Method Director, People at Method leads all facets of the HR function including performance management, compensation, benefits, and employee development. This role partners with leadership on org design and builds scalable people programs.
Responsibilities
Method has grown to roughly 65 people on a deliberately lean, AI-native operating model, and we are preparing for our next stage of growth. We are hiring our first Director of People to help us build the people strategy that takes us there.
This is a hands-on role. Some systems are in place; what we need is someone to turn them into programs people trust and processes that scale with us. You will work alongside a strong Talent Acquisition team and a group of sharp generalists across Finance and Operations and oversee one talent and people generalist.
Design and lead all facets of the People function at Method
Coaching and Development
Partner with leadership on org design and role clarity as teams grow.
Coach managers and build leadership development grounded in Method's values.
Serve as the trusted partner to founders and managers on employee relations and sensitive people matters, handled with discretion and in compliance.
Performance Management
Refine and run Method's performance management cycle,
Build a leveling framework and career ladders that work across functions and reflect how a lean, AI-native team actually operates.
Design Method’s total rewards strategy
Own compensation philosophy, benchmarking, and comp and merit review cycles
Qualification
8+ years of progressive HR experienceYou came up through people operationsYou are comfortable in a spreadsheetYou prefer building to administeringBackground in fintech
Required
8+ years of progressive HR experience
At least 5 years of experience as the primary HR point-of-contact within a high-growth company, preferably in the tech industry
You came up through people operations, moved into HR business partnership, or vice-versa.
You are comfortable in a spreadsheet; you can build a compensation or leveling analysis yourself.
You build trust quickly and coach leaders with confidence.
You prefer building to administering, and you right-size process to the stage of the company.
You use AI tools to move faster and think better.
Experience as the first people hire at a company that scaled past 150.
Background in fintech, B2B SaaS, or another high-growth technical environment.
Experience running people programs on Rippling.
Experience designing equity refresh programs.
A creative streak for culture and employee engagement programming.
