Director of International HR Operations

At Justworks, you’ll enjoy a welcoming and casual environment, great benefits, wellness program offerings, company retreats, and the ability to interact with and learn from leaders in the startup community. We work hard and care about our most prized asset - our people. We’re helping businesses get off the ground by enabling them to focus on running their business. We solve HR issues.

We’re data-driven and never stop iterating. If you’d like to work in a supportive, entrepreneurial environment, are interested in building something meaningful and having fun while doing it, we’d love to hear from you. We're united by shared goals and shared motivations se are best summed up in our company values, which are reflected in our product and in our team.

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As the Global Director of HR Operations, you are the leader responsible for setting and executing the global HR operations strategy across all international markets. Reporting into the VP of International Operations, you own the design, governance, and continuous improvement of compliant, scalable, and people-centered HR operational frameworks that support employees, customers, and the business globally. You are a trusted executive partner who brings deep expertise across global employment compliance, HR operations, and employer-of-record (EOR) models, paired with a strong customer and employee experience mindset.

You excel at translating complex legal, regulatory, and operational requirements into clear, scalable processes and narratives that can be executed consistently across regions. You are energized by complexity and scale. You enjoy building global operating models, leading senior regional leaders, and partnering cross-functionally with Product, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure HR operations are both compliant and commercially aligned.

You think strategically but are not afraid to go deep when needed—understanding how and why systems, laws, and processes work, and improving them end to end. You bring a people-first leadership style, a strong sense of accountability, and a passion for innovation, continuously identifying opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI to elevate global HR operations and customer outcomes.

• Set the global vision, strategy, and operating model for HR Operations across the full employee and customer lifecycle.
• Lead and develop a globally distributed team of regional HR Operations leaders and specialists, establishing clear ownership, performance standards, and career development pathways.
• Own global HR compliance strategy, ensuring adherence to local labor laws, data privacy, and regulatory requirements across all countries of operation, in close partnership with Legal and Compliance.
• Build and maintain a robust global network of external advisors and in-country experts across legal, HR, payroll, and benefits domains.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Compliance to shape HR-related product strategy, roadmap decisions, and operational readiness, with a focus on scalable and compliant international offerings.
• Collaborate with Customer Success, Sales, Revenue Enablement, and Marketing to develop HR content, tooling, and education that supports both internal teams and external customers.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex, high-risk employee relations, compliance, and customer issues, providing clear guidance and decision-making grounded in risk awareness and business impact.
• Design and implement global standards, policies, SOPs, and documentation that balance consistency with necessary local flexibility.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging…