Director of People (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid with regular in-person presence 2–3 days per week at a hub in New York City, Austin, San Francisco, or Washington, D.C.; full-time remote work is not available.

Annual US base salary: $180,000–$215,000, based on experience and location; equity package also offered.

Company

hirify.global builds APIs that connect consumer financial accounts, provide real-time liability connectivity, and enable instant payment execution for financial apps and services.

What you will do

• Design and lead all facets of the People function, including performance management, compensation and benefits, employee development, compliance, and culture.
• Partner with leadership on organizational design, role clarity, manager coaching, and leadership development.
• Advise founders and managers on employee relations and sensitive people matters with discretion and compliance.
• Build and operate performance management cycles, leveling frameworks, and career ladders across functions.
• Own total rewards strategy, including compensation philosophy, benchmarking, merit reviews, benefits, and leave policies.
• Oversee HR analytics, HRIS optimization, onboarding and offboarding, benefits administration, global mobility, and immigration.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience.
• At least 5 years as the primary HR point of contact within a high-growth company, preferably in the technology industry.
• Experience leading or being an early member of the People function at a venture-backed startup, ideally through Series B to C or D growth.
• Background spanning people operations and HR business partnership.
• Experience handling employee relations and sensitive people matters with sound judgment.
• Ability to build compensation and leveling analyses independently using spreadsheets.
• Experience designing performance, compensation, and leveling programs from scratch and adapting them as headcount grows.
• Ability to build trust quickly, coach leaders confidently, adjust when programs are not working, and right-size processes to the company’s stage.
• Ability to use AI tools to work faster and improve decision-making.

Nice to have

• Experience as the first People hire at a company that scaled beyond 150 employees.
• Background in fintech, B2B SaaS, or another high-growth technical environment.
• Experience running People programs on Rippling.
• Experience designing equity refresh programs.
• Experience creating culture and employee engagement programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Lean, AI-native operating model with embedded flexibility to work remotely for a week occasionally.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with basic medical plans fully covered.
• Flexible PTO, 12 weeks of parental leave, and employer-sponsored commuter benefits.
• $30-per-day office lunch allowance, phone/internet stipend, WFH stipend, lifestyle spending stipend, and learning and development stipend.
• Student loan repayment contribution, stocked hybrid offices, and quarterly team off-sites.