Job summary
Job post source
This job is directly from Anime Universe
Job overview
The Head of Performance, Coaching, & Talent Development at Anime Universe leads culture, leadership, and talent development to build scalable people systems and drive values-based leadership across the company.
Responsibilities and impact
The role involves coaching founders and leaders, designing leadership and talent progression systems, facilitating cultural activations, and operationalizing succession planning and high-potential acceleration programs.
Compensation and benefits
Compensation includes equity as a founding partner, potential future token rewards, and salary that unlocks upon revenue milestones, with a remote-first, autonomy-rich work environment.
Experience and skills
Requires 10+ years in leadership development, executive coaching, or organizational design, with proven success in building succession and talent growth programs, and experience in async, globally distributed cultures; coaching and facilitation mastery is essential.
Career development
Opportunities include leading and building a team as the role scales and shaping the company's leadership and culture systems from early stages to large-scale growth.
Work environment and culture
Anime Universe promotes a remote-first, async-native, autonomy-rich culture focused on collaboration, creativity, and values-driven leadership in a globally distributed environment.
Company information
Anime Universe is a creative company building a culture and leadership engine focused on coaching as infrastructure and scalable culture systems within the anime, storytelling, IP, gaming, and worldbuilding space.
Team overview
The candidate will collaborate with a global network of executives, leaders, creatives, and HR collaborators across multiple subsidiaries and time zones, with potential to lead a growing team.
Job location and travel
This is a remote position with a global jurisdiction, emphasizing async and autonomous work.
Unique job features
This role uniquely combines equity partnership with coaching, strategic leadership, and system design in a creative, token-based, and revenue milestone-driven compensation model.
Company overview
Anime Universe is a start-up company focused on developing innovative technologies and interactive content to connect people globally with engaging and accessible anime experiences. Based in Toronto, the company operates as a social networking platform, aiming to create a vibrant community for anime enthusiasts. Anime Universe generates revenue by offering unique digital experiences and leveraging its platform to engage users with interactive content. As a relatively new player in the industry, it is carving out a niche by integrating technology with anime culture, providing a fresh approach to how audiences interact with anime content.
How to land this job
Tailor your resume to emphasize your 10+ years of leadership development, executive coaching, and organizational design experience, highlighting your ability to build scalable culture and talent systems in async, global environments.
Focus on showcasing your expertise in succession planning, high-potential acceleration, and designing contributor-to-cofounder progression frameworks aligned with company mission and equity models.
Apply through multiple channels including Anime Universe's corporate careers page and LinkedIn to maximize your visibility and ensure your application reaches the right decision-makers.
Connect with current employees in Anime Universe's Human Resources or People & Culture divisions on LinkedIn; initiate conversations by referencing Anime Universe's unique culture-building approach or asking about their experience with the async-native, equity-partner model.
Optimize your resume for ATS by incorporating keywords from the job description such as 'leadership development,' 'executive coaching,' 'succession planning,' 'talent growth,' 'async-native,' and 'equity partner' to ensure it passes initial screenings.
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