Every people question lands on you
Offer letters, PTO disputes, policy questions, and hard conversations all route to the founder or ops lead.
Let's Build People
HR foundations that scale with your company.
Greicy Melo partners with founders and leadership teams at startups and growing businesses of 10–75 employees to put people infrastructure in place — and to stay alongside you as you grow.
When founders call
HR has quietly become your second job.
If two or three of these feel familiar, you've outgrown handling people work on the side — but a full-time hire may not pencil out yet.
You're hiring without a system
Headcount is climbing, but onboarding is improvised — and inconsistent starts show up later as avoidable turnover.
Compliance gaps you can't see
Multi-state rules, classification, handbooks, required notices — you suspect exposure, but won't know until something breaks.
A full-time HR hire isn't justified
You need senior judgment and clear structure, not 40 hours a week of HR work or another executive salary.
The Let's Build People approach
Strategy grounded in execution.
A thought partner who can also build the handbook, stand up performance reviews, and coach managers through the hard moments — not a deck that leaves you to figure it out alone.
Foundations first
Fixed-scope projects with defined deliverables: policies, onboarding, values, leveling, performance, HRIS, and compliance basics.
Fractional leadership
Ongoing Head of People support with capped monthly hours — employee relations, change, compensation philosophy, engagement, and L&D.
Acquisition experience
People due diligence and integration support from both the acquiring and acquired side — communications, role mapping, and Day-1 / 30 / 90 plans.
What we build together
People infrastructure that holds as you grow.
Start with a Foundations project, continue with a fractional retainer, or bring Greicy in for the people side of an acquisition.
HR Foundations
Fixed-fee entry offers that put the essentials in place so your company can scale without reinventing people ops every quarter.
- Employee handbook & policies
- Onboarding & offboarding
- Core values & job architecture
- Performance process & HRIS support
- Compliance basics checklist
Fractional Head of People
Senior people leadership on a monthly retainer — strategy sessions, Slack access, and hands-on ownership scoped to what you actually need.
- Employee relations guidance
- Change management & communications
- Compensation philosophy & leveling
- Engagement surveys & L&D
- Founder & manager coaching
People Integration (M&A)
A differentiator when you're navigating an acquisition and need someone who has lived both sides of the deal.
- Pre-deal people due diligence
- Integration & communications plan
- Role mapping & policy harmonization
- Key-talent retention approach
- Day-1 / 30 / 90 roadmap
Packages
Predictable, right-sized engagements.
Foundations projects are fixed-fee with defined deliverables. Retainers have capped monthly hours so founders can forecast cost.
Essentials
$3,000–$4,500
- Handbook & core policies
- Onboarding & offboarding
- Offer letter template
- HR gap check + compliance checklist
Core
$6,500–$9,500
- Everything in Essentials
- 30-60-90 onboarding + manager guide
- Core values facilitation
- Job architecture + performance process
- Prioritized 90-day HR roadmap
Complete
$15,000–$22,000
- Everything in Core
- HRIS assessment & implementation support
- Salary bands + payroll process design
- Change management toolkit
- ER framework + manager training
Advisor
$2,500–$3,500 / mo
- Strategy session each month
- Slack / email for people questions
- ER guidance & policy updates
- Founder coaching
Partner
$4,000–$6,000 / mo
- Everything in Advisor
- Leadership meeting attendance
- Performance cycle ownership
- Org design, engagement, L&D
Lead
$7,500–$10,000 / mo
- Owns the people function end to end
- Runs HR programs & vendors
- People strategy with leadership
- Best for 50–75+ employees
Projects: 50% upfront, 50% on delivery. Retainers: 3-month minimum, then month-to-month. Out of scope: legal advice, benefits brokerage, payroll vendor of record, and recruiting.
How it works
Simple from the first conversation.
Free Foundations check
A 30-minute call to review your setup, pressures, and biggest people gaps.
Clear proposal
If it's a fit, you'll get a scoped Foundations project, retainer, or both — with fees and deliverables spelled out.
Build the foundation
We put structure in place with one revision round per deliverable and practical rollout support.
Stay as you grow
Many clients continue on Advisor or Partner retainers so people leadership stays steady without a full-time hire.
About Greicy
A People leader who has sat in the seat.
Greicy Melo is the founder of Let's Build People. She brings more than a decade of HR leadership in tech — including as Director of People Operations at TuneIn (fully remote) and senior HR Business Partner roles at Rakuten Advertising, supporting product, design, engineering, and commercial teams.
At TuneIn she strengthened the People Ops foundation she inherited and built the performance review process from the ground up, reaching 95–100% completion each cycle. She also brings hands-on experience with the people side of acquisitions — from supporting Slice's acquisition of a small company to living through TuneIn's acquisition by Stingray.
Based in Winter Garden near Orlando, she works with remote US tech/SaaS startups and meets local founders in person. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of San Francisco, a Human Capital Management certificate from NYU, and Everything DiSC Workplace® certification. She works in English and Portuguese.
- Director, People Operations — TuneIn
- Sr. HRBP — Rakuten Advertising
- M&A people experience, both sides
- Remote US + Orlando / Winter Garden
Kind words
Trusted by the leaders she's partnered with.
“She is an absolute treasure and a superweapon any team can have… always able to find solutions where most are not even sure if they exist.”Eugene Masterov Colleague across 10+ years and two companies
“She navigated complex strategic challenges with confidence, sound judgment, and grace — always keeping people at the center of her work.”Deanna Grams Chief People Officer, TuneIn
“Combining a genuine willingness to hear and understand the team with an analytical approach to practical data, she offers efficient solutions that balance business and employees.”Sofia Mysak Direct report for 5+ years
“Your managers are your culture. Everything else is a slide deck.”Greicy Melo On what actually shapes how work feels
FAQ
Clear answers before you book a call.
What is Let's Build People?
Let's Build People is Greicy Melo's HR consulting practice. She helps startups and growing businesses of 10–75 employees build HR foundations that scale and provides fractional Head of People support without the cost of a full-time hire.
Who is this a fit for?
Founders and leadership teams at tech/SaaS startups and growing small businesses — typically 10–75 employees — who need structure, compliance basics, and senior people judgment. Greicy serves remote US companies and Orlando-area businesses from Winter Garden.
What's included in a Foundations project?
Depending on the tier: handbooks and policies, onboarding/offboarding, core values, job architecture, performance process, HRIS support, salary bands, change management tools, and an employee relations framework. Legal advice, benefits brokerage, recruiting, and acting as payroll vendor of record are out of scope.
How do fractional retainers work?
Retainers start with a 3-month minimum, then continue month to month with 30 days' notice. Hours are capped; work beyond the cap is billed hourly. Rates include on-demand access and priority response.
Do you work remotely or in person?
Both. Greicy works remotely with US startups and can meet Orlando-area founders in person from her base in Winter Garden.
How do we start?
Book a free 30-minute HR Foundations check. You'll talk through what's happening, what the business needs next, and whether a Foundations project, retainer, or M&A support is the right next step.
Start here
Book a free HR Foundations check.
Tell Greicy a little about your company. She'll reply to schedule a 30-minute conversation — no pitch deck required.