Senior HR Manager
Vancouver, WA - USA
Job Summary
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior HR Manager who will be instrumental in supporting HR Leadership through a period of transformation and high acquisition and organic growth. This role reports directly to senior HR Leadership and oversees our HR Business Partners. As a Senior HR Manager you will guide and direct our HR Business Partners to ensure a consistent customer-service approach to onboarding performance management benefits compliance employee relations and HR operations while respecting each legacy organizations history strengths and business needs.
The ideal candidate has led people functions or major HR programs; brings hands-on change management and integration experience; and is comfortable guiding employees and leaders through ambiguity. This individual will apply strong judgment and employment law knowledge translate strategy into practical and well-sequenced execution and partner closely with the Director of Human Resources Senior Leadership Team and business leaders across the platform.
Key Responsibilities
Lead coach and develop HR Business Partners and Generalists across the platform establishing clear priorities service expectations accountability and consistent ways of working.
Support HR Leadership in leading HR integration for newly acquired or merging businesses by assessing legacy people practices identifying gaps and risks preserving valuable local practices and creating practical plans to transition employees into platform programs systems policies and culture.
Contribute to and execute change management plans for HR transitions under the direction of HR Leadership including communication strategy leader readiness employee support timelines ownership and success measures so changes build trust and minimize disruption.
Advise business and operational leaders on organizational design workforce planning talent needs retention succession performance engagement and other people matters.
Partner with the Director of Talent Acquisition to address hiring needs and create a consistent candidate new-hire and onboarding experience across offices and business units.
Support the platform onboarding program and ensure consistent delivery across offices and business units so new hires and newly integrated employees are oriented to platform policies procedures systems expectations and culture.
Provide guidance on complex employee relations matters investigations performance concerns corrective action conflict resolution disciplinary notices and workplace issues including matters arising during integration.
Ensure compliance with applicable federal state and local employment requirements including Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements where applicable; coordinate with legal counsel and other specialists as needed.
Oversee the accuracy confidentiality and retention of physical and digital employee files.
Promote effective use of ADP Workforce Now and other HR technology reliable reporting and accurate employee data.
Establish and monitor HR metrics identify trends and risks and use insights to improve employee experience leader effectiveness operational consistency and business outcomes.
Collaborate with Finance Payroll Legal IT Operations Benefits Talent Acquisition vendors and community partners to deliver coordinated HR solutions.
Skills & Attributes
Demonstrated leadership experience guiding a team function or major HR programs with the judgment and presence to lead managers and employees through change.
Hands-on change management and or transformation experience ideally involving mergers acquisitions organizational integrations or significant business transformation.
Ability to think at a platform level and build consistent HR programs and practices that scale across multiple offices entities and legacy organizations.
Strong problem-solving skills and comfort operating in ambiguity while integration plans and organizational structures are evolving.
Broad knowledge of HR strategy and practice including compensation benefits performance management safety hiring compliance and employee relations.
Effective written verbal facilitation and executive communication skills including the ability to explain change clearly to employees and leaders at all levels.
Ability to balance platform consistency with practical flexibility for different operating companies locations and business needs.
Ability to build trusted relationships with executives managers employees vendors and community partners.
Commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion collaboration teamwork accountability and respect.
Comfort operating in support of the Human Resources Leadership while exercising independent judgment and leadership on day-to-day HR matters.
High integrity discretion empathy service orientation and ability to handle confidential information.
Hands-on solutions-focused approach suited to a fast-changing entrepreneurial and growth-oriented environment.
Requirements
Required
Bachelors degree in Human Resources Labor Relations Organizational Development Business or a related field; equivalent relevant work experience may substitute.
At least five years of progressive Human Resources experience including responsibility for leading people a function or major HR programs.
Demonstrated knowledge of employee relations employment law talent management compensation benefits HR operations organizational development and change management.
Experience supporting multiple business units offices legal entities or a distributed workforce in a complex or high-growth environment.
Strong written verbal facilitation problem-solving and executive communication skills.
Proficiency with HR information systems reporting tools and Microsoft Office applications.
SHRM or HRCI certification or willingness to obtain certification.
Ability to travel periodically to operating companies and other platform locations.
Preferred
Demonstrated experience supporting mergers acquisitions post-acquisition integration or other organizational integration efforts.
Experience with ADP Workforce Now.
Experience supporting HR operations in a multi-state multi-office or multi-entity organization.
Experience in professional services engineering government-contracting or similarly regulated environment.
Advanced degree in Human Resources Business Administration Organizational Development or a related field.
Work Location & Travel
The final work arrangement will be established based on business needs. Regular interaction with leaders and employees across multiple companies and locations is required along with periodic travel to operating companies and other platform locations.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation will be based on relevant experience qualifications internal equity and business needs.
Medical dental and vision insurance
401(k) and profit sharing
Long-term disability coverage
Performance bonus eligibility
Paid time off and paid holidays
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Multidisciplinary professional services consulting firm providing engineering, surveying, envrionmental, and planning services nationwide.