Human Resources Director

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR function and serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, managers, and employees.
• Manage complex employee relations matters, including investigations, performance concerns, corrective action, accommodations, leave matters, conflicts, separations, and manager coaching.
• Prepare, review, and maintain accurate, confidential, and executive-ready HR documentation for senior leadership-level roles and sensitive employment matters.
• Strengthen HR policies, procedures, employee communications, documentation standards, compliance practices, and recordkeeping processes.
• Manage the PEO and/or HR vendor relationship, including payroll, benefits, HRIS, compliance support, service delivery, escalations, renewals, and process improvement.
• Oversee payroll coordination, benefits administration, employee changes, deductions, retro pay, garnishments, year-end support, and HR-related reconciliation.
• Lead compensation and performance management processes, including salary recommendations, benchmarking, internal equity, job structure, merit cycles, review timelines, calibration, and documentation.
• Support organizational design, workforce planning, role clarity, employee engagement, retention, change management, and HR reporting.
• Develop and deliver HR training for managers and employees, including compliance, documentation, onboarding, performance management, and leadership support topics.
• Maintain HRIS data integrity, confidential employee files, onboarding/offboarding workflows, org charts, position control, HR metrics, and employee records.
• Partner with leadership on workplace safety, incident response, risk mitigation, data privacy, and confidential HR matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field required.
• Equivalent senior-level HR experience may be considered.
• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or a related field preferred.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, preferably within large, complex organizations.
• Strong employee relations experience, including investigations, performance management, corrective action, documentation, and manager coaching.
• Advanced experience preparing employee documentation for senior leadership-level roles and confidential employment matters.
• Experience managing or partnering with a PEO, payroll provider, HRIS platform, benefits broker, or external HR vendor.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state employment regulations and HR compliance practices.
• Experience designing and delivering manager training, documentation training, or compliance training preferred.