HR Director

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5–8+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role.
• Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing payroll processes.
• Strong working knowledge of employment law (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, etc.).
• Proven ability to handle sensitive employee relations matters with discretion and sound judgment.
• Experience working with HRIS platforms and payroll systems.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment, including comfort with ambiguity and building HR infrastructure from the ground up, preferred
• Healthcare industry experience, with familiarity with relevant compliance considerations (e.g., HIPAA), preferred
• PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification, preferred
• Experience managing a recruiting function or supervising a Talent Acquisition Specialist, preferred
• Experience with compensation benchmarking and total rewards strategy, preferred

What Success Looks Like

• HR operations running smoothly — payroll accurate and on time, compliance maintained, employee records clean.
• Employees and managers feel supported and well-served by a responsive, trusted HR function.
• The Recruiter is well-coached and consistently filling roles with quality candidates on time.
• HR policies, SOPs, and an employee handbook are documented and kept current.
• Meaningful improvement in engagement, retention, and manager effectiveness over the first 6–12 months.