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Director, HR Compliance
Overview
The Director of HR Compliance leads organizational compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws while driving best‑in‑class HR compliance practices across a multi‑site, operationally complex environment. This role owns HR risk mitigation, regulatory adherence, audit readiness, and serves as the enterprise subject‑matter expert on employment compliance. A core responsibility includes oversight and continuous improvement of the end‑to‑end new hire onboarding process to ensure compliance, efficiency, and a strong employee experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise‑wide HR compliance and risk management programs, ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local employment laws (including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, DOT), and proactively monitoring regulatory changes.
- Conduct regular compliance audits and maintain audit‑ready documentation; oversee I‑9, E‑Verify, labor postings, unemployment claims administration, and agency inquiries.
- Design, oversee, and continuously improve compliant, scalable new‑hire onboarding programs, including documentation, pre‑employment screening, onboarding workflows, and retention metrics.
- Develop, update, and govern multi‑state HR policies and employee handbook content; serve as primary compliance advisor to HR and business leadership.
- Design and deliver compliance and employee relations training (e.g., harassment prevention, wage and hour, EEO), while tracking completion and effectiveness through metrics and reporting.
- Lead or support sensitive, high‑risk investigations (harassment, discrimination, retaliation, ethics, wage/hour) and provide compliant guidance on corrective action and terminations, partnering with external counsel as needed.
- Collaborate cross‑functionally with Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, Legal, and Operations, and manage compliance vendors while advising senior leadership on workforce risk and compliance strategy.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience building or scaling an HR compliance function in a multi‑state environment
- Experience with transportation law required
- Deep expertise in wage and hour, leaves, ADA/interactive process, EEO, background checks, pay transparency, I‑9, and mandated training
- Proven success managing complex investigations with defensible documentation
- Strong compliance analytics, audit infrastructure, and reporting capability
- Experience supporting high‑volume, operational environments preferred
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree required; JD, Master's degree, or HR compliance certifications preferred
- 8-10 years of progressive HR compliance experience
- Experience managing onboarding programs, audits, vendors, and regulatory reporting
- Industry experience in distribution, logistics, manufacturing, transportation, or supply chain environments preferred
- Experience with multi‑state compliance strongly preferred
Salary : $195,000 - $220,000