Top HR Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Manage end-to-end payroll through a PEO, administer HRIS data, support employees with payroll and HR inquiries, ensure multi-state compliance, generate reports, and optimize HR workflows. Lead the organization’s 2027 transition from its PEO to an independent payroll and HR technology stack, including system selection, implementation, tax setup, SOP development, controls, and employee training.

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.

A full-time, 12-week Human Resources internship supporting the Talent Development team. Responsibilities include planning conference content, collaborating across departments, participating in professional development and networking, and presenting project outcomes to senior leadership. Interns also receive mentorship, training, shadowing opportunities, and broad exposure to organizational operations.

Supports the Talent Development team through hands-on HR projects, conference content planning, cross-functional collaboration, professional development, networking, mentorship, training, and shadowing. The intern will apply classroom learning to business initiatives and present project outcomes and the summer experience to senior leadership. The program is full-time for 12 weeks at 40 hours per week.

Partners with regional leaders on HR strategy and employee relations while managing onboarding, performance management, compensation programs, training, workforce planning, policy administration, HR systems, compliance, engagement, and retention initiatives. Conducts investigations, coaches managers, supports talent development, administers employment practices, and analyzes exit interview trends. The role is on-site in Des Moines and supports a multi-site, field-based workforce.

Own global people operations and employee experience, including HRIS data management, onboarding, performance reviews, payroll, benefits, compliance, reporting, employment documentation, and EOR coordination. Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, Recruiting, Operations, and vendors to build scalable processes. Drive continuous improvement through analytics, AI, and automation while ensuring accurate employee data and effective employee support.

Manage core HR functions across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, employee relations, performance management, development plans, compliance, policies, records, HR reporting, and employee engagement. Advise employees and managers, support performance review processes, maintain confidential HR data, ensure employment-law compliance, and lead HR initiatives and process improvements.

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

Owns performance management, total rewards, compensation and benefits, HR compliance, manager enablement, people-process tooling, and team development. The role leads annual and mid-year performance cycles, calibration, pay benchmarking, benefits renewals, multi-state compliance, manager resources, and automation. This player-coach position manages an HR Business Partner and a Total Rewards and People Analytics lead while improving process durability, adoption, efficiency, and organizational scalability.

Owns Launch Potato’s performance management, total rewards, HR compliance, manager enablement, people-process tooling, and HR team development. The role leads annual and mid-year performance cycles, compensation and benefits programs, multi-state compliance, calibration, manager resources, and process automation. This player-coach position manages an HR Business Partner and Total Rewards and People Analytics lead while improving scalable people systems for a growing remote-first organization.

Administer Workday Learning as the business-side owner of learning catalogs, campaigns, enrollments, completions, reporting, compliance evidence, security, and related business processes. Execute annual training programs, automate manual administration, manage eligibility rules and content, support SOX and audit readiness, and escalate complex configuration or integration issues to HR technology teams.

Manage HR operations including onboarding, employee relations, and performance management. Support recruitment, implement HR policies for compliance, facilitate training and engagement programs, and analyze HR data to inform decisions and improve employee experience.

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.

Participate in a paid, remote interview about your SMB’s payroll and HR software stack. Discuss administrative workflows, employee data and compensation management, software features, integrations, usability, competitor platforms, and challenges faced by SMB HR teams. Participants should be active HR, payroll, operations, or business professionals with direct experience evaluating, implementing, or administering HR and payroll systems.

Owns the end-to-end HR function for a distributed U.S. and New Zealand organization. Responsibilities include HR strategy, employee lifecycle processes, payroll oversight, HRIS selection and implementation, policies, internal controls, compliance, employee relations, performance management, compensation, benefits, recruiting, and onboarding. The role partners closely with the CFO, executives, managers, Finance, external counsel, vendors, and New Zealand HR support to build a scalable HR operating model.

Human Resources Intern supporting the Talent Development team through conference content planning, cross-department collaboration, professional development activities, networking, mentorship, and project work. The intern will gain broad exposure to organizational operations and present project outcomes and internship experience to senior leadership. This is a full-time, 12-week summer program requiring 40 hours per week.

Supports the Talent Development team through conference content planning, cross-department collaboration, professional development, networking, mentorship, training, and project work. The intern will gain broad exposure to HR and organizational operations, apply classroom learning, and present project outcomes to senior leadership at the end of the 12-week program.

This full-time, 12-week Human Resources internship supports the Talent Development team through project work, conference content planning, cross-department collaboration, professional development, and networking. The intern will receive mentorship, training, and operational exposure, then present project outcomes and their summer experience to senior leadership. The role requires current college enrollment, strong communication and problem-solving skills, collaboration, eagerness to learn, and availability for 40 hours per week.

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.

Supports Department of the Navy civilian HR operations through DCPDS, DCPS, and DCHRMS transaction processing, testing, quality assurance, troubleshooting, and regulatory compliance. The role analyzes personnel/pay interface issues, prepares system change requests and transmittals, validates releases, maintains salary tables, resolves service tickets, and coordinates with DoD, DFAS, DON, and other stakeholders.

The HR Business Partner advises operational leaders on workforce strategy, employee relations, talent management, leadership development, succession planning, engagement, retention, organizational effectiveness, and change management. The role analyzes workforce data, conducts investigations, manages performance and corrective actions, supports organizational changes, mitigates workforce risk, and translates HR insights into business-focused recommendations.

Coordinate daily HR operations, employee relations, payroll and timekeeping, benefits, leave administration, onboarding, separations, and California employment compliance. Serve as a resource for employees and managers, guide performance and disciplinary processes, maintain confidential records, prepare reports and notices, and improve HR workflows. The role also supports payroll audits, accommodations, investigations, and HR projects while coordinating with leadership and payroll.