Director, People Business Partner

About this role

Latin America (Remote) | Reports to CEO | Member of the Executive Team

Location: Latin America (Remote)

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Team: People & Culture team (manager of individual contributors)

Languages: Full professional fluency in Spanish and English (written and spoken)

Travel: Occasional, as business needs require

About CodeRoad

CodeRoad is a fast-moving technology company delivering AI-driven capabilities and Velocity as a Service to clients across the globe. We operate at the intersection of nearshore delivery and modern engineering, helping our customers move faster and build better. Our culture is anchored in five core values: Excellence, Passion, Connection, People First, and Innovation, and we are looking for a leader who will champion those values as we scale.

The Role

The Director, People & Culture will lead the People function at CodeRoad. Reporting directly to the CEO and serving on the Executive Leadership Team, this leader will own the full employee and contractor lifecycle across our LATAM and U.S. footprint: from talent strategy and HR operations to compliance, total rewards, learning, and culture. The Director not only manages the P&C team, but serves as a direct People Business Partner to our Vice President of Delivery & Engineering. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has built and scaled People functions in a professional services or nearshore delivery environment, and who is energized by working in an AI-forward business.

The Director, People Business Partner will lead the People function at CodeRoad, reporting directly to the CEO and serving on the Executive Leadership Team. This role owns the full employee and contractor lifecycle across our LATAM and U.S. operations, including talent strategy, HR operations, compliance, total rewards, learning, and culture. The role also serves as a direct People Business Partner to the Vice President of Delivery & Engineering.

This is a hands-on, strategic leadership role that goes beyond traditional HR. The ideal candidate has experience scaling People functions in professional services, nearshore delivery, or fast-paced growth environments, and is energized by operating in an AI-forward business.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic People Leadership

• Executive partnership. Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, VP of Delivery and Engineering, and broader Executive Team on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, and culture.

• Roadmap ownership. Lead the multi-year People & Culture strategy aligned with CodeRoad’s growth and AI-driven transformation. This is a builder role responsible for designing and implementing scalable structures, systems, and operating models to support rapid growth and organizational maturity.

• Team leadership. Lead, coach, and grow the People & Culture team, in a fast-changing environment, raising execution standards and building team capability to scale with the business.

Workforce & Talent

• Full-time and contract workforce. Own talent strategy and operations across both full-time employees and a sizable contract/nearshore delivery workforce, ensuring consistent experience, governance, and quality across engagement models. Design a scalable workforce structure that incorporates both human talent and AI-enabled agents to support delivery capacity, customer success and flexibility.

• Performance & development. Drive performance management, career frameworks, succession planning, and leadership development.

HR Operations, Compliance & Total Rewards

• Multi-country compliance. Lead HR compliance across LATAM jurisdictions and the United States, partnering with legal and finance on labor law, contractor classification, immigration, and policy.

• U.S. HR compliance. Bring working knowledge of U.S. employment law and best practices (FLSA, EEO, ADA, FMLA, multi-state considerations) and apply it to our cross-border workforce.

• Total rewards. Own global compensation philosophy, salary bandings, benefit structures, and recognition programs that are competitive and equitable across geographies.

• Systems & analytics. Operate and continuously improve our People tech stack: BambooHR (HRIS), Coursera (learning), and Jira (ticketing/HR service delivery), with a clear point of view on how AI can elevate the employee experience.

Culture, Engagement & Communications

• Values in action. Translate our core values: Excellence, Passion, Connection, People First, and Innovation, into rituals, programs, and decisions that employees and contractors feel every day.

• Engagement. Design and run…