Violet Gray

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Head of People, Lantern Cloud - policy · employee relations · HR operations

Lantern Cloud
Raleigh, NC · ET (UTC-5)
12+ years experience
Wharton
English
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Overview

Currently at Lantern Cloud, where I lead people operations with a team of 30. Hired 144 engineers in a year with a 71% offer-accept rate. Cut time-to-hire from 61 days to 34. Before that: PwC and Accenture. I write short fiction no one reads.

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  • Candidates for the role I'm hiring for
  • Second opinions on employee relations decisions
  • Questions about people operations
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Skills
compensationemployee relationspolicyHR operations
HiringHiring for a role
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Hiring a founding people partner for the people ops team - Raleigh

Role
Founding people partner
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
$189k-$247k + equity
Team
People ops, 13 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
Has hired for technical roles before Builds trust with candidates quickly Good judgment about what not to build
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp $158k-$227k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Raleigh, NCpolicyemployee relationshr operations
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Experience

  1. Head of People
    Mar 2025 - Present
    Lantern Cloud · 1 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Raleigh, NC
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 4338 people.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 55 days to 32.
    • Ran manager training for 385 first-time leads.
  2. Talent Acquisition Lead
    Aug 2022 - Mar 2025
    PwC · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Raleigh, NC
    • Ran manager training for 383 first-time leads.
    • Cut time-to-hire from 50 days to 35.
  3. Senior Technical Recruiter
    Feb 2019 - Aug 2022
    Accenture · 3 yr 6 mo · Contract · Raleigh, NC
    • Ran manager training for 352 first-time leads.
  4. People Operations Manager
    Feb 2017 - Feb 2019
    Pfizer · 2 yr · Full-time · Raleigh, NC
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1484 people.
    • Ran manager training for 268 first-time leads.
  5. Recruiter
    Aug 2014 - Feb 2017
    Accenture · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Raleigh, NC
    • Cut time-to-hire from 50 days to 33.
    • Built the leveling and comp framework for 1721 people.

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Education

  1. Wharton
    MBA, Business Administration
    2015 - 2017
  2. Princeton University
    AB, Human Resources
    2007 - 2011

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