HR Director

Kyan Health

HR Director managing global employment compliance and payroll for a fast-growing mental wellbeing startup. Reporting directly to the CEO and leading a structured hiring process across multiple countries.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeRemote • Florida, Rhode Island, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 €75,000 - €105,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in employment compliance, payroll management, and recruiting operations across multiple countries, with a strong focus on structured processes and results. Fluent in German with a solid understanding of labor laws in Germany and Switzerland, capable of navigating ambiguity in a diverse, multicultural environment.

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Employment Compliance ManagementPayroll AdministrationEOR ManagementFluent GermanLabor Law Knowledge

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Hard Skills

HR Operations ManagementPayroll ProcessingBenefits AdministrationRecruiting OperationsContract Management

Soft Skills

Results-FocusedCultural AdaptabilityProblem-SolvingProcess Discipline

Industry Keywords

EOR MarketsStatutory ObligationsOnboardingOffboardingMulti-Country Hiring

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own employment compliance: Full compliance with local regulations across our own entities, EOR markets, and freelance engagements. Contracts, policies, working time, terminations, statutory obligations.
Oversee payroll and benefits: Accurate, on-time payroll across all entities and providers. Benefits administered end to end with Finance and external providers. Audit-ready at all times.
Manage the EOR setup: Service quality, cost, onboarding and offboarding, and the call on when a market moves from an EOR to our own entity.
Steer recruiting operations across countries: A structured, results-focused process in every market: clear stages, disciplined timelines, compliant offers and contracts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You've owned the function: You ran HR operations end to end at an early-stage, VC-backed startup, reporting to a Head of People or equivalent, ideally including EOR management.
Structured and results-focused: You keep multi-country hiring processes on track without dropping a step. Process discipline without bureaucracy.
Fluent German, strong on labor law: Fluent German speaker with working knowledge of German and Swiss labor law at a minimum.
Great across cultures: You work naturally in a team of 15+ nationalities across three continents.
Built for ambiguity: Incomplete context doesn't slow you down. You structure the mess, decide, and deliver.

Benefits

Comp & perks

30 days of paid vacation per year.
Full access to the Kyan Health platform for you and your family, alongside local wellness benefits.
Top-tier remote work toolkit (MacBook Pro, external monitor).