Director, People Operations and Talent Acquisition (AI)

Location: 100% remote within the continental USA; candidates must be located in and residents of the USA. hirify.global does not offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Company

hirify.global is an AI agent-building platform founded in 2016 that enables enterprise teams to build, test, and deploy governable conversational agents.

What you will do

• Advise the CEO and Executive Leadership Team on organizational design, workforce planning, change management, and company-wide people communications.
• Handle complex employee relations matters across multiple countries, including performance improvement plans, separations, and terminations, consulting outside counsel when needed.
• Own onboarding, leave administration, BambooHR, the Sequoia One PEO relationship, and multi-country compliance.
• Run performance and career framework cycles, including reviews, career frameworks, manager enablement, engagement, retention, and action planning.
• Partner with Finance on compensation benchmarking, headcount planning, people budgets, and cost-conscious people programs.
• Lead company-wide hiring, including executive searches, and develop the People Operations and Talent Acquisition functions and team.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in People Operations and/or Talent Acquisition, including 2+ years leading both functions at a global startup.
• Hands-on technical recruiting experience, including senior and executive hires.
• Experience supporting a global, distributed workforce, ideally including US multi-state and UK/EU employment practices.
• Experience handling sensitive employee relations matters and separations with sound judgment and discretion.
• Ability to work strategically as an Executive Leadership Team member and tactically as a hands-on operator.
• Proficiency with modern people tools, including Ashby, BambooHR, and Sequoia One.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hours and a dedicated remote budget.
• Professional development stipend and 6 paid education days.
• Unlimited PTO, paid sick leave, and paid public holidays.
• MacBook and other work equipment.
• Regular remote team events and an annual company-wide offsite.
• Health benefits through Sequoia One, 401(k) contribution with up to a 4% match, and equity options.