Lead day-to-day HR operations for a remote and globally distributed team
Manage employee onboarding, orientation, documentation, and offboarding processes
Maintain accurate employee records, organizational charts, HR files, contracts, and compliance documentation
Support workforce planning, succession planning, and organizational structure updates
Serve as a key point of contact for employee relations, workplace concerns, policy guidance, and HR compliance
Advise managers and employees on HR policies, performance expectations, documentation, and employee development
Coordinate with payroll, bookkeeping, finance, and benefits teams to ensure accurate HR and payroll-related processes
Support Ecuador-related HR and payroll compliance where applicable, including coordination of statutory benefits, local employment documentation, and government-mandated requirements
Lead performance review cycles, employee development initiatives, corrective action processes, and HR strategy implementation
Review, improve, and standardize HR policies, procedures, templates, and workflows
Ensure HR practices align with applicable labor, employment, payroll, tax, and data privacy requirements
Provide HR insights and reporting to support leadership decisions
Promote a positive, professional, compliant, and performance-driven remote work culture
Requirements
Minimum of 5 years of proven experience as an HR Manager, Senior HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, or HR leadership professional
Experience supporting global, remote, or distributed teams
Strong knowledge of HR operations, employee relations, performance management, compliance, and HR documentation
Familiarity with Ecuador labor practices, payroll coordination, IESS, SRI, employment documentation, and statutory benefits is highly preferred
Experience integrating HR processes with payroll, bookkeeping, finance, or benefits administration
Strong understanding of labor, employment, payroll, and compliance practices
Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills
Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating with international teams
High attention to detail, confidentiality, and professionalism
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, Psychology, Law, or a related field
HR certifications such as SHRM, PHR, CIPD, or equivalent are a plus
Bilingual English and Spanish communication skills are highly preferred
Benefits
Competitive salary with potential increases based on performance
Full-time position, 40 working hours per week
Paid training and performance-based bonuses
Applicable statutory or government-mandated benefits, based on location and engagement structure
Long-term remote role with opportunities to influence company-wide HR strategy