Senior Director of Human Resources

Job Description:

• Lead the core HR function and own day-to-day HR operations
• Lead employee relations, workplace investigations, HR compliance, performance management, progressive discipline, total rewards, benefits, and retirement programs
• Assess HR processes, systems, policies, and workflows and create a scaling roadmap
• Design standardized, efficient HR processes with service levels, documentation, controls, and effectiveness measures
• Identify opportunities for standardization, centralization, automation, elimination, or redesign
• Use AI, automation, HR technology, and data to improve HR effectiveness and employee experience
• Serve as senior leader for complex employee relations matters and workplace investigations
• Partner with legal counsel and stakeholders on high-risk or complex matters
• Strengthen performance management and manager capability through tools, training, and decision frameworks
• Lead compensation, benefits, and retirement programs
• Improve employee experience and trust in HR
• Develop and evolve the HR team
• Partner with executives, operational leaders, managers, and employees across the organization
• Translate complex HR issues into business implications and recommendations

Requirements:

• Led a significant HR function within a growing, operationally complex organization
• Supported a multi-site workforce
• Significant experience supporting hourly employee populations, including direct experience with California employment practices
• Deep experience leading complex employee relations matters, workplace investigations, performance management, and progressive discipline
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling HR processes, systems, and operating models
• Successfully supported significant organizational growth without requiring proportional increases in HR headcount
• Experience leading and developing HR teams and increasing their capability and organizational impact
• Meaningful experience with compensation, benefits, and retirement programs
• Experience partnering with senior executives and operational leaders on complex people and business issues
• Demonstrated success using process improvement, technology, automation, data, or AI to increase HR effectiveness
• Physical ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force and lift/move up to 15 pounds

Benefits:

• Total rewards, benefits, and retirement programs
• Equal opportunity employment
• Consideration of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable fair chance laws