People Lead

Full-time • Remote (Ontario or British Columbia, Canada)

Company overview 

At Poparide, we want to create a world where resources are shared to help preserve our planet in generations to come. We’ve built a city-to-city carpooling platform that helps fill empty seats in cars and makes travel more social, affordable and sustainable for everyone.

We’re looking for a People Lead who cares deeply about creating great places to work. You’ll help intentionally build and sustain a strong, values-driven culture, taking ownership of the employee experience end-to-end. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in lean teams and brings energy, structure, and heart to how people join, grow, and succeed at Poparide.

You’ll join a small but mighty team of 22 people at a key moment. We’re profitable, intentional about staying lean, and proud of our “small but mighty” approach. This role exists to proactively strengthen culture, engagement, and people operations to build a workplace where people feel connected, supported, and proud to contribute over the long term.

You have…

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a People & Culture Generalist or HRBP. 
• Proven experience supporting senior leaders in a  startup or lean, resource-constrained environments (fully-remote environment, an asset). 
• Strong knowledge of Canadian employment legislation and work culture. 
• Experience with organizational design, change management, and talent development.
• A proactive, innovative, entrepreneurial mindset.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and building structure where little exists.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A genuine interest in social impact, sustainability, and mission-driven work.
• A passion for creating best-in-class employee experiences. 

Bonus points for having

• Experience supporting geographically distributed teams and an understanding of labour law outside of Canada. 
• Knowledge of French. 
• Have your CHRP/CPHR or equivalent designation

What you will be doing

• People Strategy: Partner with leadership to build and drive a scalable people strategy aligned with Poparide’s mission, values, goals, and remote-first culture.
• Talent & Growth: Own how people join and grow at Poparide; leading inclusive hiring, performance, development, and career frameworks that connect individual goals to company priorities.
• Learning & Leadership: Build learning, leadership, and manager development programs that encourage continuous growth and improvement. 
• Compensation & Rewards: Design and lead a fair, competitive, and transparent total rewards approach across compensation, benefits, incentives, and recognition.
• Engagement & Culture: Champion engagement and act as the steward and driver of culture through rituals, events, offsites, co-working, committees, and feedback loops that bring our values to life and make Poparide a fun, meaningful place to work.
• People Operations & Compliance: Own people operations, policies, and compliance across jurisdictions, staying ahead of best practices as we scale.
• People Insights: Develop and measure against People KPIs, tracking and translating engagement and people data into clear priorities and actions. 
• Employee Support: Be a trusted, approachable partner to the team; supporting conflict resolution, employee wellbeing and psychological safety.

Compensation & location

• Full-time, remote role (Ontario or British Columbia, Canada)
• Base salary starting at CAD $100,000, plus profit-sharing 
• Equity through the Employee Stock Options Plan (ESOP)
• 20 paid holiday days per year and another 10 paid statutory days off per year

Why join Poparide?

You’ll join a mission-driven company at a pivotal moment. Your work will directly impact the future of how Canadians travel, and you’ll help build something meaningful, sustainable and community-driven.

We work smart, stay humble and support each other to do our best. We’re a close-knit team that values transparency, curiosity and collaboration, and we’re excited to bring on an People Leader with product instincts who thrives in fast-paced, hands-on environments.

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