Top HR Jobs in Des Moines, IA

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.

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.

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.

Serve as the strategic HR partner for G&A leaders, leading organizational design, restructuring, performance calibration, leadership coaching, change communication, and people-program implementation. Use employee data, engagement insights, AI tools, and headcount models to guide decisions and identify organizational risks. Support globally distributed teams while handling sensitive personnel information with discretion and partnering with senior executives across Finance, Legal, Compliance, and People functions.

Human Resources Interns complete a summer project, support HR team tasks, participate in meetings and internship events, collaborate across departments, identify process improvements, create standard work, and present project results to company leadership. The 10–12 week program includes mentorship, professional development, networking, and team-building activities.

The Human Resources Manager leads campus HR systems and processes, including recruiting, employee relations, performance management, training, compensation and benefits administration, employee records, compliance, workplace safety, and recognition programs. The role partners with campus and corporate leadership to implement HR policies, support organizational goals, maintain regulatory compliance, and promote the organization’s mission and culture.

The HR Specialist supports plant operations, focusing on employee relations, recruitment, performance management, compliance, and HR projects, ensuring effective HR processes and employee engagement.

Lead HR, compliance, payroll, benefits, and talent acquisition functions; supervise HR and recruiting teams; ensure federal, state, and local employment law compliance; manage immigration and federal contractor compliance; oversee HRIS, payroll, and onboarding; develop HR policies, workforce plans, and metrics; partner with cross-functional leaders and present reports to executive management.

Develop and maintain HR reports, dashboards, and Workday data extracts; ensure data governance and integrity; provide Workday system administration, security, testing, troubleshooting, integrations, and end-user training; support HR operations like open enrollment and compensation cycles; document processes and partner with stakeholders and vendors for improvements.

Coordinates recruitment, applicant screening, interviews, career fairs, onboarding, orientations, background checks, HR records, employment compliance, and HR reporting. Maintains confidential personnel information and HR documents, supports managers and employees, coordinates vendors and company events, and assists with HR projects. The role requires occasional regional travel and may involve evening or weekend work.

Provides front-desk, office administration, and entry-level HR support. Responsibilities include greeting visitors, managing communications and mail, organizing documents, answering routine employee questions, maintaining confidential personnel files, preparing reports, updating organizational records, and supporting HR scheduling and data compilation.

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.

Partners with senior leaders and employees on HR strategy, employee relations, employment-law compliance, workforce planning, talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, engagement, succession planning, onboarding, training, and performance management. Leads change initiatives, investigations, calibration discussions, and people programs while promoting an ethical, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.

Supports HR activities throughout mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, Day 1 readiness, employee transitions, integration planning, workforce changes, compliance, change management, and post-close execution. Coordinates workstreams, tracks milestones, prepares reports and communications, manages confidential information, and collaborates with HR, Legal, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders. Maintains M&A playbooks, project tools, checklists, and lessons learned to improve future integration processes.

Lead and oversee HR service delivery across the employee lifecycle, executing complex Workday/HRIS transactions, coordinating projects and process improvements, producing reports and metrics, ensuring compliance and audit readiness, and partnering with cross-functional teams to maintain data integrity and operational excellence.

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.

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

Configure and enhance Workday solutions, create HR reports, dashboards, metrics, and analytics, and partner with stakeholders to solve system, process, and data challenges. The role improves HR operations through process simplification, automation, scalable technical solutions, and evaluation of emerging AI-enabled technologies.

Coordinates recruiting, interviews, job postings, offers, onboarding, orientations, temporary staffing, internal job bids, and training administration. Manages LMS courses and HR records, prepares recruitment and training reports, supports employee engagement and departmental projects, and ensures compliance with applicable employment regulations. Partners with managers, payroll, benefits, EHS, vendors, and employment agencies to meet staffing and operational goals.

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.

Provides independent federal HR support across staffing, classification, benefits, employee relations, information systems, and policy development. Serves as a project lead, collaborating with stakeholders to implement project objectives and deliver HR services for current or future federal government clients.

Provides federal staffing, recruitment, and classification services using HR information, personnel/payroll, and staffing systems. Troubleshoots system and processing issues, resolves problems, recommends system enhancements, and performs other assigned duties. The role requires 3–5 years of federal staffing, recruitment, and classification experience, plus Public Trust clearance.

Leads NRDC’s HR technology strategy, HRIS governance, systems implementations, integrations, data integrity, reporting, compliance, and operational workflows. Owns Dayforce HCM and partners with HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and vendors to optimize employee lifecycle processes, automate workflows, improve system usability, and support secure, accurate workforce data. Manages and develops the HRIS team while overseeing onboarding, benefits, payroll connections, offboarding, documentation, change management, and technology portfolio improvements.

Leads the global HR Partner team and serves as a strategic HR advisor to executives and internal clients. Responsibilities include workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, employee relations, compensation, DEI, policy interpretation, investigations, performance management, HR analytics, and organization-wide HR initiatives. The role manages team performance, partners with senior leaders, ensures legal and regulatory compliance, and travels to NRDC offices up to 20% annually.

Provide generalist HR advice across employee relations, onboarding, performance management, global mobility, and cyclical HR processes. Partner with HR Business Partners on salary review, talent mapping, calibration, and engagement analysis. Identify automation and self-service opportunities, support flexible work requests, and contribute to continuous improvement within a distributed, Pacific Time Zone-based team.