Top HR Jobs in Buffalo, NY

Assist higher education clients in enhancing HR operations as an HR leader. Responsibilities include oversight of projects, training, and aligning HR processes.

The Core HR Business Process Lead will oversee HR processes, ensure Oracle Cloud HR solutions optimization, and provide expert guidance while managing implementations and configurations.

Support talent acquisition and benefits administration: coordinate interviews and background checks, manage ATS/HRIS records, facilitate onboarding and orientations, administer benefits and open enrollment, and reconcile benefits billing with Finance.

Lead HR strategy and operations: employee relations, conflict resolution, performance management, onboarding, pay equity audits, training, policy compliance, and HR reporting. Partner with executive leadership and board to align HR with organizational goals and maintain confidential personnel records.

Senior HR Business Partner will embed with people managers to lead goal-setting and OKRs, build and deliver manager training, coach on employee relations and org design, audit goal quality, and automate People operations using existing tools and AI to improve manager capability and operational efficiency.

Partner with business leaders to deliver HR strategy and programs including talent management, performance coaching, employee relations, workforce planning, and change management. Advise on policies, support recruitment and retention initiatives, and drive people-related projects to achieve business goals.

Interim HR leader providing maternity-leave coverage with primary ownership of compensation strategy, annual merit and bonus administration, and compensation analytics for ~1,100 employees. Manages merit review and bonus calculations, produces executive dashboards and reports, ensures data integrity and compliance, supports HR operations and analytics, partners with finance and senior leaders, and oversees performance management and MBO processes.

Manage day-to-day HR operations onboard, supervise HR coordinator, administer crew embarkation/disembarkation, maintain crew records in Fidelio/MAPS, handle welfare programs and events, support employee relations, ensure compliance with MLC and safety regulations, and prepare personnel reports for shipboard and shoreside teams.

Drive HR compliance and reporting (AAP, EEO-1, ADA, VETS-4212), maintain and update policies, ensure I-9 and federal contractor compliance, partner with HRIS, Legal, and vendors, conduct audits, deliver training, and support workforce changes and transactions.

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.

Senior executive leading network-wide HR, talent acquisition, performance, and analytics. Sets human capital strategy to attract, develop, and retain staff, drives eNPS improvements, partners with regional leaders and the Board, oversees HRIS and compensation alignment, and builds leadership pipelines across a multi-site education network.