Top HR Jobs in Boston, MA

Leads HR technology strategy, AI innovation, roadmap development, and operational improvement initiatives. Partners with HR, Shared Services, IT, and external technology providers to evaluate Workday and ServiceNow releases, prioritize investments, build business cases, and deliver process improvements. Drives change management, adoption, governance, and stakeholder alignment while recruiting, coaching, and managing a high-performing team.

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.

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.

Directs HR operations for the Laboratory Chemicals Division, partnering with senior leadership on people strategy, organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, succession, performance, total rewards, employee engagement, and change management. Uses workforce analytics to improve organizational effectiveness and employee experience while coaching leaders and supporting a global matrix organization. The role also drives HR process improvement, culture development, and scalable solutions, with travel up to 25%.

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.

Partner with managers to provide HR counsel on performance management, coaching, discipline, and employment law. Conduct workplace investigations, handle unemployment hearings and corrective actions, administer leaves and suspensions, and manage high-volume recruiting, offer negotiation, and new hire onboarding. Support manager development and respond to employee/manager concerns.

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.

Manage site-level HR functions including recruitment, onboarding, benefits administration, payroll processing, personnel file maintenance, HRIS recordkeeping, and compliance with federal and state employment regulations. Support employee relations and performance evaluation programs.

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.

Serve as the HR point-person aligning people strategy with business goals. Provide employee and labor relations support, conduct investigations, advise on benefits and compliance, drive HR initiatives, collaborate with leaders, and engage in-person across union and non-union sites throughout New England.

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.

Support administration and improvement of global compensation programs and job architecture. Manage compensation surveys, benchmarking, Workday-enabled processes, annual compensation cycles, incentive plan administration, data integrity/auditing, reporting/analytics, and cross-functional coordination with HR, Finance, Legal, Payroll, and Recruiting.

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.

Provide operational HR support including personnel administration, onboarding/offboarding, HRIS maintenance, employment/unemployment verifications, weekly payroll submissions, benefits administration, employee communications, event support, reporting, and general clerical and special project support.

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.

Support HR operations for the Americas region by managing Workday entries, onboarding/offboarding, offers, background checks, I-9 processing, vendor and invoice management, and recruiting operations. Partner with Talent Acquisition, Finance, and hiring managers to improve processes and ensure accurate, timely HR transactions.

Provide day-to-day HR guidance and own employee relations cases including investigations, documentation, and resolution. Coach managers on performance, behavior, and conflict; support HR operations, case management, and core people processes. Identify trends, maintain SOPs and HR metrics, and partner with HR Business Partners, legal, and Centers of Excellence to ensure consistent policy execution and improved manager capability.

Serve as an HR Business Partner focused on Employee Relations: manage intake, investigations, documentation, and case closure; ensure compliance and confidentiality; analyze ER trends; advise leaders and implement prevention-focused solutions and training to strengthen culture and mitigate risk.

Lead HR strategy and operations for a growing cleantech startup: manage onboarding, benefits, leaves (FMLA/state), employee relations, compliance, HRIS, performance cycles, contractor renewals, pay bands, offboarding, and culture-building while partnering with recruiting and operations.

Serve as strategic HR partner to retail store operations across regions: lead talent development, succession planning, employee relations, compliance, workforce analytics, and process improvements to improve engagement, retention, and operational performance.

Support HR operations including onboarding/offboarding, benefits administration, performance review coordination, HRIS data entry and reporting, system testing and documentation, and general HR projects. Coordinate with IT, Payroll, and stakeholders to ensure accurate data, smooth processes, and timely communications across the firm.

Provide administrative and operational HR support across the employee lifecycle: maintain HRIS and records, coordinate recruitment and onboarding, manage HR inbox, assist with promotions/transfers/offboarding, support stakeholders, ensure compliance, and help improve HR processes.

Serve as the primary HR strategic partner to Harvard College leadership: advise on workforce planning, organizational design, succession and talent management, performance coaching, employee relations and compliance; coordinate with central HR teams, use HR data to inform decisions, support change management and manage compensation administration.