HR Manager, NYC

This position is based in New York City (hybrid, 3 days a week in our NYC office).

About GitGuardian

GitGuardian is a global cybersecurity scale-up. The company is based in Paris, New-York City, Boston.

Among our early investors who saw our market value proposition, are the co-founder of GitHub, Scott Chacon, along with Solomon Hykes, Docker's co-founder. American and European top-tier VC firms have also invested in GitGuardian who raised its series C early 2026.

GitGuardian leads the way in securing the credential layer, helping organizations protect the secrets that let code, machines, and AI agents access systems with broad detection, identity context, and remediation at scale. Already trusted by 600K+ developers worldwide and by 50 of the fortune 500!

About the team and the mission

The People team owns the full employee lifecycle and translates company strategy into hiring, performance and development plans, across Europe and the US.

Our US team is about 35 people today and will grow to 60. Our CEO is moving to New York, and more of our leadership will be based in our NYC office. We need an HR Manager to be the main partner of our Go-To-Market managers and to own the US employee experience end to end, from the moment a Guardian signs to the moment their last paycheck clears.

This is a generalist role, the kind you take when you want to be the HR person who does it all in a fast-growing startup. A lot is already in place (payroll through our PEO, multi-state setup, performance reviews, engagement surveys), and a lot is still yours to shape. As volume grows, we plan to bring in a dedicated US HR Operations hire, so the role can move further toward business partnering.

You will be part of our 10 people team, reporting to the Chief People Officer based in France, and work closely with the other People Partners, Talent Acquisition, People Ops, managers and Execs across the company and regions. The role requires traveling to Paris and Boston, 2 to 3 times a year.

What you will own

• GTM business partnering: be the go-to People Partner for our US Account Executives, and for our Channel, Channel Marketing, BDR and Sales Enablement teams in the US and France. Coach managers on team and individual situations (ramp-up, performance, difficult conversations, promotions, exits) and help them build effective, high-performing teams. You will work hand in hand with our HRBP in Paris, who covers the rest of the organization.

• Performance culture: make sure reviews happen, performance is actually managed, and people who need support get it. Help managers grow: more structure for some, more nuance for others.

• Employee relations: handle employee relations across your perimeter with a fair, documented process, and give managers sound, business-minded advice on risk, in compliance with US and French labor law (with our HR Ops team in France).

• Payroll: own the accuracy of US payroll end to end, run through our PEO (Justworks): new hire setup, separations, severance and final pay, retro adjustments, variable pay, and correct tax treatment of unusual payments. Reconcile payroll each cycle and challenge our PEO when needed.

• Benefits administration: run open enrollment and manage our health, dental, vision and retirement programs through our PEO, and evaluate plan options at each renewal.

• Multi-state compliance: administer federal and state leave programs, keep handbooks, notices and acknowledgments current, and track evolving employment law (classification, paid leave mandates, workers' comp, restrictive covenants) in every state where we have Guardians.

• Compensation: support compensation benchmarking and pay equity, in collaboration with Talent Acquisition, Finance and managers.

• Onboarding and offboarding: own a smooth onboarding and a clean, compliant offboarding, aligned with how we do it globally.

• Immigration and global mobility: coordinate with outside immigration counsel on US visa sponsorship and support cross-border moves between Paris and NYC.

• AI and automation: spot the HR workflows that can be automated and use AI to free up time for what matters.

About you

If you think you match at least 70% of these criteria, please apply!

Here's what we consider essential for success in this role:

• Hands-on experience owning US payroll, benefits and multi-state compliance, ideally through a PEO (Justworks, TriNet, Rippling...).

• Solid experience as an HR Business Partner for business teams, ideally sales or GTM managers, including senior leaders, in a tech startup or scale-up. Experience partnering only with engineering teams will not be enough for this role.

• You influence rather than enforce: you understand what managers need, bring solutions rather than problems, and know when to say yes to an exception and when to hold the line.

• Business judgment: you size risks and help the business move fast without cutting corners.

• Ownership and accountability: you speak up when something is broken, fix it, and learn from feedback.

• Discreet with confidential information and warm with people: this job is equal parts rigor and people care.

The following would strengthen your application but aren't required:

• Experience in an international company, ideally working with European (French!) colleagues.

• You already use AI tools in your day-to-day work and have automated at least one HR workflow.

• Experience with compensation benchmarking, US immigration and global mobility.

Why is this role different?

• A wide scope and real exposure: you will work closely with our CEO and executive team, with more of them based in NYC.

• The best of both worlds: the structure of a company that already has solid foundations, and the room to leave your mark in an agile one.

• An international environment, between New York and Paris.

• A role that grows with the company, toward pure business partnering as we build out the team.

The interview process

1. Video call with a Talent Acquisition team member

To discover your professional project and evaluate if there could be a mutual match.

2. Interview with Brandy, our current HR Manager in the US

Focused on payroll, benefits and compliance.

3. Interview with Gregory, your manager and Chief People Officer

Focused on your HR Business Partner experience.

4. Case study

To evaluate your skills for the position and project yourself into the role.

5. Final interviews

With Rachel Chan, VP GTM USA, onsite in our NYC office, and Eric Fourrier, CEO and Founder, who will detail our company's vision and ambitions for the next couple of years.

6. References check

You can start thinking about two contacts who can attest to your previous or current professional experiences. These contacts should be as recent as possible, and we will call them at the end of the process.

Benefits

• 25 days of PTO (employees are strongly encouraged to use all of it!)

• ️ 10 public holidays

• 401(k) + matching! with Empower

• ‍️ Health, Dental & Vision insurance (80% coverage), for individuals and their families

• Short term & long term disability insurance (100% paid)

• Travel policy and annual off-site

• $70 monthly remote work stipend

• $4000 referral bonus

• FSA and HSA

Salary range: the base salary range for this position is expected to be $130,000 to $150,000 per year. This range is indicative: the final offer depends on your experience and skills, and may be adjusted up or down.

GitGuardian is an equal opportunity employer committed to encouraging and celebrating its diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome all applicants regardless of protected characteristics, and base employment decisions solely on merit and professional qualifications.