Director of People Operations

Integer builds software-defined capabilities for defense and mission-critical environments. We've grown from ~51 to ~82 people in the past year, we operate across multiple sites, and our FY26 plan funds continued strategic hiring. Founded by scientists and engineers, we transform cutting-edge research into impactful technologies for national security customers
- Putting Research into Action®.

We're looking for a Director of People Operations who thinks and operates like a builder. This isn't a role for someone who wants to administer payroll and paperwork
- Rippling and outside experts carry that transactional load. It's a role for someone who owns the judgment work: the talent bar, the hard calls, the performance systems, and the managers. You'll be measured on outcomes - better people over time, better managers, low regrettable attrition, and a culture that scales instead of eroding .

Locations Include:
Columbia, SC., Baton Rouge, LA., Gulfport, MS., and Washington, DC.

• Integer fully covers medical, prescription, vision, and dental insurance costs for the employee and dependents
  . Meaning Integer standard plan pays 100% of health insurance premiums for your entire family from a well-known national insurer, saving its employee’s thousands of dollars annually.
• Relocation assistance available.
• Base salaries which exceed local & national industry averages.
• Year-end performance-based bonuses.
• 401(k) with company matching that vest immediately; no funny business.

• Startup culture with the stability of a large company. Integer’s business plan has years of time-phased contracted work, alleviating the would-be risk from a traditional small company.
• Direct access to company leadership, prioritization of people over process, and a stellar team with a shared desire for personal and professional growth.
• Friendly atmosphere where people enjoy not only their work and what they’re creating but enjoy helping each other as well.

• Own the talent bar: the organization gets consistently better people over time - attract, hire, onboard, and retain the right ones, and exit the wrong ones cleanly
• Own the FY26+ hiring plan end to end, including sourcing strategy for technical and cleared talent, offer strategy, and the candidate experience
• Run structured hiring across the company: written scorecards, consistent interview loops, and work-sample components for every role
• Partner with hiring managers and leadership to define what great looks like for each seat, and raise that bar over time
• Ensure every people-manager at Integer becomes a better manager because this role exists
• Build Integer’s first manager framework as we scale toward 100+ - clear expectations, feedback loops, and coaching
• Coach managers through their own hard conversations rather than doing them all for them

• Build a real, scalable system for reviews, feedback, growth, and accountability - ladders, calibration, and manager enablement, not annual paperwork
• Make accountability a normal part of how we operate, not a dreaded annual event

• Own PIPs, terminations, employee-relations investigations, and comp conflict with judgment, spine, and appropriate escalation
• Know instinctively what is routine versus what carries real exposure; bring in outside counsel early on high-risk matters and never freelance them

• Keep regrettable attrition low, watch it as a core metric, and act on the why behind it
• Build culture deliberately as headcount grows from ~75 toward 100+ - you own the direction, with Site Hosts executing site-level programs
• Serve as the single People interface for employees, with clear and trusted escalation paths