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Posted 4 days agoDirector, People Business Partner
at CodeRoad
Latin America, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Own talent strategy and operations across both full-time employees and a sizable contract/nearshore delivery workforce, ensuring consistent experience, governance, and quality across engagement models.
- Engagement. Design and run listening, recognition, and engagement programs across a distributed, multilingual workforce.
- Track record of building culture and engagement in a distributed, multicultural, and multilingual environment.
- Connection. Build authentic relationships across teams, geographies, and levels; lead with empathy and curiosity.
Requirements
- CodeRoad is a fast-moving technology company delivering AI-driven capabilities and Velocity as a Service to clients across the globe.
- This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has built and scaled People functions in a professional services or nearshore delivery environment, and who is energized by working in an AI-forward business. Key
- Roadmap ownership. Build and execute the multi-year People & Culture strategy aligned with CodeRoad's growth plans, including AI-driven service evolution.
- U.S. HR compliance. Bring working knowledge of U.S. employment law and best practices (FLSA, EEO, ADA, FMLA, multi-state considerations) and apply it to our cross-border workforce.
- Operate and continuously improve our People tech stack: BambooHR (HRIS), Coursera (learning), and Jira (ticketing/HR service delivery), with a clear point of view on how AI can elevate the employee experience.
- Based in Latin America, with full professional fluency in Spanish and English.
- experience managing both full-time employees and a contract/contingent workforce at scale.
- Working knowledge of U.S. HR compliance (federal and multi-state) alongside LATAM labor frameworks. Hands-on
- experience optimizing an HRIS (BambooHR or comparable), an LMS (Coursera or comparable), and ticketing tools (Jira or comparable) for HR service delivery.
- Experience supporting M&A activity: due diligence, integration planning, and post-close people strategy.
- Background in nearshore delivery models serving U.S. clients. Hands-on
- experience deploying AI-powered tools across the HR stack (recruiting, learning, employee experience, analytics).
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, with a zest for continuous learning Culture Fit — Living Our Values
- Innovation. Challenge assumptions, embrace AI and modern tooling, and continuously reinvent how we deliver People & Culture. Why CodeRoad
- The opportunity to shape culture and people strategy at a company at the frontier of AI-driven delivery.
Experience
- 10+ years of progressive HR / People & Culture experience, with at least 3–5 years leading a team.
Benefits
- Total rewards. Own compensation philosophy, benefits, and recognition programs that are competitive and equitable across geographies.
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and the autonomy to build the People function the right way. What you’ll love:
- Competitive Pay (USD).
- Holidays Off & Paid Time Off.
- Health insurance assistance program.
Additional details
- We operate at the intersection of nearshore delivery and modern engineering, helping our customers move faster and build better.
- Our culture is anchored in five core values: Excellence, Passion, Connection, People First, and Innovation, and we are looking for a leader who will champion those values as we scale. The Role
- Reporting directly to the CEO and serving on the Executive Team, this leader will own the full employee and contractor lifecycle across our LATAM and U.S. footprint: from talent strategy and HR operations to compliance, total rewards, learning, and culture.
- The Director not only manages the P&C team, but serves as a direct People Business Partner to our Vice President of Delivery & Engineering.
- Team leadership. Lead, coach, and grow the People & Culture team, modeling our values and raising the bar on team performance. Workforce & Talent
- Performance & development. Drive performance management, career frameworks, succession planning, and leadership development. HR Operations, Compliance & Total Rewards
- Multi-country compliance. Lead HR compliance across LATAM jurisdictions and the United States, partnering with legal and finance on labor law, contractor classification, immigration, and policy.
- Values in action. Translate our core values: Excellence, Passion, Connection, People First, and Innovation, into rituals, programs, and decisions that employees and contractors feel every day.
- Internal communications. Partner with leadership on change communications, town halls, and key moments that shape culture. What You Bring Required
- Proven success leading the People function in a professional services, IT services, or technology consulting environment. Demonstrated