Director of HR

The role

You will design and implement strategic people programs, tools, and infrastructure. You will build AI-first automations and manage global employment compliance across 21 countries.

What you will do

• Partner with the VP of People to turn people strategy into programs.
• Take initiatives from idea to rollout including compensation reviews and performance cycles.
• Build and extend AI tools and agents for recruiting, onboarding, and people operations.
• Own employment compliance across all operating countries including Germany.
• Manage EOR setup and maintain Rippling as the system of record.
• Build policies and lifecycle processes for scaling from 130 to 250+ people.
• Create and run leadership training for managers.
• Design and run global culture programs and events.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in HR or People Operations.
• At least 3 years building global people programs at a US-headquartered, high-growth technology company.
• Directly managed employment for a German workforce including contracts, notice periods, works councils, data privacy, and terminations.
• Hands-on EOR and entity experience across the US, EMEA, and other regions.
• Supported a remote team spread across many time zones.
• Run Rippling as an HRIS and payroll platform.
• Use AI tools daily and have built real workflows, agents, or automations.
• Built leadership training and culture programs from scratch.

Nice to have

• Rippling EOR experience.
• Comfort with no-code automation platforms, APIs, or light scripting.
• Experience building global pay bands or administering equity across multiple jurisdictions.
• Time at an open source, developer tools, or infrastructure company.
• Working knowledge of visas and work authorization in the US and EU.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary including equity.
• Health, dental, vision, and life Insurance for you and eligible dependents.
• Flexible Working Schedule.
• Workplace Flexibility.

About the company

vCluster Labs is a venture-backed startup and the #1 platform for AI infrastructure. They are a remote-first company with a team distributed around the globe.