Build or Strengthen Your People Foundation
Put the practical structure in place before informal habits become expensive problems.
- U.S. workforce launch planning
- Employee handbooks and policies
- Benefits and vendor selection
- Onboarding programs
Fractional Head of People & U.S. Operations
Build, strengthen,
and scale your
U.S. team.
I provide fractional U.S. People & HR leadership for international companies and high-growth startups—without the cost of a full-time HR Executive.
- U.S. workforce launch
- and growth experience
- HR and talent acquisition
- leadership
- A trusted bridge
- between global executives and U.S. employees
The recognition
Growth exposes the gaps in your People operation.
Whether a company is hiring its first U.S. employee or strengthening an established team, growth introduces employment requirements, cultural expectations, and operational complexity. Inconsistent recruiting, onboarding, manager practices, benefits, and employee support can create unnecessary risk, slow growth, and weaken the employee experience.
Ami meets the company where it is. She works between leadership and employees to turn business goals into practical People strategies, strengthen the systems already in place, fill critical gaps, and create a workplace where the company and its people can succeed.
The right People foundation helps today’s team perform and tomorrow’s growth hold.
Services
Senior HR leadership, shaped around what you need now.
Bring Ami in for an ongoing fractional role, an interim leadership need, a focused project, or a critical recruiting assignment.
Recruit and Build the Right Team
Senior recruiting leadership for the hires that shape the U.S. operation, from first employee to executive.
- Recruiting and executive search
- Hiring-manager coaching
- Workforce planning during growth
- Compensation planning
Strengthen People and Performance
Consistent manager practices and employee support that keep good people and help them do their best work.
- Performance-management systems
- Manager coaching
- Employee relations
- Employee engagement and retention
Fractional and Interim People Leadership
An experienced People leader at the table, with continuity and judgment, without a full-time executive hire.
- Ongoing fractional HR leadership
- Interim leadership coverage
- Liaison support between international leaders and U.S. employees
- Onboarding and practice hand-off to internal teams
Ami helps companies establish their U.S. workforce and build their HR infrastructure—without the cost of a full-time HR Executive.
Recruiting, onboarding, performance, manager support, and culture stop being ad hoc—and start working together as a system your team can grow on.
Why Ami
She knows how to build—and strengthen—the U.S. operation from the inside.
Ami joined REE Automotive as its first U.S. employee and helped build and scale the company’s U.S. workforce. She established foundational HR programs, implemented benefits, negotiated vendor partnerships, and developed processes across recruiting, onboarding, training, employee relations, and performance management.
Her experience spans startups and large organizations across technology, electric vehicles, medical devices, and aerospace. She brings the urgency of a recruiter, the judgment of an HR leader, and the accessibility of a trusted employee partner.
First HR hire
Built scalable recruiting and onboarding processes as the first HR hire.
20% improvement in retention
Developed engagement initiatives that contributed to a 20% improvement in retention.
30% increase in employee satisfaction
Implemented an organization's first performance framework, talent review process, employee handbook, and HR policies, contributing to a 30% increase in employee satisfaction.
Engagement options
Flexible support for your next stage of growth.
- Fractional Leadership
- Ongoing senior people leadership for companies that need expertise and continuity without a full-time executive hire.
- Interim Leadership
- Experienced coverage during a transition, leadership search, or period of rapid change.
- Focused Projects
- Defined support for U.S. workforce launches, onboarding, employee handbooks and policies, benefits, performance programs, employee engagement, and retention.
- Talent Acquisition
- Strategic recruiting leadership or hands-on support for critical, specialized, and executive hires.
Testimonials
A partner to leadership—and a trusted resource for employees.
“REE Automotive faced the challenge of aligning the expectations and priorities of its international leadership team with the day-to-day realities of building and supporting a U.S. workforce. Ami served as a critical bridge between the two. She translated global objectives into practical, locally relevant HR strategies while ensuring U.S. leaders and employees felt heard, supported, and understood. Through clear communication, cultural awareness, and a strong understanding of U.S. employment practices, Ami helped leadership navigate differences, resolve issues, and make more informed people decisions. As a result, collaboration improved, expectations became clearer, and the U.S. team was better positioned to execute against the company’s global goals.”
About Ami
Practical people leadership with a human point of view.
Ami Jackson is a senior HR and talent acquisition leader who helps international and growing companies build, strengthen, and scale successful U.S. teams. She has led work across the employee lifecycle, including recruiting, onboarding, benefits, employee relations, performance management, engagement, retention, workforce planning, and compensation planning.
Having served as the first U.S. employee and people leader for an international automotive technology company and a medical device company, Ami understands the operational and cultural challenges that arise when a global organization enters the U.S. market. She partners closely with executives and managers while remaining an accessible, trusted resource for employees.
Ami’s experience spans technology, electric vehicles, medical devices, and aerospace. She supports clients remotely throughout the United States and can travel for important meetings and onsite needs.
She is also open to select Senior HR Manager/Director and Senior Talent Acquisition Manager/Director opportunities.
FAQ
Questions leaders ask before bringing in fractional HR support.
What does a Fractional Head of People & U.S. Operations do?
Ami serves as a senior, embedded People leader on a flexible basis. She partners with leadership, assesses and strengthens existing practices, recruits and onboards talent, guides managers, supports employees, and builds the practical People foundation the company needs as it grows.
When should an international company bring Ami in?
Ami can add value before the first U.S. hire, while a team is scaling, or when an established operation needs stronger recruiting, onboarding, manager support, benefits, performance, retention, or culture practices.
Does Ami provide recruiting support?
Yes. Talent acquisition is a core part of Ami's background and an important difference between her work and many fractional People Operations consultants. She can support recruiting and executive search as a focused assignment or as part of a broader People leadership engagement.
How can companies work with Ami?
Engagements can include ongoing fractional leadership, interim leadership, a defined HR project, or a recruiting assignment. Scope and time commitment are tailored to the company's stage and priorities.
Can Ami work remotely and travel onsite?
Yes. Ami supports companies remotely throughout the United States and can travel for important meetings or onsite work when expenses and expectations are agreed in advance.
Is Ami an EOR, PEO, payroll provider, or employment attorney?
No. Ami is the company's embedded U.S. People and Talent leader. When specialized legal, payroll, benefits, or employer-of-record services are needed, she helps leadership evaluate and coordinate with the appropriate qualified providers.
Contact
Building, strengthening, or scaling a U.S. team?
Let’s talk about the people, systems, and leadership support your next stage requires.