Top HR Jobs in Buffalo, NY

The Senior Manager, HR Compliance is responsible for developing and executing a compliance framework across the Americas, managing immigration and global mobility programs, and ensuring adherence to applicable laws and regulations while fostering a culture of compliance within the organization.

Provides strategic and hands-on HR partnership to Engineering, Product, and R&D leaders. Responsibilities include manager coaching, performance management, employee relations, talent and compensation programs, engagement surveys, exit meetings, organizational effectiveness, risk identification, and policy application. The role supports globally distributed teams during a six-month transition period and requires strong judgment, confidentiality, communication, and operational execution.

Leads PwC’s HR Managed Services payroll team, overseeing global payroll operations, compliance, process improvements, and transformational change. Builds strategic client relationships, develops payroll policies and practices, mentors team members, promotes payroll technology adoption, and establishes industry-leading processes across global teams. The Director provides thought leadership, drives business growth, and maintains trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders.

Serve as strategic HR partner to G&A senior leaders, leading org design and restructures, driving performance calibration, using data and AI tools to surface org health risks, and translating people strategy into measurable outcomes across global, high-growth teams.

Supports employees and managers across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, employee relations, leave and workers’ compensation administration, HRIS and records management, reporting, compliance, recruitment, training, engagement programs, and policy implementation. The role serves as a primary contact for routine HR inquiries, resolves issues, escalates complex matters, and contributes to process improvement and cross-functional HR projects.

Leads HR operations across a multi-site call center network, managing HR Partners and recruiting teams. Oversees employee relations, investigations, multi-state compliance, leadership coaching, high-volume hiring, staffing ramps, retention initiatives, and workforce metrics. Partners with operations and legal leadership to support performance, headcount governance, and consistent people practices for frontline hourly teams.

Supports manufacturing HR activities including recruiting, onboarding, talent management, workforce planning, employee engagement, process improvement, events, and HR projects. Collaborates with plant leadership and diverse teams while gaining practical experience in human resources.

Strategic HR Business Partner supporting Global Engineering, Finance, and Business Management leaders. Develops and implements HR, talent, organizational design, and change management strategies; leads talent management, succession planning, performance management, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness initiatives. Advises senior leadership, manages HR metrics and dashboards, supports enterprise HR programs, and collaborates with HR centers of excellence. The role is onsite in East Aurora, New York, with approximately 25% global travel.

Supports HR administration and office operations for a manufacturing plant, including recruiting, onboarding, employee records, payroll inputs, benefits access, compliance, employee relations documentation, safety records, reporting, accounting support, supplies, and workflow improvements. The role helps establish HR systems and workplace culture during the facility’s launch while supporting leadership and employees.

Volunteer HR Generalist to support recruiting (sourcing, screening, interviewing, onboarding), maintain personnel records and new-hire documentation, coordinate office operations and policies, publish job ads, schedule interviews, prepare reports and presentations, and assist with initial fundraising campaign. Attend weekly meetings and commit to minimum 4+ hours weekly.

Leads HR strategy for a global go-to-market vendor organization, partnering with executives on workforce planning, organizational design, transformation, talent strategy, succession planning, leadership effectiveness, culture, employee relations, and risk management. Manages and develops a team of HR professionals while aligning people strategy with business growth, productivity, profitability, and organizational performance.

Remote HR internship supporting end-to-end talent acquisition. Responsibilities include posting job openings, screening resumes, shortlisting candidates, coordinating interviews, scheduling, and maintaining candidate data. The role includes weekday work from 9 AM to 6 PM, a Saturday discussion session, mentorship, networking, and an internship certificate upon completion.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to leaders, aligning people strategies with business goals. Responsibilities include leadership coaching, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, talent and succession planning, workforce planning, performance management, employee relations, investigations, change initiatives, workforce analytics, and cross-functional HR partnerships.

Provides temporary coverage for day-to-day HR operations, including Workday data management, benefits administration, leave and accommodation coordination, audit support, offboarding, HR ticket resolution, invoice reconciliation, and compliance activities involving FMLA, ADA, ACA, and wage reporting.

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

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.

Lead global HR business partnering for R&D, Engineering, Product, Security, and Research organizations. Advise senior technical executives, align talent strategy with business goals, architect AI-native organizational structures, evolve career frameworks, manage succession and retention, guide complex change, and coordinate People Team centers of excellence. Lead a global HRBP team while applying people analytics and executive coaching to improve organizational health, leadership effectiveness, and workforce outcomes.

Manage HR processes for a long-term construction project, including employee relations, EEO and OFCCP compliance, talent acquisition support, onboarding programs, wellness initiatives, training, labor postings, substance abuse testing, and investigations. Serve as an HR advisor to project supervisors, employees, and corporate HR while promoting inclusion, confidentiality, and a productive workplace.

Provides HR operations and administrative support for global legal, finance, and investment teams. Handles Workday transactions, onboarding and offboarding, employee data, reporting, recruitment support, benefits and leave guidance, location changes, HR communications, and standard HR inquiries. Partners with HR managers, directors, and centers of excellence on policies, processes, compliance, and initiatives.

Partners with senior leaders across headquarters and operating companies to deliver strategic HR support. Leads M&A due diligence and integration, workforce planning, organizational design, talent development, succession planning, employee relations, leadership coaching, engagement, compliance, and HR risk mitigation. Analyzes HR metrics, collaborates on compensation and benefits, and advances scalable HR practices, tools, and systems across a complex, multi-entity environment.

Own the end-to-end People lifecycle for M&A: lead HR due diligence, partner with Corporate Development, build cross-functional integration playbooks, orchestrate Recruiting/Comp/Immigration/Payroll workstreams, and design day-1 onboarding and retention programs to integrate acquired technical teams under compressed timelines.

The HR Business Partner advises business leaders and employees on employee relations, performance management, HR policies, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and compliance. The role investigates complex issues, analyzes workforce data, supports HR transactions, coaches managers, improves HR processes, and partners with HR and legal teams. This remote position supports U.S. and Canadian operations, requires standard East Coast hours, and includes travel to company sites and conferences.

Own the HR systems ecosystem, including configuration, workflows, integrations, automation, data integrity, reporting, compliance controls, and Jira intake. Lead system implementations, upgrades, redesigns, documentation, and training while partnering across People Operations, IT, Compliance, Security, Finance, Legal, and vendors. Apply AI and automation to reduce manual work and improve employee support.

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.

Supports the full employee lifecycle across onboarding, performance management, HRIS and ADP updates, payroll, benefits, compliance, employee relations, international EOR coordination, and offboarding. Maintains accurate employee records, assists with audits and reporting, supports managers and employees, coordinates training and engagement initiatives, and improves HR processes using technology and AI tools.