HR Director

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

📋 Description

• Develop the people function from the ground up as the exclusive HR resource, reporting directly to senior management.

• Take charge of recruitment from entry-level positions to executive searches.

• Personally oversee the sourcing, assessment, and hiring process for COO, CMO, VP, and other senior leadership positions.

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

• Create and manage onboarding and offboarding processes.

• Design performance evaluation systems and conduct quarterly check-ins.

• Establish KPIs and foster a culture of measurable accountability.

• Identify and resolve employee fit challenges, including facilitating documented transitions when necessary.

• Develop career pathways and growth maps.

• Enhance the leadership capabilities of managers.

• Lead organizational design initiatives as the company expands.

• Address employee relations and manage daily people-related issues.

• Draft, maintain, and enforce policies, procedures, and the employee handbook.

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

• Spearhead change initiatives, communicate them effectively, and ensure consistent application.

• Evaluate the current team, establish accountability, create the recruitment function, and initiate searches for critical operational and sales roles.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven senior experience in people, talent, or HR leadership within a growing entrepreneurial setting.

• Demonstrated ability to scale a company from approximately 40 to 50 employees to over 100.

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

• Extensive knowledge of US employment practices and compliance, including at-will employment, EOR and contractor frameworks, and distributed teams.

• Strong commercial acumen, encompassing headcount ROI, labor efficiency, and performance metrics.

• Outstanding spoken and written English skills.

• Executive presence and the ability to communicate directly to influence senior leaders and provide constructive feedback.

• Self-managing with a proven history of developing people processes from inception.

• Full availability to work during US Central Standard Time business hours.

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree is preferred.

• Updated resume detailing organizations built or transformed, employee populations managed, and senior roles personally recruited.

• A 1–2 minute Loom video introducing yourself and outlining relevant scaling and performance management experience.

• A written response, no longer than one page, detailing your plan for the first 90 days in this role.

• Submission of all three application components is required to proceed.

• Preferred: experience in operations-intensive sectors, US-based companies or workforces, EOR platforms like Deel or Remote, and familiarity with Latin America or South Africa within a US corporate culture.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation in USD.

• Bi-monthly payments on the 15th and 30th.

• Paid Time Off in accordance with company policy.

• Holidays observed as per company guidelines.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Full-time commitment to US Central Standard Time working hours.