What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR Director position at Lean TECHniques?
Mission:
Leverage your skills and expertise to lead a top-tier HR team that fosters an exceptional company culture and team engagement, while ensuring organizational alignment, compliance, and operational excellence.
Objectives:
Build and Lead a High-Performing HR Team
Leverage your skills and expertise to lead a top-tier HR team that fosters an exceptional company culture and team engagement, while ensuring organizational alignment, compliance, and operational excellence.
Objectives:
Build and Lead a High-Performing HR Team
- Lead the daily operations of the HR team to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery.
- Mentor junior HR professionals to foster growth, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Provide backup support across HR and recruitment functions to ensure operational continuity.
- Streamline systems for onboarding, offboarding, and team member transitions across clients.
- Implement procedures for managing team utilization and workforce data to optimize organizational effectiveness.
- Maintain accurate HR records and generate regular reports to support strategic decision-making.
- Lead all compliance and governance activities across federal, multi-state, and local employment laws.
- Create, update, and enforce HR policies and procedures that ensure legal compliance and reflect organizational values.
- Manage compliance for leave policies across all operating states.
- Support recruitment, hiring, and onboarding processes to attract and retain exceptional talent.
- Partner with leadership on hiring projections and internal movement planning.
- Ensure inclusive, equitable hiring practices that reflect organizational values and legal standards.
- Support the design and management of fair, competitive compensation practices that support acquisition, retention, and growth.
- Assist in compensation research and budgeting annual salary increases.
- Assist in the design and administration of comprehensive benefits programs (health, retirement, wellness), partnering with external vendors to manage costs and value.
- Identify and implement learning and development programs to support operations team growth, improving organizational effectiveness.
- Support the development and monitoring of performance management and team development frameworks.
- Lead team member engagement initiatives that reflect and reinforce the organization’s values.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership on HR strategies that elevate culture and engagement.
- Strong knowledge of Professional Services Industry
- HR Leadership Expertise: Manages budgets, resources, and HR systems/initiatives effectively. Proficient in talent acquisition, retention, and development strategies.
- Business Acumen: Understands business operations, objectives, and market dynamics. Balances HR strategies with financial and operational realities. Makes data-driven decisions to support business goals.
- Legal and Ethical Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations. Strong knowledge of labor laws, compliance, and HR best practices.
- Emotional Intelligence: Demonstrates empathy, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills. Effectively handles sensitive HR matters with discretion.
- Change Management: Ability to drive organizational change initiatives and ensure smooth transitions.
- Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities. Communicates effectively with all levels of the organization.
- Conflict resolution: Skilled in conflict resolution and relationship-building. Manages conflict and facilitates difficult conversations.
- Analytical: Ability to use HR data and analytics to inform strategies. Implements creative solutions to enhance organizational effectiveness.
- Problem-Solving: Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.