Senior HR Manager (North America & Europe)

Location: Redwood City; hybrid workplace. The role supports employees and recruiting operations across North America and Europe.

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing startup developing an enterprise-grade vector database and database technologies for AI applications.

What you will do

• Serve as the primary HR partner for employees, managers, and business leaders across North America and Europe.
• Advise on employee relations, performance management, organizational changes, workforce planning, talent decisions, and sensitive people matters.
• Lead regional implementation of performance, compensation, talent planning, manager development, and other company-wide HR programs.
• Manage HR delivery across multiple jurisdictions, including onboarding, employee changes, leave, offboarding, and coordination with PEOs, EORs, benefits providers, and employment counsel.
• Lead the recruiting function, including hiring priorities, recruiting strategy, senior and technical searches, recruiter development, tools, agencies, and sourcing channels.
• Drive cross-functional HR initiatives, improve workflows and candidate experience, and build scalable operating practices.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including meaningful experience in HR management, HRBP, People Partner, or a similar role.
• Strong generalist HR foundation with experience advising managers on employee relations, performance management, organizational matters, and complex people issues.
• Experience managing or directly overseeing a recruiting function.
• Experience supporting employees across multiple countries or employment jurisdictions, ideally including both the United States and Europe.
• Ability to operate independently, exercise sound judgment, and move work forward without extensive structure or direction.
• Strong project management skills, including leading cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including direct work with senior leaders and managers.
• High discretion and judgment when handling confidential or sensitive employee matters.

Nice to have

• Experience with PEOs, EORs, employment counsel, or other external HR partners.
• Earlier career experience in recruiting or talent acquisition.
• Experience building or scaling recruiting teams or broader HR functions.
• Experience in an early-stage or high-growth technology company.
• Experience supporting technical, engineering, product, or go-to-market organizations.
• Experience establishing or scaling HR processes across new countries or regions.
• Experience operating with internal HR teams alongside PEO, EOR, and other external partners.

Culture & Benefits

• High ownership, bias for action, and comfort operating where processes or ownership are not fully defined.
• Resilience and adaptability through changing priorities, organizational shifts, and ambiguity.
• Builder and growth mindset focused on creating structure and improving processes as the company scales.
• Pragmatic, business-minded approach that favors practical and scalable solutions.
• Low-ego, collaborative work across functions, regions, and organizational levels.