Chief People Officer (CPO)

Location: Remote / Hybrid (Florida preferred)

Type: Full-Time

Min. Experience: Mid-Level

 ArcQubit

ArcQubit is a software company making quantum readiness accessible. Our AI-native platform, QuantumDrift, helps teams of any skill level assess cryptographic risk, plan PQC migration, and scale toward quantum adoption. We're removing the barriers of cost and complexity so every organization can understand their quantum exposure and build a path forward. Visit arcqubit.io/careers to learn more.

Role Summary

As our CPO, your primary metric of success won't just be headcount or retention rates—it will be the psychological safety, growth, and belonging of every individual at ArcQubit. You will be a strategic partner to the CEO, ensuring that as we scale our technology, we never lose our soul.

 

Key Responsibilities

Hiring and Onboarding

  • Move candidates smoothly through interview stages and coordinate scheduling

  • Execute onboarding logistics to ensure every new hire's first day is a standout experience

  • Maintain hiring documentation and ensure seamless handoffs from offer acceptance to day one

Data and Records

  • Serve as the single source of truth for employee information

  • Keep the HRIS updated, accurate, and audit-ready

  • Track milestones like birthdays, anniversaries, and key dates

  • Ensure payroll data is 100% accurate before every cycle

Compliance and Safety

  • Protect the company from legal and regulatory risk

  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws

  • Manage leaves of absence, accommodations, and required documentation

  • Keep workplace posters, policies, and employee handbooks current

Benefits and Systems

  • Make sure the perks of working at ArcQubit actually work

  • Answer employee questions about health insurance, 401(k), and other benefits

  • Coordinate with benefits providers and troubleshoot issues

  • Support administration of tech stipends and other employee programs

Culture and Feedback

  • Serve as the CPO's eyes and ears on the ground

  • Run employee surveys and synthesize feedback into actionable insights

  • Nudge managers to complete performance reviews on schedule

  • Help organize team events, recognition programs, and culture initiatives

 

Required Qualifications

  • 3 to 5 years of experience in HR operations, people operations, or HR generalist roles

  • Strong knowledge of HRIS platforms and HR administration

  • Familiarity with employment law, compliance requirements, and benefits administration

  • Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and professionalism

  • Comfort working independently in a fast-paced, early-stage environment

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in technology startups or high-growth companies

  • PHR, SHRM-CP, or equivalent certification

  • Experience with payroll systems and benefits platforms

  • Background supporting remote or distributed teams

  • Familiarity with building HR processes and documentation from scratch

What Success Looks Like

  • New hires rave about their onboarding experience

  • Employee data is accurate, organized, and always audit-ready

  • Compliance requirements are met proactively, not reactively

  • Employees get fast, helpful answers to benefits and HR questions

  • Leadership has visibility into team sentiment and engagement trends

Compensation and Benefits

This position may or may not qualify for all compensation benefits. Benefits dependent on location of the candidate.

  • Medical insurance (PPO, HMO, and HDHP options available)

  • Employer contribution toward premiums

  • Dental and vision coverage

  • Basic Life and AD&D insurance

  • HSA eligible plans

  • 401(k) with 1% company match

  • Financial wellness resources

  • PTO, holidays, plus floating holiday

  • Career progression framework with five defined levels

  • Opportunity to shape a category-defining platform in an emerging market

Culture at ArcQubit

We're building technology that makes AI and quantum computing accessible to organizations traditionally locked out of this space. That mission shapes how we work together.

Contributions over hours. We measure impact by what you deliver, not how long you sit at a desk. We trust you to manage your time and energy in ways that let you do your best work.

People come first. Great technology comes from people who feel valued, supported, and trusted. We're committed to creating an environment where you can thrive professionally and personally.

We're defining who we are together. As an early-stage company preparing to exit stealth, we're actively shaping our core values and principles. The team members who join now will help establish the culture we carry forward. What guides us today: showing up authentically, acting with integrity, treating each other with respect, taking ownership of our responsibilities, and staying inspired by the problems we're solving.

Mission-driven work. We believe AI and quantum computing shouldn't be reserved for organizations with massive budgets and specialized teams. If you're motivated by expanding access to transformative technology, you'll find purpose here.

Why ArcQubit

We're at the front edge of a generational technology shift. Quantum computing will reshape security, optimization, and AI. Most organizations aren't ready, and the tools to get them there don't exist yet.

We're building those tools.

At ArcQubit, you'll work with a team that values clarity over hype, outcomes over buzzwords, and access over gatekeeping. If you want to help organizations navigate one of the most significant technology transitions of the next decade, we'd like to meet you.