Augury is looking for a motivated, proactive, and people-oriented Office Manager & Employee Experience Coordinator to join our Haifa office. 

In this dynamic role, you'll be the heart of our office - ensuring an exceptional employee experience while maintaining a well-run, inspiring workplace that runs smoothly and provides a welcoming environment. As a key point of contact for employees and managers alike, you'll have a real impact on company culture and day-to-day office life in a vibrant, fast-paced environment.

Your responsibilities will include maintaining administrative and operational best practices to ensure smooth office operations, as well as vendor management, event planning, enhancing employee welfare and managing end-to-end execution of employee experience projects and company events.

The ideal candidate has a people-first mindset, proactive, creative and owns a positive attitude. Also, you are willing and able to be in the office 5 days a week.

Day in your Life:

Run the office. Keep the space clean, stocked, and humming. You'll manage cleaning teams, suppliers, deliveries, maintenance, and the small fixes that keep the day moving. If a lightbulb is out or the espresso machine is sulking, you're on it.

Welcome everyone in. Employees, candidates, visitors, vendors- you set the tone at the front desk. Phones, packages, day-one welcomes, and sometimes travel coordination- including hotels, flights, and ground transportation for visiting board members and executives. You make people feel at home and make sure their logistics are seamless from landing to departure.

Global mindset. Augury operates across time zones- you'll work closely with our US team and other global sites. You're comfortable navigating cultural differences, managing async communication, and help scale global experience initiatives.

Own the budget. Petty cash, invoices, expense reports, vendor payments, opex and infrastructure - you track it, negotiate it, and keep it tidy. Excel will become a close friend. You'll also forward invoices to accounting and verify supplier payments.

Feed people, plan the moments. Full ownership of catering- breakfasts, events, candidate visits, the works. Plus the events that make Augury feel like Augury: holidays, celebrations, team activities, company trips, welfare programs. 

Take care of our people. Welcome new hires on day one, support onboarding and offboarding, send the gifts, and coordinate the small touches that make people feel seen.

Who do we think will love this role?

Someone who genuinely likes people and sweats the small details. We won't pretend every day is glamorous - there will be days when the AC dies, a supplier goes silent, and a big event is two days away, all at once. But the work matters, and the right person finds real satisfaction in keeping calm, solving the puzzle, and making it all run beautifully.

What you bring

Experience. You've done this before- office management, operations, or a similar role, ideally in a high-tech or startup environment.

People first. You build relationships that last. You listen for what people actually need, and you keep the team's best interest in mind even when things get messy.

Ownership. When something is yours, it's yours - fully. You see things through, follow up without being chased, and treat the office like it belongs to you (because in a way, it does).

Proactivity. You spot the lightbulb that's about to go, the snack running low, the small thing that will become a big thing if no one catches it. You bring problems and solutions - not just problems.

Creativity. You think beyond the checklist. A holiday isn't just a holiday - it's a moment to make people feel something. You bring fresh ideas to events, gifts, and the everyday office experience, and you're not afraid to try something that's never been done here before.

Problem-solver's brain. When something breaks (and it will), you stay calm, find the workaround, and keep things moving.

Strong communication. Clear, warm, and proactive - in both Hebrew and English. You over-communicate when it matters and keep the right people in the loop without being asked.

Collaboration. You work easily across teams - Finance, Operations, People - and know that the best results come from partnership, not solo heroics.

Tech comfort. Solid Google Suite and Microsoft Office, especially Excel. Comfortable using AI tools to draft, plan, and work smarter.

Office energy. You're up for being in the office 5 days a week, and you bring hospitality to every interaction. This is a face-to-face role, and you genuinely enjoy that.

Perks

• Stock options
• Paid parental leave
• Flex PTO
   

Role Overview 

Astera Labs is seeking a dynamic HR Director to lead our EMEA human resources team, overseeing operations across our Israel Design Centers in Haifa and Tel Aviv, as well as our R&D center in Aachen, Germany. This is a critical leadership role that will shape the people strategy for our rapidly expanding EMEA presence as we continue to scale our world-class engineering teams building the connectivity solutions powering the AI revolution. 

