Jason La BarberaFor Joby · September 2026
A personal proposal for the Head of TA role

My approach to leading talent at Joby.

Juliane—Joby’s hiring spans engineering, manufacturing and flight operations. My starting question: where could a talent constraint put an important business commitment at risk—and how can recruiting help resolve it?

I’ve led a team of more than 30 people, hiring up to 150 people a month across technical and business functions.

I’m interested in the role. I put together a short perspective on where I would begin, informed by Joby’s public hiring information and the experience already on its talent team.

See where I’d start

Three observations. Then how I would put them to work.