting relationships.Ensure pay competitiveness across the specialized data center labor markets Montera hires in, including site operations, engineering, and construction roles.Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, including pay transparency and pay equity requirements.Employee Experience & CultureDefine and steward Montera's culture as the company scales, ensuring the values hold consistently across a remote-first corporate team and 24/7 site operations.Own the employee experience and retention strategy, using engagement and attrition data to diagnose organizational health and drive targeted action with business leaders.Oversee employee relations and workplace investigations, advising executives on sensitive matters and managing organizational and reputational risk in partnership with legal counsel.Coach executives and people managers on leadership effectiveness, difficult conversations, and team performance.HR Operations & ComplianceOversee HR systems, reporting, and people operations.Develop scalable HR governance, policies, and employee lifecycle processes.Ensure compliance while driving operational excellence.