HR Director

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Mexico, +5 more countries.

📋 Description

• Establish the people function from the ground up for a rapidly expanding multi-vertical industrial and commercial real estate firm.

• Oversee talent acquisition from entry-level recruitment to executive searches.

• Develop and manage a streamlined, efficient hiring process to support growth to 80–100 employees.

• Personally conduct executive searches, which include sourcing, assessing, and finalizing hires for COOs, CMOs, VPs, and other senior leadership roles.

• Collaborate with business unit leaders to plan resources and headcount.

• Create and oversee onboarding processes, documentation, acknowledgments, and compliant offboarding procedures.

• Design performance evaluations and quarterly review processes.

• Implement and oversee KPIs in partnership with business unit leadership.

• Monitor early-tenure performance and manage fair, documented transitions when necessary.

• Foster a culture of opportunity, upward mobility, career mapping, and professional development.

• Enhance managers’ leadership and people-management skills.

• Guide organizational design as the company continues to scale.

• Identify and facilitate ongoing education opportunities.

• Address people and operational challenges and manage employee relations issues.

• Draft, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures.

• Manage and update the employee handbook following US employment laws and regulations.

• Keep documentation organized across all people processes.

• Ensure compliance with US employment laws across EOR and contractor frameworks.

• Lead change initiatives, communicate them effectively, secure buy-in, and guarantee consistent enforcement.

• Streamline people processes and conduct regular management communications.

• Report directly to senior leadership as the sole dedicated HR resource.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in senior people, talent, or HR leadership roles within a growing entrepreneurial environment.

• Proven track record of scaling a company from approximately 40 to 50 employees to over 100.

• In-depth knowledge of US employment practices and compliance, including at-will employment, EOR and contractor frameworks, and distributed team structures.

• Advanced executive search capabilities, including personally headhunting and securing senior leadership hires.

• Strong commercial judgment with the ability to analyze headcount ROI, labor efficiency, and performance metrics.

• Exceptional proficiency in spoken and written English.

• Executive presence and the ability to influence senior leaders while delivering difficult feedback.

• Self-motivated with a strong work ethic and a desire to build rather than maintain.

• Proven history of establishing and enhancing people processes from the ground up.

• Full commitment to working US Central Standard Time business hours.

• An MBA or equivalent advanced degree is preferred; significant practical experience is heavily weighted.

• Experience supporting multi-vertical companies in operations-intensive sectors such as warehousing, logistics, construction, or real estate, in addition to professional services or capital management is a bonus.

• Background working with US-based companies or US workforces from an offshore or remote capacity is a plus.

• Familiarity with EOR platforms such as Deel or Remote is advantageous.

• Experience in Latin America or South Africa, coupled with strong exposure to US company operating culture, is a plus.

• Updated resume detailing specific organizational, employee population, and senior recruitment information.

• A short Loom video (1–2 minutes) introducing yourself and outlining relevant scaling and underperformance-management experience.

• A written response of no more than one page summarizing your first 90 days and your recruiting/accountability priorities.

• All three application components must be submitted to proceed.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid Time Off in accordance with company policy.

• Observance of holidays as per company guidelines.

• Fully remote setup, allowing you to work from your most productive environment.

• Bi-monthly payments in USD (every 15th and 30th).