Top HR Jobs in Buffalo, NY

Lead day-to-day HR and labor relations for hourly unionized plant employees: investigate and resolve grievances, advise managers on UAW/contract issues, support hiring/transfers/separations, drive workforce planning, guide restructures and negotiations, collaborate with COEs and senior leaders, and represent the company in legal/court sessions.

Fixed-term (maternity cover) Senior HR Business Partner to provide employee relations, manager coaching, performance management, and People program continuity. Partner with leaders, People Ops, Legal, Finance, and Recruiting; support immigration processes and external counsel; maintain compliance and people systems; enable change, talent planning, and manager effectiveness in a fast-paced, remote-first environment.

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.

Serve as strategic HR partner to a 2,000+ R&D organization, leading org design, performance calibration, people programs, engagement analysis, and coaching senior leaders to scale the org and improve talent outcomes.

The Director HR Technology & Talent Analytics leads the global ownership of Workday, enhancing HR data capabilities, managing change, and fostering relationships with executives to leverage workforce analytics.

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you'll support leaders in managing performance, employee relations, and organizational priorities while contributing to core HR initiatives and building trust across teams.

The Director, Head of Total Rewards will develop and execute global compensation, benefits, and equity strategies to attract and retain talent. This role involves overseeing total rewards programs, ensuring compliance, and advising senior leadership on compensation matters.

Lead daily HR operations and act as strategic partner to site leadership. Drive talent development, employee relations, change management, compliance (ADA, FMLA, EEOC), onboarding, compensation support, engagement programs, and continuous improvement of HR processes to support organizational goals.

Lead global HR People Ops risk, payroll controllership, SOX testing and compliance. Build control frameworks, business continuity plans, manage audits, mentor regional teams, and govern payroll, tax, equity, and workforce administration processes.

Partner with business leaders to align people strategy to transformation initiatives: workforce reskilling, change management, org design, talent planning, performance management, and capability transfer during AI and legacy modernization programs.

Acts as a strategic HR advisor across multiple business units, leading employee relations, performance management, succession planning, organizational design, policy compliance, change management, training, and cross-functional HR projects to drive organizational effectiveness and retention.

Assist the HR team with sourcing candidates, scheduling and conducting interviews, developing recruiting strategies, providing administrative support, and improving recruitment processes. Part-time, unpaid remote internship (10–30 hrs/week) lasting 180 days.

Support HR team in designing and delivering training programs, assist with performance reviews, maintain training materials, identify training needs, evaluate training effectiveness, and contribute to process improvements in a remote internship.

Coordinate and manage new-employee onboarding, conduct orientation sessions, develop onboarding programs, collaborate with HR and departments, support new hires during integration, and improve processes using feedback and best practices.

Support employee wellbeing, engagement, onboarding, and HR operations for a fully remote global team. Run check-ins, pulse surveys, virtual team activities, maintain digital HR records, assist HR communications, and help plan culture-building programs.

The HR Manager supports company objectives related to compensation, benefits, employee engagement, and compliance with employment laws, while managing human resources functions including recruitment, policy development, and staff training.

Serve as an HR business partner to senior leadership, addressing organizational effectiveness, talent management, employee engagement, and recruitment strategies while facilitating HR services across various business lines.

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.

Lead and optimize HR shared services across the employee lifecycle, drive process improvements and system enhancements, manage escalations and PEO relationships, ensure compliance (benefits, LOA, federal/state laws), administer HR systems and reporting, mentor junior staff, and support immigration case coordination and annual open enrollment.

Support recruitment, campus outreach, and partnership development. Source, screen, and shortlist candidates; hire campus ambassadors and sales interns; coordinate onboarding, meetings, and payments; maintain partner relationships and track deliverables.

Provide administrative HR support including onboarding/offboarding, HRIS administration, employee records maintenance, data updates, report generation, policy implementation, unemployment claims processing, and support for audits and compliance.

Act as an embedded HR advisor partnering with leaders on performance, workforce planning, employee relations, talent initiatives, and people-data driven improvements across multiple geographies.

Contract HR & Recruitment role supporting startups: manage sourcing, recruitment, onboarding, and HR processes; build team culture; adapt to fast-paced environments. Equity offered and potential transition to full-time based on performance and investment.

Serve as strategic HR partner to a business unit: advise leaders, design org structures, drive talent planning, manage employee relations, execute core HR programs, analyze HR metrics, coach managers, and align HRBP work across the enterprise to support business goals.

Ensure HR compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws. Lead audits, risk assessments, and responses to wage-and-hour audits and agency inquiries. Audit timekeeping, meal/rest break compliance, and payroll processes. Partner with Payroll, Legal, HRBPs, Operations, and HRIS to identify trends, implement corrective actions, and educate stakeholders to mitigate compliance risk.