Director of Safety

Honor Technology is hiring a Director of Safety to build and scale safety strategy for its distributed in-home care workforce. The role owns reducing injury rates and severity, reducing workers' compensation spend, and driving a safe environment for clients and Care Professionals. The position is fully remote and can be based anywhere in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Own the safety operating model and architecture, balancing quick fixes with structural changes; Build systemic solutions for common in-home care hazards (environmental safety, mobility issues, infection control, client behavior); Partner with Product and Engineering to build tools, automation, and product features that reduce risk; Develop programs to build a culture of safety among Care Professionals and HQ employees; Own the outcome of reducing workers' compensation spend, with end-to-end accountability for strategy and case management; Use data to find levers that reduce claim cost and cycle time; Own vendor management and evaluate alternative models; Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis, and turn findings into corrective action plans; Maintain accurate incident records and reporting for leadership; Forecast reserves, build forward-looking budgets, and communicate financial impact to leadership; Ensure compliance with OSHA and state-specific home care regulations; Own the metrics that make safety and claims performance visible and enable early intervention; Communicate complex data clearly to leadership, including business cases for new investment; Influence outcomes across distributed, cross-functional teams who do not report directly to the role

Requirements

8+ years in safety, risk, trust & safety, or operations leadership, with a track record of scaling programs inside a fast-growing, technology-enabled, distributed workforce; Strong data skills (SQL, analytics, dashboarding) and experience working with large, ambiguous, and imperfect datasets to identify risk indicators, find root causes, and prioritize investment; Experience using technology and automation, not just process and headcount, to scale safety or operational outcomes; Experience owning workers' compensation end-to-end, including claims, return-to-work plans, and provider relationships (or comparable risk/insurance claims experience); A track record of building the business case for investment, communicating complex data clearly, and winning buy-in from senior leadership; Experience building and managing a remote team, including hiring, developing, and retaining talent as a function scales; Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence distributed teams from frontline staff to executives; Working knowledge of OSHA and related regulatory frameworks, or the ability to ramp quickly from an adjacent regulated environment

Nice to have

Experience at a technology-enabled, high-growth company (DoorDash, Amazon, Chewy, Instacart, Uber, Lyft, or similar) in safety, trust & safety, risk, or operations; Experience partnering with Product and Engineering to ship tools or product features that reduce risk at scale; Familiarity with modern safety/case management software, data platforms, and BI tools; Experience scaling a team through significant growth, including building a leadership pipeline

Benefits

Equity; 401K with up to a 4% match; Medical, dental and vision coverage, including zero cost plans for employees; Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance fully employer paid; Voluntary additional Life Insurance option; Generous time off program; Mental health benefits; Wellness program; Discount program