Top Senior HR Jobs in Des Moines, IA

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 Principal People Success Partner drives talent strategies for Sales and Marketing, partners with senior leaders, influences organizational health, and leads transformations using AI.

Partners with business leaders to identify capability needs and develop learning strategies, curricula, and development programs. Designs and delivers instructor-led, virtual, blended, and digital learning using adult learning and instructional design principles. Administers LMS content, courses, curricula, assignments, certifications, and reporting, including SCORM materials. Facilitates training, coaches subject matter experts, evaluates learning effectiveness, analyzes data, and continuously improves leadership, onboarding, technical, and professional development programs.

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.

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.

Manage day-to-day HR operations and own payroll for Philippines-based staff: collect and validate timesheets, calculate pay and statutory contributions, maintain records, ensure Philippine labor law compliance, support onboarding/offboarding and employee relations, and improve HR/payroll workflows.

Serve as HR Business Partner for the Grid Software product line, aligning HR strategy to business goals. Drive workforce planning, organizational design, change management, talent development, succession planning, and leadership coaching. Advise senior leaders, partner with CoEs and People Operations to implement HR programs, and scale solutions across regions to improve organizational effectiveness.

Senior HR Business Partner supporting GTM across the Americas. Serve as trusted advisor to leaders, manage full employee lifecycle, drive talent and succession planning, support headcount and people-cost planning, analyze HR metrics, lead HR programs for growth and retention, and coach managers to improve performance.

Provide HR generalist support for headquarters and remote employees, focusing on employee relations, investigations, performance management, FMLA/ADA/workers' comp administration, HRIS recordkeeping, legal compliance, policy development, and manager consultation. Handle employee inquiries on benefits and 401(k), maintain records, and assist with trainings and documentation to ensure regulatory and corporate compliance.

Provide administrative and operational HR support including onboarding/offboarding, recruitment administration, HRIS records maintenance, reporting, training documentation, compliance assistance, and responding to routine employee inquiries while handling confidential information and managing multiple priorities in a fully remote environment.

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.

Lead client engagements on benefits strategy, plan design, open enrollment, and administration. Stabilize operations, manage carriers/brokers, execute transitions and platform migrations, ensure compliance, advise on cost optimization and multi-state/global expansion, and expand client relationships.

The Head of HR strategically leads all HR functions, fostering a positive workplace culture while managing talent acquisition, employee relations, and compliance.

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

Serve as US HR SME managing compliance, HRIS (HiBob), PEO liaison (ADP TotalSource), onboarding/offboarding, payroll and benefits (including 401(k)), employee relations and ER cases (PIPs), policy updates, audits, and US-specific HR projects while partnering with global HR and payroll teams.

Partners with Global Medical Affairs and Commercial Development leaders to develop people strategies supporting organizational effectiveness, growth, and global commercialization. Advises on workforce planning, organizational design, talent development, change leadership, employee engagement, HR initiatives, and employee relations. Collaborates with HR centers of excellence and other HRBPs to implement scalable processes, strengthen culture, and support organizational transformation.

Lead the HR function across operations, employee relations, compensation, benefits, performance management, compliance, engagement, recruiting partnership, and team leadership. Advise founders and the COO on organization design, personnel matters, and people risk while building scalable HR practices for a global workforce.

Serves as the strategic HR partner to Customer Experience leaders across Customer Success, Professional Services, Support, and Renewals. Leads organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, leadership coaching, employee relations, change management, compensation, succession planning, and engagement initiatives. Uses workforce and business insights to improve organizational effectiveness, support transformation, and align people strategies with GTM priorities. Partners across the People Team and mentors HR colleagues.

Designs and maintains Oracle HCM reporting, HR and talent scorecards, dashboards, extracts, and ad hoc people analytics. Owns reporting definitions, catalogs, refresh schedules, data validation, and governance while partnering with HR leaders, HR Systems, and Power BI teams. Translates ambiguous business needs into accurate reporting solutions and delivers insights on headcount, turnover, compensation, and workforce operations. This individual contributor role requires strong HR data stewardship, stakeholder consulting, and technical reporting expertise.

Partner with senior leaders across a global technology organization to guide organizational design, leadership development, talent and succession planning, engagement, retention, capability building, and people strategy. The role supports a rapidly scaling AI company, combines strategic advising with hands-on execution, and helps build scalable People practices across distributed teams and regions.

Serve as a strategic HR partner to leaders in a high-growth SaaS company. Build performance, accountability, culture, leadership judgment, and internal communication systems from the ground up. Coach managers through ambiguous and sensitive employee situations, advise on organizational health, and strengthen consistency across the leadership layer. Partner with HR Operations and the HRBP Lead while using AI to improve HR and company-wide efficiency.

Manage day-to-day, multi-state HR operations including leave and accommodation administration, onboarding and offboarding, I-9 verification, background checks, employment compliance, contractor records, HRIS administration, reporting, employee inquiries, and documentation. Support filings, unemployment claims, garnishments, performance reviews, and HR and Finance administrative processes while maintaining accurate, confidential records.

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.

Serve as HR business partner aligning people strategies with business goals across assigned units. Provide employee relations guidance, performance management, talent acquisition support, compliance oversight, training evaluation, policy administration, FMLA/leave coordination, and partner with HR COEs to drive HR initiatives and change management.

Leads human resources strategy for JBT Marel’s Diversified Food & Health North American business across multiple locations. Responsibilities include workforce planning, employee engagement, talent acquisition, organizational development, succession planning, compensation, performance management, training, employee relations, policy development, compliance, and M&A support. Acts as a strategic business partner to senior leaders, drives organizational change, and oversees HR programs for approximately 1,100 U.S. employees.