Human Resources Manager

Job Title: Human Resources Manager

Concept Type: Restaurant / Hospitality

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Salary: $125,000 - $130,000 per year

Nearly three decades of hospitality know-how live inside this organization, built on a simple belief: unforgettable guest experiences start with the people who create them. With multiple restaurant, bar, and entertainment concepts across several states, this company has earned its reputation by pairing scratch-kitchen creativity and craft beverage programs with an environment where teams feel genuinely supported. The culture here centers on bringing friends and family together to celebrate life — and that mission extends inward, to a workplace built on collaboration, high standards, and real investment in the people who make the guest experience possible. This is a team that moves fast, operates across multiple markets, and still keeps culture at the center of every decision.

Job Qualifications for the Human Resources Manager in Scottsdale, AZ:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Hospitality Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 3–5 years of progressive HR management experience in high-volume, multi-unit restaurant, entertainment, or hospitality environments.
• SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP or PHR / SPHR designation strongly preferred.
• Advanced fluency in enterprise HRIS platforms, multi-state payroll systems, and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS); hands-on experience with PayCom strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with benefit administration, total rewards programs, and compensation benchmarking.
• Mastery of multi-state employment regulations, with exceptional emotional intelligence, mediation skills, and professional discretion.
• Strong knowledge of workplace safety standards and initiatives.
• Excellent written communication skills, with experience updating employee and operational handbooks.
• Sound judgment and confidence leading orientation and training programs.

Job Responsibilities:

As the Human Resources Manager in Scottsdale, AZ, you will:

• Serve as a senior executive team leader reporting directly to the CEO, aligning people operations strategy with company growth goals.
• Lead benefit administration, compensation benchmarking, 401(k) planning, and total rewards programs in collaboration with Finance and Accounting.
• Own employee relations as the primary escalation point, conducting thorough workplace investigations and delivering executive coaching across departments.
• Develop scalable recruiting systems, structured onboarding protocols, and interview tools to attract and retain strong front-of-house and back-of-house talent.
• Promote a culture of accountability through proactive safety initiatives and systematic compliance audits across multiple states.
• Optimize HR processes within the PayCom HRIS platform, maintaining current employee policies and operational handbooks.
• Facilitate leadership training programs that drive cultural alignment, reduce turnover, and support long-term team stability.
• Conduct wage analysis and employee surveys to identify compensation gaps and workplace improvement opportunities.

Company Benefits:

• Opportunity to shape HR strategy across a growing multi-concept hospitality group.
• Collaborative, people-first culture with genuine investment in team development.
• A dynamic, fast-paced work environment rooted in nearly 30 years of hospitality experience.
• Meaningful role with visibility across corporate leadership.

This Human Resources Manager role in Scottsdale, AZ, is built for an HR professional who wants ownership over people strategy in a company where culture and guest experience are inseparable. If you're ready to bring your HR expertise to a hospitality group that values its team as much as its guests, this is the role to consider.

Apply now to become the next Human Resources Manager in Scottsdale, AZ. Send your resume to Don Hutcheson. Don@GeckoHospitality.com

#ZRDH

Since 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout the United States have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its Clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals.

At Gecko Hospitality, we are passionate about making sure that every member of our recruiting team is familiar with our philosophies. In the same way that we learn about people when developing relationships and friendships, we want our people to have a sense of Gecko Hospitality's values and insight into our company's "personality." With this insight comes a greater understanding of how values "fit" with Gecko Hospitality's values, why we do things the way we do as well as providing a basis for making decisions that are appropriate to those values. We all play a part in keeping these traditions and philosophies alive.

We want every member of our recruiting team to understand that we are only as good as how well we follow these philosophies on an every day basis. Gecko Hospitality is all about achieving results by being motivated. This motivation to achieve results comes from within. No one can motivate us, nor can we motivate anyone else. As leaders, all that we can do is provide an environment where people motivate themselves to achieve mutually beneficial goals. Along with this philosophy, each team member possesses the following traits for which we are proud: honesty, integrity, desire, determination, listening skills, rapid learning, responding in a timely manner, effective communication skills, thoroughness, empathy, compassion, and most of all we want every team member to have a strong work ethic that motivates them to produce superior results both for our candidates and for our Clients.

At Gecko Hospitality, you certainly have... more choices

As part of our recruiting process, we may contact you regarding positions we feel are a good fit or engage with you via SMS text message. By clicking to submit your application, Gecko Hospitality has your consent to communicate via SMS text message moving forward.
Terms of Service are available at https://www.geckohospitality.com/terms
Privacy Policy can be found at https://www.geckohospitality.com/privacy
Message and data rates may apply, depending on your mobile phone service plan. For more help reply “HELP” to your texts or you can opt-out by replying STOP