Head of People Operations (AI)

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; in-person at the Pittsburgh office four days per week. Relocation support is available.

Compensation: $155,000–$245,000 plus performance-based bonus and meaningful equity.

Company

hirify.global evaluates AI models for frontier laboratories and develops real-time threat detection and adaptive adversarial red-teaming agents for enterprise AI deployments.

What you will do

• Lead employment compliance as hiring expands across multiple states and countries, including payroll tax, leave, pay transparency, reporting, classifications, policies, and required postings.
• Manage high-risk employee matters, including investigations, terminations, leave and accommodation cases, agency charges, reductions in force, and coordination with outside counsel.
• Own HRIS, payroll, people platforms, people data strategy, benefits design, budgets, brokers, carriers, and renewals.
• Build competitive and compliant multi-state and international benefits programs.
• Help shape compensation philosophy, salary bands, equity guidelines, pay transparency practices, and pay equity reviews.
• Develop the People and Talent functions and partner with leadership on headcount planning, organization design, and people strategy.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including 2+ years leading a people function or team.
• Experience scaling a fast-growing company across multiple states with both in-person and remote employees.
• Strong knowledge of FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, ADEA, ERISA/COBRA, ACA, NLRA, and WARN.
• Deep experience with benefits planning, plan design, brokers, carriers, renewals, budgeting, and multi-state coverage.
• Experience selecting and implementing HRIS and payroll platforms and leading recruiting and people operations teams.
• Able to work in person in Pittsburgh four days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with international hiring, employer of record arrangements, visas, and global benefits.
• Experience developing compensation and equity frameworks at a growing startup.
• SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance-based bonus and meaningful equity.
• 401(k) with up to 4% matching.
• 28 days of annual leave, including vacation and holidays.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Catered lunches at the Pittsburgh office and flexible work arrangements.
• Visa sponsorship is available for exceptional candidates.

Hiring process

• Application review followed by a recruiter screen.
• Hiring manager screen and virtual onsite interview.
• Reference checks with 3–5 provided references, followed by an offer.