As HR Director, you will operate as a true business leader who happens to specialize in people strategy—not a support function, but a driver of business outcomes. You will partner with EMEA site leadership to accelerate product development timelines, improve engineering productivity, and build the organizational capabilities required to win in the AI infrastructure market. Equally critical, you will serve as the connective tissue between EMEA and our global corporate teams, ensuring seamless alignment on programs, policies, and priorities while representing EMEA needs in global discussions. This role demands a commercially-minded leader who connects every HR initiative to measurable business impact, whether that's reducing time-to-hire for critical roles, improving retention of top performers, or building leadership bench strength to support our expansion. You will build and scale a high-performing HR team while partnering closely with our global HR function to deliver results. 

Key Responsibilities 

Business Partnership & Strategic Impact 

• Drive EMEA people strategy that directly accelerates business outcomes including product delivery, engineering velocity, and market expansion 

• Operate as a member of the EMEA leadership team, contributing to business decisions beyond traditional HR scope 

• Translate business challenges into people solutions—identify where talent, organizational design, or capability gaps are limiting growth and take action 

• Establish and track HR metrics tied to business performance, holding the function accountable for measurable results 

Global Alignment & Collaboration 

• Partner closely with global corporate teams including HR, Finance, Legal, and IT to ensure EMEA alignment on company-wide initiatives and programs 

• Serve as the primary HR liaison between EMEA sites and headquarters, advocating for regional needs while maintaining global consistency 

• Collaborate on the design and rollout of global HR programs, adapting implementation for local markets while preserving intent 

• Build strong cross-functional relationships across geographies to enable effective decision-making and execution 

Talent Strategy & Competitive Advantage 

• Build a world-class semiconductor talent pipeline that gives Astera Labs a competitive edge in EMEA markets 

• Partner with engineering leadership to forecast talent needs and proactively address skill gaps before they impact delivery 

• Design compensation and retention strategies that protect critical talent and reduce regrettable attrition 

• Drive workforce planning that aligns headcount investments with product roadmap priorities 

Team Building & Scaling 

• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing HR team across Israel and Germany oriented around delivering business results 

• Effectively manage and develop remote teams across international borders, fostering collaboration and accountability across multiple sites 

• Drive scalable HR processes and infrastructure to support rapid growth without sacrificing speed or quality 

• Create clear accountability and performance expectations within the HR function 

HR Operations & Compliance 

• Ensure execution excellence in HR operations including employee relations, compensation, benefits, and performance management across EMEA 

• Maintain compliance with local labor laws and regulations in Israel and Germany 

• Continuously improve operational efficiency to free up capacity for strategic priorities 

Culture & Performance 

• Champion a high-performance culture that attracts ambitious talent and drives accountability 

• Implement initiatives that improve employee engagement and productivity, not engagement for its own sake 

• Foster an environment where top performers thrive and underperformance is addressed swiftly 

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field 

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience with significant time in HR leadership roles 

• 3+ years of experience managing and developing HR teams 

• Demonstrated ability to manage remote teams across international borders and multiple time zones 

• Experience in the semiconductor or high-tech hardware industry 

• Strong knowledge of Israel labor law and HR practices; familiarity with German employment regulations 

• Proven track record of scaling HR functions in high-growth environments 

• Demonstrated business acumen with a history of tying HR initiatives to measurable business outcomes 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master's degree in Human Resources, MBA, or related advanced degree 

• Experience supporting engineering-heavy organizations in fast-paced, product-driven companies 

• Multi-country HR management experience across EMEA 

• Experience partnering with US-headquartered companies and navigating global/regional dynamics 

• Hebrew language fluency; German language skills a plus 

• Experience with M&A integration or establishing new site operations 

• HR certification (SHRM-SCP, CIPD, or equivalent)