Director, People
Lead the build-out of the People function at a hyper-growth AI infrastructure company, owning end-to-end employee lifecycle, AI-powered operations, culture, and multi-jurisdictional compliance to support 10x headcount scaling.
About the job
Build and lead the people function through 10x headcount growth: the systems, the programs, and the team.
- Own the employee lifecycle end to end, including onboarding, comp cycles, performance, offboarding, built to scale before they break.
- Put AI at the core of people operations so a lean team supports a multiple of its size.
- Partner with leadership on org design, leveling, and the calls that shape culture.
- Own employment compliance across states and countries as sites multiply.
Requirements
- Built or rebuilt a people function at a company growing this fast.
- Implemented people systems and made them stick past the launch email.
- Give executives hard feedback and keep the relationship.
- Handled multi-state and multi-country employment complexity firsthand.
- Automate before you hire, and can point to where.
Nice-to-Haves
- Hyper-growth infrastructure or deep tech.
- Compensation design.
- HRIS implementations.
- Employment counsel coordination.
Skills
People Operations, HRIS, Compensation Design, Org Design, Employment Compliance, AI Automation
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