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November 10, 2021

If you haven’t thought about hiring a head of remote yet, should you?

A small — but growing — number of startups are hiring a head of remote to help them cope with the complications of a distributed workforce. But will the role always be needed?


Tech startups are known for some inventive job titles, from chief evangelists to happiness engineers, but one recent innovation may spread far and wide — a head of remote. 

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Rhys Black, head of remote at Oyster, sees his role as a glue between different teams and departments.
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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