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Jiayin Zhang

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VP of HR at Pony.ai
📍 Mountain View, California, United States

Jiayin Zhang is the VP of HR at Pony. ai, a strategic leader with a Ph. D. from UC Santa Barbara. She specializes in talent innovation and organizational excellence within the high-growth autonomous mobility sector, having previously scaled teams at DiDi Chuxing and Baidu USA.

She is passionate about empowering others in the technology field, demonstrated through her participation in events like the Women Leadership Panel Discussion. Her unique academic background in East Asian Literature and Art History suggests a deep appreciation for the humanities alongside her tech-focused career.

Unique fact: As the first US employee for DiDi, she single-handedly built and scaled the American office to over 250 employees in under four years.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
VP of HR
Job Level
Senior
Location
Mountain View, California, United States
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Autonomous Mobility
Her entire recent career at Pony. ai, DiDi, and Baidu has focused on the autonomous driving industry, and she has moderated panels on the future of mobility.
Scaling Tech Teams
She has proven success in scaling organizations, notably growing DiDi's US office from the first employee to over 250 people.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
VP of HR
Pony.ai
10-2020
Director of HR
Pony.ai
9-2016 - 11-2020
Head of HR (USA) at DiDi Chuxing; Head of HRBP for DiDi Autonomous Driving Company
Didi Chuxing
9-2014 - 8-2016
Talent Acquisition for Autonomous Driving
Baidu USA
5-2008 - 9-2008
Editorial Intern
Phoenix New Media Ltd. - ifeng.com
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Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Fudan University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
UC Santa Barbara
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