Human Resources Leader

About the role

The Human Resource Leader at Chroma is responsible for developing and implementing strategic and tactical plans for the company's human resources services, policies, and programs. This position works closely with various departments to ensure compliance with human resource laws and practices, including compensation, hiring, FMLA, ADA, Workers Comp, FLSA, COBRA, I-9s, staffing, retention practices, terminations, career planning, performance improvement plans, etc.

Responsibilities

• Partners across the organization to develop and implement strategic and tactical plans for human resources services, policies, and programs.
• Guides decision-making processes and positively impacts organizational results by playing a hands-on role in recruiting, retaining, developing, and rewarding top talent.
• Completes projects to lead the development, enhancement, and innovation of the Human Resources Department.
• Works in a fast-moving private equity environment, comfortable being both strategic and tactical, performing a wide range of duties for multiple locations.
• Oversees the HR specialist at another location, managing day-to-day responsibilities of a 100+ person location.

Qualifications

• Must have 5-7 years of successful, relevant HR experience.
• A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or appropriate certification/accreditation, or equivalent work experience/education is preferred.
• Must be versed in payroll and shared services (health & welfare and 401k).
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to partner across an organization, coach, develop, and motivate others.
• Results-focused, able to translate priorities and actions into measurable results and hold self and others accountable.
• Strong project management skills, bias towards action, visible sense of urgency.

Skills

• In-depth knowledge and successful application of human resource laws and practices.
• Change Leadership Skills: leads and drives change, well-developed decision-making skills, drives innovation, persists with a positive attitude to overcome adversity and obstacles.
• Strategic Business Partner: demonstrates business acumen, intellectual rigor, impacts the bottom line through understanding and creating competitive advantage, operates effectively and ensures that client groups operate in a structured, process-oriented environment.
• Interpersonal Skills: demonstrated success in partnering across an organization, able to coach, develop, and motivate others within and across the organization.
• Personal Attributes: acts in a principled manner consistent with Chroma's values, demonstrates continuous learning and continuous improvement mentality, fosters ethical behavior across the organization, demonstrates respect for all, self-starter able to work with minimal supervision and direction, able to independently make decisions and resolve conflicts and issues.