Director of Human ResourcesThe RoleYou will own the day-to-day People Operations and HR function at Stryker Digital.
Your job is to build a compliant, scalable HR operation while remaining hands-on enough to execute the details yourself.
You will work directly with our CEO, COO, managers, employees, employment counsel, payroll providers, and benefits partners.
What You'll Own- Own multi-state HR compliance across our remote U.S. workforce, including employee classification, state-specific requirements, workers' compensation, unemployment, leave, and employment documentation.
- Manage onboarding and offboarding from accepted offer through termination, including I-9s, Rippling setup, payroll enrollment, equipment coordination, employee files, and separation paperwork.
- Serve as the primary HR resource for employees and managers, including employee relations, performance issues, PIPs, written warnings, complaints, and sensitive workplace situations.
- Lead termination processes in partnership with leadership and outside employment counsel when needed.
- Oversee payroll administration in Rippling, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, bonuses, deductions, corrections, and payroll accuracy.
- Evaluate and help implement the next stage of our benefits program, including health insurance, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, parental leave, and retirement benefits.
- Partner with leadership on compensation, raises, promotions, bonus structures, job levels, and compensation benchmarking.
- Identify HR risk before it becomes a problem and work directly with our employment attorney when legal guidance is needed.
What We're Looking ForWe're looking for someone who has already operated at this level.
Ideally, you have:
- 5+ years of progressive HR or People Operations experience
- Experience as an HR Director, People Operations leader, or senior HR operator
- Proven experience building or significantly scaling an HR function
- Experience supporting a 30 to 100+ employee organization
- Strong multi-state employment and compliance experience
- Experience supporting a remote or distributed workforce
- Hands-on experience with employee relations, terminations, payroll, and benefits
- Experience building HR policies, processes, and performance management systems
- Experience working directly with executives and employment counsel
- Strong judgment and the ability to operate independently
Experience with Rippling is highly preferred.
Who Will Be Successful HereYou'll probably be a strong fit if you:
- Are extremely organized
- Have strong attention to detail
- Move quickly
- Take ownership
- Are comfortable making decisions
- Know when something requires legal escalation
- Can communicate directly with executives
- Can handle sensitive information with discretion
- Don't need a large HR team underneath you to get things done
- Enjoy building systems from scratch
- Can balance employee experience with the needs of the business
- Are comfortable working inside a fast-growing entrepreneurial company
Compensation & Benefits- $120,000 to $140,000 base salary, plus performance bonus
- Fully remote
- Unlimited PTO
- Healthcare stipend
- MacBook provided
