Director of People

Ashby

Director of People leading HR function for a SaaS recruiting software company. Focused on building and improving people practices and technology while scaling the team.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $240,000 - $310,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading our People function comprising of an HRPB team, HR Generalist team and our team of People Specialists
Creating and improving all of our people focused documentation
“Implement Continuous improvement” is one of our __Operating Principles__. “We hold ourselves to a very high standard, which is: there’s always a better way!”. Don’t think of this as small iterations over time, for example, we’re currently overhauling Total Rewards and restructuring the employment for cohorts of our overseas employees by setting up local entities in key regions.
Create and operationalize performance processes and develop frameworks for evaluating and growing talent.
As we scale we will need a wider variety of people services, practices and processes.
Your team is responsible for the annual company offsite (previously held in Cancun), departmental offsites (GTM Kick Offs, Engineering/Product/Design offsites) and team offsites.
Partnering closely with the Product Team to distill your observations into tangible feedback. To help scale your efforts, we'll aim to resolve pain points and increase your influence with documentation; you'll be able to contribute on both of these fronts as the Voice of the Customer with a pedagogical slant. You’ll be involved in early deployment and testing of features whilst ensuring all new functionality is effectively utilized internally after release
Ensure HR policies and practices comply with all applicable laws in regions where Ashby has employees. Maintain accurate employee records and documentation. Support audits and reporting requirements, and help develop training and communication to keep the organization aligned with legal and regulatory standards.
Automation, AI deployment and efficient processes are critical to how we will scale Ashby. Your role will be to help ensure maximum impact of potential efficiency gains

Requirements

What you’ll need

You’ve built and led a people team to support a SaaS company that is scaling from ~500 to over 1000 employees
You are intrigued by where else in the People tech stack we might take the company. We are at a moment in time where technology is impacting people in every aspect of work. You’re excited to be at the centre of that.
You build exceptional process, people and environments
You have excellent communication skills – we value clear and concise communication
You understand myriad stakeholders and their motivations (what matters to a Head of Department may be distinct from what matters to an individual contributor; you can help each achieve their goals)
You’re willing to craft solutions for both the tactical (e.g. help solve an onboarding issue) to the strategic (e.g. scaling from 500-1000 employees)
You have high standards and are comfortable holding others accountable by setting clear expectations, especially relevant to secure alignment across stakeholders
You have a high level of empathy for our employees – their pain is our pain
You are comfortable and capable playing HRBP where necessary and you also have deep experience or specialisation in a typical people function (e.g. Total Rewards)
You are excited to shape our People team and by this point in this JD your brain already has a vision of what you’ll do

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and equity.
10-year exercise window for stock options. You shouldn’t feel pressure to purchase stock options if you leave Ashby —do it when you feel financially comfortable.
Unlimited PTO with four weeks recommended per year. Expect “Vacation?” in our one-on-one agenda until you start taking it 😅.
Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave in the US. We plan to expand this to employees in other countries as situations arise.
Generous equipment, software, and office furniture budget. Get what you need to be happy and productive!
$100/month education budget with more expensive items (like conferences) covered with manager approval.
If you’re in the US, top-notch health insurance for you and your dependents with all premiums covered by us, and a 3% 401k match

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Hard Skills & Tools

HR policiesperformance processespeople servicesdocumentationautomationAI deploymentcompliancetraining developmentemployee records managementSaaS scaling

Soft Skills

communicationempathystakeholder managementprocess buildingstrategic thinkingtactical problem solvingaccountabilityteam leadershipcollaborationcustomer advocacy