Director of People & Culture

Liminal; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Liminal is hiring a Director of HR to build the people foundation across three businesses. You will own payroll, benefits, PEO management, HRIS, and office operations across geographies, while acting as a strategic partner to senior leadership shaping growth plans.

You will lead talent strategy, onboarding, performance management, compensation philosophy, and culture initiatives to enable rapid, high‑growth scale. This hybrid role may require travel and cross‑border HR oversight.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in HR/People leadership, owning both operational and strategic sides.
• Experience building HR from the ground up or scaling it in high-growth (Series A/B or equivalent).
• Track record of hiring and developing high performers and building performance management systems.
• Comfort operating across multiple geographies and international employment considerations.
• Strong written and verbal communication, championing change management.
• Owner mindset, connecting org decisions to business outcomes.
• Instincts for culture-building in a small, fast-moving team.
• Bias toward simple, durable systems over process for its own sake.

Responsibilities

• Operational excellence: payroll, benefits, HRIS, and office ops across multiple geographies.
• Talent strategy and acquisition: recruiting, onboarding, performance management, development, offboarding.
• Culture and performance: onboarding/training, performance management, shaping culture, advise on team health.
• Strategic workforce planning: headcount plans tied to revenue and growth; metrics into leadership reporting.

Skills

HR leadership

Series A scaling

Hiring & development

Cross-geography work

Change management

Culture building

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Job description

Liminal is hiring a Director of HR to build the people foundation across three businesses. You will own payroll, benefits, PEO management, HRIS, and office operations across geographies, while acting as a strategic partner to senior leadership shaping growth plans.

You will lead talent strategy, onboarding, performance management, compensation philosophy, and culture initiatives to enable rapid, high‑growth scale. This hybrid role may require travel and cross‑border HR oversight.