Top HR Jobs in Boston, MA

Provides administrative and coordination support for Harvard Business School Human Resources, including front desk operations, event coordination, invoice processing, rewards and recognition, HR communications, learning and development programs, employee engagement sessions, scheduling, course setup, and departmental projects. Serves as a professional first point of contact while maintaining confidentiality, accuracy, organization, and strong service for employees and stakeholders.

Serves as a strategic HR partner for a large retail region, supporting recruiting, staffing, employee relations, performance management, succession planning, training, diversity, compliance, compensation, engagement, and change management. Advises regional leaders, investigates workplace concerns, analyzes HR metrics, develops action plans, and ensures consistent execution of HR policies and programs across hundreds of stores. Regularly visits retail locations and collaborates with recruiting, training, and organizational development teams.

Supports HR business partners and attorneys with personnel records, HR documents, employee inquiries, onboarding, departures, evaluations, compliance, employment verifications, Workday transactions, HRIS reporting, and special projects. Maintains confidential records, coordinates with HR teams, supports I-9 and immigration processes, and helps ensure policies and regulatory requirements are followed.

Provides strategic HR consultation and support for assigned client groups in a matrixed organization. Advises managers and employees on employee relations, organizational development, recruitment, performance management, succession planning, training, policies, compliance, and employment law. Tracks HR performance indicators, resolves complex workplace issues, supports affirmative action reporting, mentors staff, and may represent the company in employment-related claims hearings. Travel may be required up to 25%.

Manages firmwide human resources processes for lawyer populations, including evaluations, promotions, talent initiatives, workflows, reporting, communications, and data management. Partners with HR business partners, leadership, Centers of Excellence, HR Operations, and IT to improve processes and ensure consistent implementation. Analyzes lawyer data, develops training and documentation, supports strategic HR initiatives, and leads staff through prioritization, coaching, and performance feedback.

Serve as a strategic HR partner for Tewksbury, MA and Oakwood Village, OH sites. Lead talent management, organizational design, employee relations, compensation analysis, recruitment collaboration, HR process alignment, workforce analytics, and change initiatives. Mentor leaders, advise on complex employee issues, and implement enterprise HR programs across a global matrix organization.

Serves as a strategic HR partner to leaders across complex business areas. Leads HR strategy, employee relations, performance management, organizational design, workforce planning, talent development, change management, and leadership coaching. Implements people policies and programs, analyzes HR trends and metrics, manages complex employee matters, supports organizational growth, leads cross-functional initiatives, and mentors junior team members while strengthening culture and workforce effectiveness.

Leads strategic HR initiatives for a senior living community, partnering with executives on workforce planning, talent development, performance management, succession planning, employee engagement, and complex employee relations. Oversees engagement and recognition programs, supports retention and internal growth, maintains a positive workplace, and manages HR operations for a diverse exempt and non-exempt workforce.

Provides operational and administrative support to the Human Resources department, including personnel transactions, onboarding and offboarding, HRIS maintenance, employment verification, unemployment requests, payroll submissions, benefits administration, employee communications, reporting, events, and HR projects. The role requires strong organization, confidentiality, customer service, attention to detail, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and HRIS platforms, preferably Paylocity.

Assists the Director of People and Culture in leading HR strategy and daily operations at Four Seasons Hotel Boston. Oversees benefits administration, recruitment and retention, compensation and wage administration, employee relations, learning and development, and local diversity initiatives while helping deliver an exceptional employee experience and workplace culture.

Serves as a strategic HR partner to managers, faculty, staff, and bargaining-unit representatives. Provides guidance on employee and labor relations, performance management, retention, staffing, compensation, organizational development, change management, recruitment, payroll transactions, policy compliance, and employment law. Leads HR projects, improves service delivery, coaches stakeholders, and resolves complex workplace issues while maintaining confidentiality and supporting an inclusive, high-performing culture.

Provide generalist HR advice across employee relations, onboarding, performance management, global mobility, and cyclical HR processes. Partner with HR Business Partners on salary review, talent mapping, calibration, and engagement analysis. Identify automation and self-service opportunities, support flexible work requests, and contribute to continuous improvement within a distributed, Pacific Time Zone-based team.

