HR Director

Persevio

Persevio is a pioneering AI-powered recruitment platform and agency, founded in 2024 with a mission to make high-quality hiring faster, more affordable, and accessible to everyone. By combining a traditional success-based model with our proprietary AI recruiter, Viona, we are reshaping the recruitment landscape. We are an early-stage, investor-backed startup that values high ownership, results-oriented mindsets, and the courage to build from a blank slate. Join us as we scale our mission across the globe.

Job Description

**Location:** Singapore (Remote)

**Company Overview**
Persevio is a pioneering AI-powered recruitment platform and agency, founded in 2024 with a mission to make high-quality hiring faster, more affordable, and accessible to everyone. By combining a traditional success-based model with our proprietary AI recruiter, Viona, we are reshaping the recruitment landscape. We are an early-stage, investor-backed startup that values high ownership, results-oriented mindsets, and the courage to build from a blank slate. Join us as we scale our mission across the globe.

**Role Overview**
As our first HR Director, you will be a strategic partner to the CEO and a foundational member of the leadership team. This is a rare "founding" role where you will architect the entire people function from the ground up. You will transition Persevio from a "scrappy" early-stage team of 10 to a global, remote-first organization of 50+ across five countries. This role is designed for a seasoned operator who finds joy in the "messy middle"—equally comfortable designing a global people strategy as they are implementing local payroll systems.

**How You'll Make an Impact**
* **Build the Infrastructure:** You will design and implement all foundational HR systems, policies, and processes from scratch, ensuring they are scalable for a distributed, global workforce.
* **Drive Global Expansion:** You will lead the setup of compliant employment structures, legal entities, or EOR frameworks across Singapore, the UK, Australia, Thailand, and future markets.
* **Scale the Talent Engine:** You will spearhead our recruitment strategy to grow the team five-fold, developing creative employer branding and attraction strategies to win top talent for an emerging brand.
* **People Technology Leadership:** You will select and implement our first HRIS and people tech stack to streamline operations and enhance the remote employee experience.
* **Strategic Advisory:** Act as a trusted advisor to the Founder, providing expertise on organizational design, culture, and regional growth.

**What You'll Bring to the Team**
* **Minimum/Core Requirements:**
* Demonstrated experience (typically 15-20 years) in HR leadership, with a significant portion spent in the high-growth tech startup ecosystem.
* **The "Builder" Track Record:** Proven experience standing up an HR function from zero. You must have experience creating policies and systems where none previously existed.
* **Global Operations Expertise:** Demonstrated success in managing HR operations and compliance across multiple international jurisdictions (e.g., APAC and EMEA).
* **Regulatory Knowledge:** Deep expertise in Singapore employment law and regulatory compliance is required for this Singapore-based leadership role.
* **Hands-on Leadership:** A high-ownership mindset with the ability to move seamlessly between executive-level strategy and tactical execution.
* **Preferred/Bonus Requirements:**
* Experience in the AI or recruitment technology industry.
* Proficiency in conversational Mandarin is required to effectively facilitate internal communication and collaboration within our multi-market regional team.
* Experience in employer branding and talent acquisition for early-stage companies.

**What We Offer**
* **Unrivaled Impact:** The opportunity to define the culture and operational DNA of a company designed to disrupt the recruitment industry.
* **Direct Partnership:** Work directly with the Founder to shape the future of the organization.
* **Flexibility & Autonomy:** A fully remote role within Singapore, offering the freedom to build your function and eventually hire your own regional HR team.
* **Growth Potential:** Be at the forefront of the AI revolution in recruitment, building a global footprint from day one.

If you are a seasoned HR leader who thrives on building high-performing, global teams from the ground up, we would love to hear from you.