Head of Recruiting & HR

About The Role We’re looking for an experienced, hands‑on HR Manager to build and run our people operations as we scale. This role will own core HR functions, from employee relations, performance management, and compliance while helping create a thoughtful, transparent, and high-performance culture.

Responsibilities Own the full employee lifecycle: performance management, promotions, transitions, and offboarding

Serve as a trusted resource for employees and managers on HR questions, policies, and workplace concerns

Support performance reviews, feedback cycles, and manager development

Help shape company culture, values, and internal communications

Develop, implement, and maintain HR policies and employee handbook

Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local labor laws (including multi‑state compliance if applicable)

Manage employee relations issues, investigations, and separations with professionalism and discretion

Partner with legal counsel as needed on employment matters

Administer benefits programs (health, retirement, leaves, etc.) Support compensation planning, benchmarking, and equity programs

Manage HR systems (HRIS, payroll coordination, performance tools, etc.) and ensure clean data and reporting

Build scalable HR processes appropriate for a fast‑growing organization

Anticipate people‑related risks as the company grows and proactively address them

Coordinate export control-related onboarding processes, including employee eligibility, access controls, and required trainings (e.g., ITAR/EAR), in partnership with legal counsel

Serve as the internal point of contact for export compliance workflows related to hiring, role changes, and terminations

Manage immigration processes for employees and candidates (e.g., visas, work authorization, renewals) by coordinating with outside immigration counsel

Track visa status, deadlines, and compliance requirements to ensure continuity of employment and regulatory compliance

Ideal Qualifications 5+ years of HR or People Operations experience, ideally in a startup or growth‑stage company

Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices

ITAR/EAR) and/or immigration processes, in partnership with legal counsel

Experience handling employee relations issues and sensitive matters with discretion

Experience supporting distributed or multi‑state teams

Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

Benefits Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base‑policy

employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.