Human Resources Manager

Human Resources Manager | Strategic HR Leader | Culture Builder

NOTE: No relocation - must be local to Chicago.

Are you a people-first HR leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-performance environments? We’re seeking a dynamic Human Resources Manager to serve as a trusted partner to leadership, champion employee engagement, and drive impactful HR strategies that strengthen culture, performance, and growth.

What You’ll Do

• Act as a strategic advisor to leadership on recruiting, employee relations, performance management, retention, compensation, and compliance.
• Lead executive-level recruitment and oversee staff hiring strategy to attract top talent.
• Drive employee engagement and foster a transparent, high-performing, feedback-driven culture.
• Coach leaders and employees on performance, development, and conflict resolution.
• Lead complex employee relations matters and workplace investigations with professionalism and discretion.
• Analyze workforce trends (engagement, retention, exit data) and implement strategic improvements.
• Oversee compensation analysis, salary benchmarking, and pay equity initiatives.
• Mentor HR team members and help elevate HR service delivery across the organization.
• Partner across departments to strengthen talent development, internal mobility, and organizational effectiveness.

What You Bring

• 8 years of progressive HR experience, ideally in a mid-to-large professional services environment - in the Law, Legal, or Finance.
• Strong business partnership experience supporting leadership on employee relations, recruiting, compensation, and performance strategy.
• Proven ability to influence, coach, and build trust across all levels of an organization.
• Data-driven mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship-building capabilities.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while managing multiple priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field (or equivalent experience).
• HR certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR) preferred.
• Experience with HRIS systems (UltiPro or similar) and strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Professional services or law firm experience is a plus.

If you’re a strategic, hands-on HR leader who wants to make a measurable impact on culture, talent, and organizational success — we want to hear from you.

If you meet the above qualifications and would like to apply for this position, you may email your up-to-date, professional CV/resume to Tim Dameron @ timothy.dameron@adeccona.com.

Perfect placements. Speedy staffing. Tenacious testing. Who’s Adecco, we hear you ask? Only the top provider of first-class HR solutions. Our consultants work with some of the best, and most exciting, companies all over the world. We equip our clients with priceless industry insight and put everything we’ve got into training and mentoring our candidates.

We’re here to match talented people with the job opportunities and employers they’re looking for. On any given day we connect over 700,000 people with fulfilling opportunities that make the most of their skills now and enable them to develop new expertise for the future.

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