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Director of People Operations
Chainguard
Remote · United States$17,000–20,000 gross/mofull-timeChainguard Careers
The role, in a nutshell: We're looking for a Director of People Operations to help scale our HR operations function as Chainguard grows and expands internationally. This role will lead our People Operations team, and will own the core employee lifecycle processes — onboarding, offboarding, compliance training, and job changes — as well as our expansion into new countries.
Responsibilities
- Own and scale Chainguard's core employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, offboarding, compliance training, and updates for promotions and job changes
- Lead the People Operations team, currently one manager with two direct reports
- Make HR Operations more visible and accessible to employees
- Lead the operational work of opening new legal entities internationally, including the UK, Canada, and Germany, and additional countries planned for next year
- Own the ongoing maintenance of HR operations and compliance across all countries where Chainguard operates
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance and Legal to navigate the compliance, payroll, and legal constraints of operating in each new country
- Manage and expand our partnership with our Employer of Record (EOR) provider, given our reliance on remote employees across roughly 19 countries
- Build scalable People Operations processes, templates, and resources as the function and company grow
- Bring strong AI fluency to the function, using AI to design smarter, more efficient People Operations processes and improve the employee experience.
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- Work format
- Remote
- Seniority
- Head
- Posted
- 15 Sept 2026
- Last verified
- In the last 5 days
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