Senior Director, People - Americas & Global People Operations

About the role

About Acast Since 2014, Acast has been building the world’s most valuable podcast marketplace, creating the technology that connects podcast creators, advertisers, and listeners. Its marketplace spans more than 140,000 podcasts, 3,300 advertisers, and one billion quarterly listens. Crucially, those listens are monetized wherever they happen—across any podcast app or listening platform.

This high-impact leadership role sits at the intersection of strategic HR advisory, global operational excellence, and enterprise governance. Serving as a trusted partner to Americas leadership, you will drive human capital strategy for the region while leading our Global People Operations Center of Excellence (COE). You will bridge the gap between high-level executive strategy and scalable operational execution—leading regional HRBP work, championing data-backed workforce planning, steering M&A integrations, and building modern, AI-enabled People systems to support Acast’s global growth.

Location: SoHo, New York City (Hybrid)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary HRBP to Americas leaders. Advise on organizational design, workforce planning, and performance management using actionable data—such as attrition drivers, promotion velocity, and span-of-control benchmarks—to proactively diagnose team health before escalations occur.
• Own the infrastructure, policies, and tech roadmap for global People Operations. Standardize service levels across regions, drive HRIS and platform integrations (including Lattice and adjacent tools), manage vendor relationships, and partner with the CPO to shape the company’s AI strategy for HR.
• Lead people-related elements of regional M&A activity and business transformations. Oversee cultural alignment, compensation structures, retention strategies, and transparent employee communications during periods of transition.
• Direct enterprise-wide talent programs, including succession planning, high-potential development, and annual compensation and performance cycles. Lead workforce planning analytics, including headcount modeling and organizational design diagnostics.
• Oversee company-wide HR policies, employee handbooks, and compliance frameworks across all operating jurisdictions. Manage complex, sensitive employee relations matters and partner with Legal to mitigate employment risk.

Requirements

• Experienced People Leader: 10+ years of progressive HR experience spanning HRBP leadership, People Operations/COE ownership, and hands-on M&A integration—ideally within media, adtech, or a high‑growth tech environment.
• Data‑Fluent & Systems‑Minded: Comfortable interrogating HR data, defining metrics, building dashboard specifications, evaluating survey methodologies, and making platform architecture decisions.
• Strategic Advisor & Hands‑on Executor: Ability to pivot from advising senior executives on high‑level organizational strategy to diving into operational process design and execution in a fast‑paced, globally matrixed environment.
• Compliance & Governance Expert: Deep expertise in employment law, compliance, and governance frameworks, with the executive judgment needed to navigate complex workforce issues.
• Proven Builder & Innovator: Track record of scaling HR operations, building manager effectiveness programs, and introducing modern tools and practices that simplify processes for leaders and employees alike.

Pay

Salary Range: $165,000 – $190,000 per year