VP of People (AI)

Location: Remote, United States

Salary: Zone 1 (US) base salary of $238K–$281K plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is a Series B user research platform that uses AI to help companies recruit participants, run studies, and turn user insights into product decisions.

What you will do

• Partner with the CEO and executive team on organizational strategy, business priorities, leadership effectiveness, decision-making, and change management.
• Lead and develop the People team across Talent Acquisition and People Operations, fostering trust, autonomy, accountability, and growth.
• Own talent strategy, workforce planning, organizational design, performance management, career development, recognition, and employee experience.
• Oversee global compensation, equity, benefits, pay transparency, employee relations, and compliant People operations across countries.
• Shape culture and communication through growth and change, strengthening connection, alignment, and collaboration across a distributed workforce.
• Build an AI-enabled People function through technology, data, automation, and effective AI workflows.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading People functions in high-growth, venture-backed environments, ideally in SaaS or technology companies.
• Business acumen and experience connecting People decisions to company outcomes while advising and challenging senior leaders.
• Experience navigating organizational growth, restructuring, or strategic change while balancing business and employee needs.
• Meaningful experience across organizational design, talent strategy, total rewards, performance management, and employee relations.
• Experience supporting global, distributed teams, particularly across the US and UK/Europe, with knowledge of local employment requirements.
• Ability to set long-term strategy while maintaining operational execution and leading a lean team.
• Active use of AI in work and enthusiasm for transforming People operations.
• Exceptional communication skills, with clarity, warmth, candor, and the ability to build trust across all organizational levels.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting a significant business model evolution or launching a new business line.
• Experience with Rippling, Ashby, Oyster, or similar People technology platforms.
• Experience working directly with a founder or CEO in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience building with AI, including Claude workflows, automations, and integrations with team systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first, globally distributed work with a flexible schedule and self-managed working hours.
• International health coverage, vision and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, mental health support, and flexible time off.
• Meaningful equity, paid family leave of 16 weeks, and a $500 monthly dependent health insurance allowance or flexible benefits allowance.
• $1,500 remote-work setup fund, company-paid retreats, and a new MacBook.
• Open, transparent culture with virtual coffee chats, bi-weekly all-hands meetings, social engagements, and recognition points.

Hiring process

• Discuss compensation expectations with the recruiter during the first interview.
• Do not contact current team members on LinkedIn for referrals unless they personally know the candidate; do not submit application support tickets.