Senior Director of HR

About Dropzone AI

Dropzone’s mission is to scale cybersecurity beyond human limits, and augment every single human security engineer/analyst with an army of AI security specialists. Humans alone cannot sufficiently protect our digital future, and AI augmentation is the only way for defenders to reclaim the high ground. We are an award winning company disrupting the $200B+ cybersecurity market. Powered by Gen AI advancements, our technology offloads repetitive day-to-day work and frees human analysts to focus on real threats and higher-value projects.

We are venture-backed, and our team has a rare blend of deep experience across cybersecurity, AI/ML, and SaaS product development. Join us if you want to be on the ground floor of using Gen AI to transform cyber defense. Learn more pzone.ai.

About the role

The Senior Director of People is a trusted advisor who will build and scale the People function during a critical phase of growth. This role is responsible for aligning People initiatives with organizational goals, exceptional company culture, and high employee engagement. This role is a key strategic partner in shaping how we hire, develop, and retain top talent as we grow.

You will be responsible for creating the systems, programs, and leadership capabilities needed to support a high-performing, fully remote organization.

You will thrive in this role if you enjoy operating at both the strategic and tactical levels—rolling up your sleeves to build while also influencing how the company grows.

What you'll do

• Partner with leadership to scale quality hiring while maintaining a high talent bar
• Manage and develop the internal Talent team to continue to build a strong, efficient hiring engine. Deliver a consistent, high-quality candidate experience that reflects Dropzone’s brand and core values.
• Develop a best in class onboarding program to accelerate time-to-impact and early employee engagement

• Coach and develop managers across the company on leadership best practices to optimize effectiveness, accountability, and team performance
• Build scalable leadership development programs to support both current leaders, and identify and develop high potential talent for future internal promotions
• Partner with the CEO and leadership team on organizational design and succession planning

• Strengthen and scale a culture that is fast-paced, has high ownership, and is highly collaborative
• Maintain high levels of employee engagement as the company grows
• Build feedback loops and programs that reinforce alignment, performance, and team health in a fully remote environment

• Build and evolve performance management programs that drive clarity, accountability, and growth
• Support managers in goal setting, feedback, and performance conversations
• Use performance and feedback data to inform development plans and organizational decisions.

• Own and manage compensation and benefits programs, ensuring employee well-being, market competitiveness and compliance
• Develop and deliver regular reporting on key metrics, including headcount, turnover, hiring, and KPIs that align performance with business outcomes
• Manage the company’s HCM (Rippling), leaves, and employee relations
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and best practices

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in People/HR leadership roles, including experience in high-growth environments
• Experience in startup and venture-backed technology companies, incorporating AI to improve efficiencies (Cybersecurity experience a plus)
• Proven experience developing high performing teams, across a business and within own team
• Proven ability to influence and drive decisions at the…