# Director, People

**Company:** [Deepgram](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/deepgram)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $180k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** hrbp management, Performance Management, talent development, Employee Relations, Compliance, HRIS, career frameworks, AI Tools
**Posted:** 2026-07-16

> Director, People at Deepgram will lead the HRBP and People Ops teams, own execution of the full people roadmap, and drive performance, talent development, compliance, and employee experience in a fast-scaling, AI-first organization. Requires 8-12 years broad HR experience, strong team leadership, strategic execution skills, and active use of AI tools.

## Job Description

## What You'll Own
- Team leadership — directly managing the People Ops Manager and HRBP team. Run 1:1s, set priorities, give feedback, develop capabilities, and hold the bar.
- Execution of the people roadmap — scope the work, sequence it, assign it, and ensure delivery.
- HRBP function quality — coach on complex employee situations, review work, ensure true business partnership.
- People Ops function oversight — partner with the People Ops Manager to ensure HRIS, lifecycle, compliance, and benefits run cleanly and improve.
- Performance management — own execution of performance cycles, calibration, and coaching infrastructure.
- Employee experience — ensure positive experiences across onboarding, development, and offboarding.
- Talent development — drive programs for manager training, career frameworks, development programming, and growth tools.
- Compliance and policy — stay ahead of employment law, policy gaps, risk; support due diligence and M&As.
- Senior escalation point — handle complex employee relations and sensitive conversations with judgment.
- Cross-functional presence — represent People function in operational threads; credible partner to ELT and leaders.
- AI-native execution — actively use AI tools in work and drive adoption across team and company.

## What We're Looking For
- 8–12 years in People/HR, with direct experience managing HRBPs or People partners.
- Broad functional depth across performance, comp, compliance, employee experience, and talent development.
- Strong operator and team developer who energizes from making a team perform.
- Proven ability to take strategic direction and drive execution through others.
- Strategic thinker who operates in the details and brings own point of view.
- Good judgment on escalations.
- Active AI tool user (must describe tools used and what built with them).
- Direct communicator who represents the People function credibly with managers and ELT.

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