Supports HR operations across benefits administration, employee relations, onboarding, training, recruitment, compliance, leave administration, workers’ compensation, and employee records. Serves as payroll backup using Paycom, reviewing time and attendance, deductions, and employee status changes. Handles benefits inquiries, enrollment, audits, background checks, union-related matters, workplace investigations, and routine employment questions while maintaining confidentiality and compliance with employment laws.

The HR Coordinator supports daily HR operations, including recruitment, onboarding and offboarding, employee records, benefits administration, payroll support through Paylocity, compliance, employee relations, internal communications, training coordination, engagement initiatives, and HR projects. The role maintains confidential information, tracks certifications and deadlines, supports surveys and performance evaluations, and provides administrative support to the Senior Director of HR. This is a full-time hybrid position requiring at least four days in person.

Supports employee relations, compliance, recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, performance management, policy administration, training, engagement initiatives, audits, and HR records across multiple YMCA locations. Advises employees and managers on employment laws and policies, assists with investigations and documentation, maintains confidential data, processes employment changes, and contributes to an inclusive workplace culture.

Manage broad HR functions including end-to-end recruitment, employee relations, investigations, policy compliance, performance management, payroll and benefits administration. Advise employees and managers, maintain HR records in UKG, support onboarding and development, and contribute to special projects. The role requires strong organization, discretion, communication, attention to detail, and periodic travel among multiple venues.

Two-year rotational HR program for early-career talent, providing experience across HR business partnering, people analytics, DEI, learning, talent management, recruiting, and total rewards. Responsibilities include supporting global HR initiatives, analyzing workforce data and trends, contributing to workforce planning and talent projects, and developing solutions that improve employee experience. Participants receive mentorship, training, coaching, and leadership exposure.

Three-month HR internship supporting HR policies, compliance documentation, HRIS workflows and data entry, employee communications, reporting, research, process improvement, and administrative projects. The intern will collaborate with HR leaders and business partners, maintain confidential employee information, and assist with documentation and special initiatives. Bilingual English and Spanish communication skills are required, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to work onsite in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to senior leaders and business teams, managing employee relations, investigations, performance and talent management, compensation, engagement, change initiatives, HR policies, compliance, and global HR projects. Coaches managers, supports organizational design and development, uses people data to improve team performance, and partners with Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Legal. The role supports a global workforce with a focus on Australia and New Zealand and requires occasional travel and evening collaboration hours.

Strategic HR partner supporting multiple business units by aligning people strategy with organizational goals. Responsibilities include workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, succession planning, employee relations, organizational change, leadership coaching, and data-driven workforce decisions. The role partners with Finance and HR functions to execute scalable initiatives while addressing day-to-day HR needs.

Own multi-state payroll, HRIS administration, reporting, compliance, benefits, leave administration, and employee lifecycle processes for a 240+ employee organization. Manage Paycom data, access, configuration, audits, and analytics; partner with Accounting on payroll reconciliations, tax registrations, general-ledger mapping, and benefit allocations. Lead open enrollment, support audits, mentor an HR Operations Specialist, and serve as an internal HRIS and payroll subject matter expert.

Support HR Administration by performing data analysis, reporting, dashboarding, testing, documentation, and process improvement. Ensure regulatory compliance, develop/validate queries, research system functionality, support implementations, and train end users.

Serves as the strategic HR partner for a geographically dispersed workforce of more than 1,300 hourly employees. Leads onboarding, employee relations, investigations, performance management, engagement, retention, compliance, workforce analytics, and organizational change. Coaches operational leaders, oversees an onboarding analyst, supports talent and succession planning, and drives HR compliance transformation across multiple states. Partners with Legal, Payroll, Recruiting, and other HR functions while ensuring consistent employment practices and workforce effectiveness.

Design evaluation tasks for AI systems in talent management, employee relations, compensation, compliance, and organizational design. Create HR scenarios, reference outputs, policies, investigation reports, compensation analyses, organizational design proposals, and expert-level rubrics across US and international employment-law frameworks. Apply HR methodologies and enterprise HR tools while distinguishing senior HR judgment from generic knowledge.

Remote HR internship supporting recruitment, onboarding, employee records, engagement, HR operations, compliance documentation, performance management assistance, and general HR administrative tasks.