VP - Performance, Coaching, & Talent Development

VP - Performance, Coaching, & Talent Development– Equity Partner –Location: RemoteJurisdiction: Global (US, Canada)Minimum Commitment: 20 hours per weekDepartment: People & CultureReports To: Chief People & Culture Officer (CPCO)What You Put In Is What You Get OutThis isn’t a job. It’s a stake. A rare opportunity to co-create a company — and a culture — from scratch.Minimum commitment: 20 hours/week.Compensation:No upfront cashEquity (shares) + future token-based rewards (pending legal clearance)Salary unlocked by revenue milestonesRemote-first, async-native, autonomy-rich teamLet’s Be Absolutely ClearWe’re not building traditional HR. We’re building a creative leadership engine — where coaching is infrastructure and culture is a scalable system.You’ll be a coach, strategist, builder, and multiplier — helping equity partners evolve as leaders, collaborators, and value creators. This is for someone who can architect systems, grow talent, and roll up their sleeves when it’s time to build.OverviewWe’re recruiting a VP - Performance, Coaching, & Talent Development to design and operationalize the people architecture that powers Anime Universe. You’ll drive our approach to values-based leadership, contributor growth, succession planning, and high-potential acceleration. You’ll also coach founders, creatives, and emerging leaders — supporting their evolution through deep partnership and thoughtful design.You’ll report to the Chief People & Culture Officer, serving as a strategic and hands-on leader across teams, subsidiaries, and time zones.What You’ll OwnCulture, Leadership & CoachingCodify and activate AU’s Cultural OS (Fun+, Honor+, Ownership+, Respect+) as lived behaviorsCoach founders, leaders, and high-potential contributors — 1:1 and in small groupsFacilitate leadership retros, async feedback cycles, and personal growth conversationsLead rituals, storytelling, and cultural activations that scale values across a distributed teamTalent Development & Succession GrowthDesign contributor-to-cofounder progression systems with equity milestonesImplement development planning, HiPo acceleration, and company-wide succession mappingBuild leveling systems, performance reflection rituals, and role evolution frameworksEnsure that talent growth is deeply connected to AU’s mission, strategy, and ownership modelTeam Context & CollaborationYou’ll work within a global network of executives, leaders, peers, and equity partners — including but not limited to scribes, creative leads, product architects, and HR collaborators across Anime Universe’s ecosystem. You’ll also lead and build a team as the scope and complexity of the role scales.This is not a purely strategic or advisory role — it’s for a doer. Someone who’s ready to roll up their sleeves, coach directly, prototype fast, and implement with precision.Designing for ScaleYou’ll design leadership and culture systems that scale from 10 to 100 to 1,000+ contributors — across time zones, subsidiaries, and creative disciplines — without diluting our values, fracturing trust, or losing the sense of shared ownership that defines Anime Universe.What We’re Looking ForExperience & Expertise10+ years in leadership development, executive coaching, or organizational designDemonstrated success in building and operationalizing succession planning, talent growth, and HiPo programsExperience supporting founders, creatives, and execs in fast-paced, high-growth, or mission-driven organizationsProven ability to build and scale values-driven cultures in async-first, globally distributed environmentsStrong grasp of career architecture, behavioral design, and high-performance team dynamicsCoaching & Facilitation MasterySkilled in 1:1 coaching, group facilitation, and leadership development across experience levelsConfident leading reflective conversations, difficult dialogues, and trust-building sessionsAble to flex between coaching, advising, mentoring, and facilitating based on contextCommitted to coaching as a long-term investment in people and performanceSystem Design & Strategic ThinkingFluency in designing scalable people systems — from growth frameworks to performance ritualsStrong strategic lens on how leadership, culture, and capability connect to AU’s mission, product, and visionAdept at turning abstract ideas (like “respect” or “ownership”) into concrete, trackable behaviorsComfortable working cross-functionally and influencing across diverse stakeholder groupsMindset & Values FitEmotionally intelligent, deeply empathetic, and mission-alignedAutonomous, async-native, and energized by high-agency collaborationBuilder’s mindset — curious, experimental, iterative, and resilientDeep resonance with Anime Universe’s creative world: anime, storytelling, IP, gaming, worldbuildingBonus: experience in equity/token-based orgs, creative-led teams, or hybrid creative/technical environmentsCompensationEquity (Shares): Founding partner-levelToken Rewards: Pending legal readinessSalary: Unlocks via future revenue milestonesRemote-First: Async-native, globally distributed, autonomy-first teamOur PromiseWe don’t just grow leaders — we build the frameworks that make leadership inevitable.We don’t just protect culture — we scale it as our greatest asset.We don’t just design for today — we build the human infrastructure of tomorrow’s creative universe.If you’re ready to coach the future, design with heart, and build a people-first platform that powers a global movement — this is your place.