Top HR Jobs in Boston, MA

Owns the people workstream for mergers and acquisitions from diligence through close and integration. Responsibilities include building diligence questionnaires, analyzing employment and compensation data, assessing risks, modeling compensation and equity structures, supporting negotiations, managing integration readiness, and developing reusable playbooks and automation. The role partners with corporate development, legal, finance, and people leadership while operating across global, confidential, and often ambiguous transactions.

Own the HR function as a hands-on solo operator, managing recruiting, onboarding, multi-state payroll, benefits, HRIS data, compliance, policies, performance cycles, compensation operations, employee relations, engagement, and office administration. Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and leadership while supporting U.S. and Italy employees, improving workflows, and maintaining reliable people programs in a distributed technology company.

Leads enterprise HR reporting, dashboards, workforce analytics, data governance, quality controls, and reporting automation using Workday and related tools. Partners with HR leaders and business stakeholders to deliver executive-ready insights for workforce planning, talent strategy, compliance, and organizational effectiveness. Serves as a Workday reporting subject matter expert, resolves complex data issues, improves reporting processes, and mentors junior analysts.

The Head of HR will lead all human resources functions, aligning strategies with business objectives, managing talent acquisition, and promoting diversity while overseeing operational compliance.

Supports recruiting, screening, interviewing, onboarding, payroll, time tracking, learning and development, employee relations, and general HR administration. The role focuses on serving a distributed, high-volume hourly workforce, especially part-time Client Onsite Associates. Responsibilities include reconciling timesheets, processing payroll, coordinating training, answering employee questions, maintaining records, and partnering with hiring managers and HR leadership.

Supports daily HR administration, including onboarding and offboarding, employee records, documentation, scheduling, HR inquiries, recruitment coordination, reporting, and follow-up on outstanding tasks. Maintains confidentiality and accurate HR data while providing organized, proactive support to employees, candidates, managers, HR, and management in a fully remote environment.

The HR Generalist partners with business leaders, managers, employees, Talent teams, and HR centers of expertise to deliver employee experience programs and resolve people matters. Responsibilities include employee relations, manager coaching, talent and compensation cycles, investigations, workforce insights, KPI tracking, HR data maintenance in Workday, employment compliance, and organizational planning. The role supports global teams, promotes diversity and belonging, and provides strategic and operational HR guidance across the employee journey.

Administers and improves employee benefits and leave programs, including health, retirement, disability, FMLA, accommodations, and annual enrollment. Ensures regulatory compliance, data accuracy, payroll reconciliation, vendor performance, employee communications, and timely case resolution. Partners with HR, Payroll, Legal, managers, employees, third-party administrators, and HRIS teams on complex cases, system testing, reporting, wellness programming, and process improvements.

Lead HR risk, compliance, and policy programs partnering with Legal, HRIS, Payroll, and Finance. Build monitoring controls, run adverse impact and workforce analytics, manage OFCCP responses, develop SOPs, trainings, communications, and automated reporting tools. Drive policy governance, health & safety programs, and project manage cross-functional HR integrations and compliance initiatives.

Lead HR business partnering for R&D and Tech Ops & Quality, delivering strategic HR programs (talent acquisition, performance, compensation, succession, development), advising leaders on org design and change, driving employee relations and engagement, and implementing people processes to support business objectives across US and global organizations.

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.

Support employee experience, engagement, recruitment coordination, onboarding, offboarding, HR operations, employee lifecycle activities, reporting, and HR projects. Serve as a day-to-day employee contact, partner with hiring managers, manage documentation and communications, identify process gaps, and contribute to culture-building for a remote-first organization.

Own HR for a fully remote, multi-state B2B company, including payroll and labor-law compliance, contractor classification, onboarding and offboarding, leave and benefits administration, policies, employee relations, and manager coaching. Provide proactive, concise recommendations and cost modeling directly to the CEO, ensuring documentation and processes can withstand future SOC 2 audits.

Partner with managers and employees on performance, development, engagement, employee relations, and day-to-day people matters. Coach managers, support talent and performance processes, improve HR operations using AI and automation, analyze people data, and coordinate payroll, benefits, compensation, and other processes with the PEO and Finance. Help scale the organization and strengthen its culture during growth and change.

Provide senior HR leadership and strategy across payroll, benefits, HRIS, talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, and compliance. Build retention frameworks, define HR KPIs, manage HR team and vendors, maintain legal compliance, draft HR budgets, and partner with leadership to drive culture, engagement, and organizational development.

Responsible for supporting employee productivity, helping achieve organizational goals, and resolving workplace discrepancies among employees.

Provides tier-one HR help desk support to employees by investigating and resolving inquiries about policies, procedures, employee relations, system access, and other HR issues. Documents interactions, tracks requests, enters data, maintains records, and uses multiple systems to research and communicate accurate responses. The role also identifies recurring customer concerns and supports process improvements, requiring strong communication, organization, customer service, problem-solving, and computer skills.

Partners with business leaders on employee engagement, performance management, employee relations, workforce planning, talent assessment, organizational design, and manager capability. Coaches leaders through complex people issues, uses workforce and engagement data to guide decisions, supports organizational changes, and collaborates cross-functionally on talent, training, and HR initiatives. The role is remote on the East Coast with hybrid work during transition and requires up to 25% travel.

Lead global HR operations for a fully remote workforce across approximately 50 countries. Manage a global HR team, advise executives and managers, oversee employee relations, compliance, compensation, benefits, performance management, learning programs, HR systems, reporting, and the full staff lifecycle. Support immigration and relocation matters, improve HR processes through automation and analytics, manage external providers, and strengthen organizational culture, effectiveness, and employee experience.

Serve as a fractional Director of HR advising alternative asset firms and family offices on full-scope HR programs: policy design, compliance, compensation, talent management, employee relations, vendor oversight, people analytics, and special projects. Develop actionable plans, KPIs, and measurement frameworks; support managers, handle sensitive investigations and regulatory matters, and drive leadership development and succession planning.

Supports and optimizes HR technology by analyzing requirements, configuring HCM modules, developing tests, resolving production issues, maintaining data integrity, supporting integrations and reporting, and leading system enhancement workstreams. Partners with HR, Payroll, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders while ensuring privacy, security, governance, documentation, training, and continuous improvement. Provides subject-matter expertise, coaches users and analysts, and applies responsible AI practices.

Supports and optimizes HR technology by analyzing requirements, configuring HCM systems, testing enhancements, resolving production issues, maintaining data integrity, supporting integrations and reporting, and leading project workstreams. Partners with HR, Payroll, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders while ensuring privacy, security, governance, and compliance. Coaches users and analysts and drives continuous process improvement.

Leads strategic and operational HR support across a multi-site portfolio of arenas, stadiums, and theaters. Partners with venue and regional leaders on workforce planning, organizational design, employee relations, labor strategy, compliance, talent management, succession planning, leadership development, engagement, retention, and change initiatives. Supports salaried and hourly workforces, seasonal staffing, union environments, and consistent HR program execution across geographically dispersed venues.

Serve as US HR SME managing compliance, HRIS (HiBob), PEO liaison (ADP TotalSource), onboarding/offboarding, payroll and benefits (including 401(k)), employee relations and ER cases (PIPs), policy updates, audits, and US-specific HR projects while partnering with global HR and payroll teams.

Partners with corporate leaders on performance, employee relations, compensation, career development, workforce planning, and manager coaching. Leads calibration, promotion, and merit cycles; advises on complex employee matters; designs scalable HR processes; owns strategic people initiatives; applies AI to improve HR workflows; and mentors fellow HR partners.