HR Director (BBS929)

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About The Position

The Senior HR Director will build the people function from scratch for a fast-growing, multi-vertical industrial and commercial real estate company. The company currently has approximately 40 to 45 employees and expects to scale to 80 to 100 within two years. This is a strategic, hands-on role focused on human capital ROI, attracting and retaining high performers, managing performance issues fairly and compliantly, and personally recruiting senior leaders. The HR Director will be the sole dedicated HR resource and report directly to senior leadership. The position owns talent acquisition, executive recruiting, organizational design, onboarding and offboarding, performance management, manager development, employee relations, people policies, and US employment compliance. The role will establish measurable accountability practices, support workforce planning with business unit leaders, and help the organization evolve its structure as it grows. It is fully remote and open to candidates based in Latin America, with full-time work aligned to US Central Standard Time business hours.

Requirements

Senior people, talent, or HR leadership experience in a growing entrepreneurial environment.
Verifiable experience scaling a company from roughly 40 to 50 employees to 100 or more.
Sophisticated executive search capability, including personally headhunting and closing senior leaders rather than relying on applicant pipelines.
Significant exposure to US employment practices and compliance, including at-will employment, EOR and contractor frameworks, and distributed teams.
Strong commercial judgment and ability to discuss headcount ROI, labor efficiency, and performance metrics.
Exceptional spoken and written English, executive presence, and directness to influence senior leaders and deliver difficult feedback.
Ability to self-manage, build rather than merely maintain, and create people processes from scratch.
Full commitment to working US Central Standard Time business hours.

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent advanced degree; strong practical experience will be weighted heavily.
Experience supporting a multi-vertical company spanning operations-intensive fields such as warehousing, logistics, construction, or real estate alongside professional services or capital management.
Background working with US-based companies or US workforces from an offshore or remote capacity.
Familiarity with EOR platforms such as Deel or Remote for cross-border employment compliance.
Experience in Latin America or South Africa with strong exposure to US company operating culture.

Responsibilities

Own recruitment at all levels, from entry-level hiring through executive search, and build a repeatable, fast hiring process to support company growth.
Personally lead executive searches, including sourcing, assessment, and closing senior candidates such as COOs, CMOs, and VPs.
Plan resources and headcount with business unit leaders and anticipate hiring needs.
Design and manage onboarding and offboarding processes to accelerate new-hire productivity and ensure consistent, compliant, and respectful exits.
Design performance evaluations and a quarterly check-in cadence, and implement KPIs with business unit leadership.
Identify employee fit issues early and address them fairly with documentation, including managing transitions when needed.
Build career maps and development paths and develop managers' leadership capabilities.
Lead organizational design as the company scales and its structures evolve.
Handle employee relations and day-to-day people issues promptly, fairly, and discreetly.
Write, maintain, and administer policies, procedures, and the employee handbook, keeping them current with US employment regulations.
Manage US employment law compliance across distributed team structures, including EOR and contractor frameworks.
Lead change initiatives, communicate them clearly, and confirm buy-in and consistent enforcement at all management levels.