Head of People & Talent (Fintech)

Location: Not remote; based in New York, Miami, London, Dubai, or Bangalore. The role spans 12 hours of time zones and requires early and late calls and travel when needed.

Company

hirify.global builds infrastructure for cross-border institutional payments, including programmatic FX, settlement, collections, and payouts through a single API.

What you will do

• Build and lead the full people function across talent acquisition and people operations.
• Develop recruiting infrastructure, structured interviews, scorecards, and internal sourcing capabilities.
• Design and run global onboarding, offboarding, benefits, and employment compliance across the US, EU, UK, India, Singapore, and UAE.
• Create and operate performance systems with behavioral scorecards, calibrated reviews, promotion criteria, and underperformance processes.
• Partner with the CEO and functional leaders on workforce planning, organizational design, spans of control, and leveling.
• Design compensation philosophies, equity bands, grants, and refresh strategies across different labor markets.

Requirements

• Built people infrastructure while scaling from approximately 50 to more than 200 employees across multiple countries.
• Designed and operated performance and compensation systems, including the underlying frameworks and decision principles.
• Credible in both talent acquisition and people operations, with the ability to work hands-on before the team is expanded.
• High autonomy and comfort operating without an established playbook.
• Strong written communication skills for distributed, document-driven decision-making.
• Must be based in one of the company’s key hubs: New York, Miami, London, Dubai, or Bangalore.

Nice to have

• Fintech or regulated-industry experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Equity in a rapidly growing company.
• High ownership, autonomy, and direct feedback, including direct collaboration with the CEO.
• Opportunity to shape global financial infrastructure in a fast-paced fintech startup.
• Collaborative culture focused on personal and professional growth.