Top Senior HR Jobs in Boston, MA

Leads the full Human Resources function for AFI, advising executives, faculty, managers, and employees. Oversees employee relations, investigations, performance management, recruitment, workforce planning, compensation, benefits, payroll processes, HRIS administration, policies, compliance, leave administration, accommodations, immigration matters, engagement, training, and organizational development. Uses HR reporting to support decisions and partners with Finance, Legal, IT, Research Administration, ADA, and external vendors.

Provides executive-level administrative support to a Vice President, including calendar management, meeting coordination, travel arrangements, correspondence, file maintenance, confidential information handling, data management, reporting, special projects, and employee query resolution. Requires strong organization, communication, discretion, independence, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

The HR Business Partner will align human capital strategies with business objectives, lead change initiatives, and enhance workforce agility while collaborating with senior leaders in a global setting.

The HR Project Manager will lead HR initiatives, manage cross-functional projects, and collaborate with HR teams to optimize organizational effectiveness and improve HR service delivery.

Partner with functional leaders to translate business strategy into people strategy. Own org design, performance management, compensation, talent development, engagement, and retention. Provide coaching on career pathing, change management, and sensitive employee issues. Use people data to generate insights and recommendations, build compliant HR policies, manage global employee relations, and collaborate with People Team COEs to deliver cohesive people programs at scale.

Serve as Harvard's senior HR executive, setting enterprise people strategy, modernizing HR policies and services, strengthening culture and labor relations, and leading a central HR team supporting ~6,000 employees across a decentralized university.

Serve as a strategic HR partner to executives and leaders, advising on organizational design and talent strategy; manage complex employee relations and investigations; execute people programs (merit cycles, performance reviews, engagement surveys); maintain HRIS data and people analytics; drive change initiatives and champion an inclusive culture across US and EMEA.

Hands-on HR generalist supporting HR operations, benefits administration, compliance, pay equity auditing, onboarding/offboarding, employee relations, and process improvement. Provide surge recruiting support, maintain HR documentation, analyze HR metrics, and use AI tools to automate and streamline People workflows across the US and Canada.

Supports daily People team operations across recruiting, onboarding, payroll assistance, benefits administration, employee relations, compliance, HRIS records, training, and employee support. Recruits frontline employees, coordinates background checks and documentation, reviews timekeeping, assists with payroll and open enrollment, maintains policies and compliance reports, and partners with managers on staffing, retention, performance, and engagement initiatives.

Serve as a trusted HR advisor to leaders and employees across assigned business groups. Responsibilities include organizational design, workforce planning, talent and succession planning, employee relations, performance management, compensation support, engagement initiatives, leadership development, workforce analytics, policy implementation, compliance, and employee training. The role collaborates with HR centers of excellence and business leaders while managing multiple priorities and supporting organizational change.

Senior HR leader responsible for full-spectrum people strategy and operations for a fully remote, unionized nonprofit. Owns HRIS/PEO, benefits, payroll, compliance, CBA administration, grievance management, employee relations, performance management, organizational design, and leads the People Operations team. Advises executives, coaches managers, oversees investigations, drives retention and DEIA-aligned people strategies, and manages vendor relationships.

Lead and rebuild HR Operations across payroll, benefits, compliance, HRIS, and workforce data for US and Canada. Modernize systems and automation, drive change management and vendor performance, support immigration and M&A integrations, design scalable HR processes and SOPs, and lead a high-performing HR Ops team to enable rapid organizational growth.

Leads human resources strategy for JBT Marel’s Diversified Food & Health North American business across multiple locations. Responsibilities include workforce planning, employee engagement, talent acquisition, organizational development, succession planning, compensation, performance management, training, employee relations, policy development, compliance, and M&A support. Acts as a strategic business partner to senior leaders, drives organizational change, and oversees HR programs for approximately 1,100 U.S. employees.

Serves as a strategic HR business partner to executives and leaders, leading workforce planning, organizational design, talent and performance management, employee relations, engagement, leadership development, compliance, HR operations, analytics, and global people initiatives. The role advises leaders, mentors HR professionals, drives organizational change, improves HR processes, and supports growth, transformation, and employee experience across the organization.

Lead enterprise HR transformation initiatives to modernize HR operations, design future-state processes, drive automation and adoption, manage change, and partner cross-functionally to implement scalable HR solutions and governance across the employee lifecycle.

Senior individual-contributor HR leader partnering with the CDIO to lead people strategy for Data/Technology/AI. Owns talent strategy, org design, workforce planning, change leadership, leadership development, succession planning, and AI-enabled HR analytics to scale technical capability and improve organizational effectiveness across the enterprise.

Serve as the primary HR leader for a manufacturing facility, partnering with business leaders on performance management, talent management, employee relations, organizational design, change management, compensation, workforce planning, and leadership development to drive business results and cultural transformation.

Lead Employee Relations and serve as HR Business Partner for Legal and Signal Technologies. Conduct complex investigations, develop and implement compliant policies and HR processes, coach managers, support compensation, talent and performance programs, and present HR solutions to drive employee engagement and business results.

Serve as a strategic HR partner to senior leaders across corporate functions, advising on organizational effectiveness, change management, workforce planning, talent reviews, succession, leadership development, employee relations and investigations, performance coaching, and people analytics. Drive integrated HR solutions with TA, Total Rewards, and L&D, ensure legal and policy compliance, mitigate people-related risks, and scale HR programs to support growth.

Build and operate core HR processes, including onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, merit and promotion cycles, career pathing, employee recognition, learning and development, benefits support, and immigration assistance. Own the implementation and configuration of Rippling, using AI tools to improve efficiency while maintaining compliant documentation, data handling, and decision-making practices. Partner closely with employees and managers in a growth-stage company.

Analyze workforce data and develop HR dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, visualizations, and automated reporting solutions. Identify trends across the employee lifecycle, evaluate engagement and employee programs, ensure data quality and compliance, and provide actionable recommendations to HR and business leaders. The role also supports employee listening strategies, reporting process improvement, data governance, and executive-level presentations.

Lead companywide recruiting and help build the organization’s people infrastructure. Responsibilities include sourcing candidates, developing compensation and retention programs, managing payroll and benefits, overseeing performance evaluations, creating onboarding and training processes, and advising leadership on employment-law compliance. The role supports a distributed team and works closely with executive and legal teams.

Lead HR operations and strategy for a US remote site, partnering with business leaders to drive employee relations, performance management, compensation, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness. Implement HR programs, advise on policy and compliance, conduct investigations, track HR metrics, and manage special projects to support a People First culture.

Provide strategic HR leadership for corporate functions in a global matrix environment. Partner with leaders on talent attraction, performance management, employee relations, compensation, organizational development, change initiatives, HR analytics, and HRIS implementation while driving engagement, retention, and organizational effectiveness.

Serve as a strategic HR partner to managers across G&A, R&D, and GTM, guiding performance management, employee relations, investigations, organizational effectiveness, talent development, and workforce planning. Coordinate with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver integrated people solutions, analyze workforce data to inform decisions, support organizational change, and drive HR programs and continuous improvement to enhance manager capability and employee experience.