About this role
People & Finance Lead$80,000 - $140,000 + 0.02% - 0.12%
Somerville, MA
About GlimpseThe last decade has been incredibly exciting for electric mobility. However, the electrification of the transportation industry has scaled while relying on an insufficient set of quality control tools. This has led to uncomfortably high rates of battery pack failure and multi-billion-dollar safety recalls. In our view, every headline of electric vehicles and e-bikes catching fire is a major impediment towards an all-electric future.
After having spent a few years in the trenches of battery and electric vehicle factories at Tesla and Toyota, Glimpse’s cofounders set out to build a technology to enable battery quality at scale. In 2024, Glimpse launched the Glimpse Portal, the first scalable X-ray-powered quality management platform for battery cells.
After quadrupling revenue in 2025, Glimpse is now expanding into new hardware industries that rely too heavily on an outdated X-ray scanning technology stack to control the quality of their parts. Today, Glimpse serves over 90 customers, including some of the world’s largest battery companies and OEMs, such as NASA, Anker, Lucid Motors, the Navy, and several hyperscalers.
RoleAs Glimpse grows its team and expands into new industries, our finance and people functions are getting more complex: more hires to make and onboard, a growing multi-state employee and commercial footprint, benefits to manage, and books that need to stay clean while we move quickly. We're looking for a driven operator to own these functions - someone who starts as an individual contributor, with a clear path to build and lead a team as these functions scale.
You will be Glimpse's first dedicated HR & finance hire, reporting directly to the CEO. You'll own these functions end to end, with tooling and partners already in place: accounting and finance operations (working with our outside accounting firm), payroll through Rippling, sales tax and compliance, full-cycle recruiting, onboarding and offboarding, benefits selection, and performance management across teams. No team above you, no one to hand things off to.
You don't need to be an expert in both finance and people - we're looking for someone strong in one who's genuinely excited to grow into the other. If that sounds exciting, we would love to talk.
Our culture and valuesA working draft of our culture and values aspirations can be found here.
You’re fired up by:Making batteries and other critical hardware products safer, more affordable, and less wasteful.
Relentlessly getting things done and taking ownership for and pride in your work.
Helping drive performance across various teams (engineering, sales, operations, etc).
Finding and bringing in more rockstars to grow the Glimpse team.
Running a smooth accounting and finance operation.
You have:If you don’t meet 100% of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply!
You might come from a chief-of-staff, operations-generalist, consulting, bookkeeping, or accounting-firm background - what matters is range and drive, not a specific title.
Experience owning finance and/or HR operations, ideally at a small or fast-growing company
Experience managing external vendors and outsourced firms
Strong ability to manage multiple workstreams with differing timelines
Excellent time management and prioritization
High attention to detail
5+ years of professional work experience
US work authorization
Nice-to-have:CPA or a bookkeeping/accounting background
SHRM-CP, PHR, or a similar HR certification
Familiarity with accounting software (QuickBooks or comparable)
Experience with a payroll/HRIS platform (Rippling or comparable)
Experience managing multi-state sales tax and nexus
Full-cycle recruiting experience
Prior experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup
LocationWe are headquartered at Greentown Labs in Somerville, MA. Given the hands-on nature of this role, we have a strong preference for candidates in the Boston metro area. For the right candidate, this can be hybrid role, with up to 2–3 days remote per week.
Interview processPhone screen with recruiter (15-20 minutes)
Intro call with hiring manager (30 minutes)
Live “whiteboarding” session (1 hour)
On-site interviews (half a day in Boston, MA)
Two reference checks
Background check before start date
We offerIncredible growth prospects in a well-funded Series A company
Medical, dental, and vision benefits for employee and dependents
401(k) plan with a company match
Unlimited PTO
12-week parental leave for both parents