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The hummingbird team is united by the shared mission of helping fight financial crimeOur product does this by enabling the professionals in this space to work more effectively, collaboratively, and efficiently - the tool we`ve built is a platform for managing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing operationsWe believe that the heroes who fight this crime every day (think terrible crimes like human trafficking, political corruption, weapons sales, and drug cartels) deserve best-in-class tools, and we also think finding and stopping financial crime is a problem rooted in code, language, and design.
Since our launch in 2017, we’ve helped major financial institutions with trillions in assets under management, as well as tech-savvy trailblazers such as stripe, brex, evolve bank, and etsy, orchestrate their compliance programsWe are customer-obsessed, and we love building and shipping great productsWe set a high bar for our work, challenge our assumptions, seek diverse opinions, and support each other to do great work.
Please note: we do our best to write inclusive, descriptive and accurate job descriptions, but we’re not always perfectIf you’re interested in the role, we’d love to hear from you even if you don’t feel like you meet everything we’re looking forWe’re always iterating and improving, and it’s possible that your experience is even more impactful than we could have imagined!
About the role at hummingbird, we know that the single most important resource is our peopleWe are looking for our first and foundational hr team member to join our core leadership team and help us ensure that our highest priority resource is taken care of from employee onboarding through multiple years of tenure with usWe are a 30 person, rapidly growing start-up - we want to be sure that as we grow our team (although we consider recruiting and hr to be separate - this head of hr will not be responsible for recruiting), we scale with purpose, and that the experience of our people is always at the forefrontReporting directly to our ceo, you’ll act as a strategic thought partner for the business as a whole.
What you’re looking to do:
Mission-driven work for a company that values diversity, equity, inclusion and belongingFeel free to check out our diversity manifesto linked here.
Enable and empower others to do their best workThis is a shared initiative across our entire leadership team, and should be especially central to what you enjoy about being in hr.
Drive big-picture, company-wide initiativesYou enjoy ideating on everything from benefits programs to performance review cycles to deib programs and more.
Own how the details are implementedYou’ve seen the many moving parts and worn at least a few of the many hats that can fall into the hr realmAs the first member of the hr team, you enjoy the big picture thinking and also putting in the work it takes to get there.
Brainstorm and collaborateYou’ll partner with our ceo and the rest of hummingbird’s leadership team very closelyYou have strong conviction on what makes a people-first organization tick, and you’re constantly looking to tweak and improve the employee experience in partnership with other leaders.
What we’re looking for:
A highly empathetic, compassionate and thoughtful individual
A strong communicator and cross-functional collaborator
Someone with a bias for solutioning - you work to spot issues, and you proactively ideate solutions with other business leaders and team members
A hands-on executorSomeone who enjoys developing a long term, high impact vision and putting in the nitty-gritty work it takes to turn that into a reality will thrive with us.
Experience as an early hr team member at a small, ideally fast-growing start-up
Someone who’s worn multiple hats in the hr world - including (but not limited to) employee onboarding programming, performance review cycle management, compensation program development, hris selection and management and employee sentiment measurement
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our companyWe do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability statusWe will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employmentPlease don`t hesitate to contact us to request accommodation.
