**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Global Human Resources based in Brazil.** This is a senior HR leadership opportunity supporting a globally distributed workforce spanning approximately 50 countries. You will lead core HR operations while serving as a trusted strategic partner to directors, executives, managers, and staff. The role combines global people strategy with hands\-on oversight of employee relations, compensation, benefits, performance, compliance, and HR operations. You will lead and develop a small HR team while continuously improving programs, processes, systems, and ways of working. A strong focus on organizational effectiveness, leadership development, workforce insights, and employee experience will be central to your impact. You will operate in a highly distributed environment where curiosity, sound judgment, adaptability, and cultural awareness are essential. This position offers the opportunity to shape global people practices within a fast\-growing technology organization while helping create a consistent and equitable employee experience worldwide. **Accountabilities** * Lead the day\-to\-day operations of the global HR function, managing and developing a small team while establishing clear accountability, ownership, and effective ways of working. * Serve as a senior HR business partner to directors and executive leaders, providing practical guidance, sound judgment, and strategic recommendations on people and organizational matters. * Guide managers through sensitive employee relations issues, workplace concerns, conflicts, performance challenges, and investigations with fairness, discretion, and appropriate judgment. * Oversee the full employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding, while partnering with Talent Acquisition to ensure a smooth transition from candidate to employee. * Manage core HR programs covering compensation and bonus administration, policies, leave programs, HR communications, performance management, and other essential people initiatives. * Navigate global employment practices across multiple countries, maintaining a consistent and equitable employee experience while engaging local experts when specialized knowledge is required. * Monitor emerging HR trends and evolving workforce expectations, translating relevant insights into improvements in workforce planning, leadership capability, team effectiveness, and organizational design. * Oversee global benefits and well\-being programs, including provider and broker relationships, renewals, enrollment, employee education, and ongoing participant support. * Support immigration and relocation matters when required, coordinating with employees, managers, external counsel, and service providers to ensure well\-managed transitions. * Oversee leadership and organizational development initiatives while partnering with Learning \& Development stakeholders on broader leadership, culture, product, and skills development programs. * Lead the performance management program and ensure effective alignment between performance, compensation, and Learning \& Development initiatives. * Oversee HR systems, workflows, data integrity, reporting, and people analytics, using technology and automation to simplify processes, identify trends and risks, and improve decision\-making. * Continuously evaluate HR processes and programs to determine what should be improved, simplified, automated, delegated, or discontinued as the organization evolves. * Act as a change agent by identifying organizational needs and partnering with senior HR leadership to translate emerging issues, global events, and employee needs into practical strategies and coordinated action. * Champion a strong workplace culture and employee experience while promoting thoughtful, inclusive, and effective global people practices. **Requirements** * 8–12 years of progressive HR experience, including at least 5 years in an HR leadership position and meaningful experience supporting a global workforce. * Experience working within a globally distributed organization, particularly one with a significant employee population in the United States. * Broad HR generalist expertise spanning employee relations, benefits, compensation, performance management, compliance, HR operations, and the complete employee lifecycle. * Strong knowledge of global employment practices, with exposure to employment requirements across multiple countries and the judgment to recognize when local expertise is needed. * Experience leading, mentoring, and developing HR professionals and building effective people teams. * Experience overseeing or contributing to Learning \& Development programs, particularly initiatives focused on leadership, culture, and organizational development. * Strong experience with HR systems, reporting, data integrity, process improvement, automation, and people analytics.