Head of People

TL;DR

Head of People (People Ops/HR Leadership): Lead and optimize the end-to-end People function across People Ops, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Performance & Development, Employee Relations, and Culture with an accent on scaling a globally distributed, remote-first organization and applying AI to People workflows and analytics. Focus on coaching managers, running compliant multi-country employment operations (including EOR/PEO), and building defensible compensation/equity/benefits across geographies.

Company

hirify.global builds Develocity, an AI-driven context-engineering layer for software delivery used by leading software organizations.

What you will do

• Serve as a senior leadership team member and set People strategy, priorities, and operating cadence.
• Lead People Ops end-to-end: onboarding to offboarding, employee relations, performance & development, and culture.
• Streamline People workflows and apply AI and modern People technology across recruiting, onboarding, and analytics.
• Coach and develop a distributed People team and build manager training for remote/distributed leadership.
• Own talent acquisition strategy and maintain a structured, consistent hiring bar.
• Steward compensation, equity, leveling, and benefits so they remain coherent and defensible across countries.

Requirements

• Location: Remote from the US East Coast
• 10+ years in People/HR with prior senior ownership of a full People function.
• Experience operating at global scale with multiple employment models (entities, EOR/PEO, contractors).
• Hands-on command of multi-country People operations: employment compliance, payroll, and EOR/PEO or multi-entity models.
• Proven success leading, coaching, and developing a distributed People team.
• Ability to lead through influence and measure outcomes rather than activity.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first environment with daily collaboration emphasis and a home office stipend.
• Comprehensive healthcare offerings (Medical, Dental, Vision).
• Competitive salary and equity grants.
• Annual learning & development stipend and monthly company-wide Learning Days.
• Work on a category-defining product with growth in leadership responsibilities.

Hiring process

• Interview process focused on People leadership scope, scaling experience, and approach to optimizing People operations.
• Assessment of coaching/manager effectiveness and ability to apply AI to People workflows.