Director, Human Resources

Responsibilities

• Executive & Broad-Based Compensation: Partner with the CHRO to design, administer, and benchmark compensation, equity programs, and annual incentive plans.
• Benefit Plans & Program Design: Oversee the strategic direction of employee benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, and retirement plans (401k). Lead the annual benefits renewal and open enrollment process from strategy to execution. Evaluate, negotiate, and maintain relationships with brokers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators.
• Talent Management & Succession Planning: Support enterprise-wide succession planning, leadership development, and performance management initiatives to retain top talent.
• Corporate Governance & Compliance: Ensure all HR policies adhere to SEC disclosures, SOX requirements, and federal/state employment laws.
• Organizational Design: Collaborate with company leaders on organizational restructuring, workforce planning, and change management during scale-ups or acquisitions.
• Employee Relations & Culture: Champion our company culture, driving initiatives while mitigating risk and managing employee relations.
• HR Analytics: Monitor KPIs like turnover, employee engagement, and time-to-hire to inform strategic, data-backed decision-making.
• HR Technology: Lead the optimization, and ongoing management of our HR technology framework. Support system configuration, workflow design, user access management, and role-based security. Drive improvements that enhance efficiency and employee experience. Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and internal policies.

Qualifications

• Essential education and experience: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field; 15+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership role at a publicly traded organization; Deep understanding of SEC regulations, equity administration, and multi-state/global labor laws.
• Desirable: Master’s or MBA, SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification highly desirable.

Pay

$175,000 - $225,000 USD

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About the Role

The Director, Human Resources will lead and facilitate the planning and day-to-day execution of core HR processes, partnering with leadership to attract and retain talent and develop organizational and workforce strategies that drive business outcomes. The role requires strong business acumen, governance expertise, and leadership coaching, overseeing executive compensation, benefit programs, talent management, corporate governance, organizational design, employee relations, and HR technology.

Company Overview

HawkEye 360 is equipping defense, intelligence, and national security leaders with mission-critical signals intelligence to enable faster, better decision making. By detecting, geolocating, and characterizing radio frequency emissions worldwide, HawkEye 360 delivers trusted domain awareness and early warning indicators to the US Government and allied partners. Our space-based collection, proprietary signal processing, and AI-powered analytics transform knowledge of RF spectrum into a strategic advantage. HawkEye 360 is redefining how signals intelligence strengthens national and global security.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HawkEye 360 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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