Top Senior HR Jobs in Hampton, VA

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 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 to develop and execute workforce, talent, employee experience, engagement, culture, and organizational effectiveness strategies. Advises on organizational design, leadership, change readiness, and complex people decisions; supports workforce planning, budgeting, merit, talent reviews, onboarding, development, and retention. Uses employee feedback and data to identify risks, guide action plans, and improve engagement, inclusion, trust, and performance. Also contributes to HR initiatives, policy enforcement, training, and project-based work.

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.

Supports the full employee lifecycle, including payroll, benefits, leave administration, employee relations, performance management, investigations, HRIS data integrity, onboarding, compensation, talent management, compliance, and HR process improvement. Serves as a trusted HR resource to employees and managers while providing operational support across the organization.

Manages HR systems strategy, administration, optimization, integrations, data integrity, governance, reporting, and analytics. Partners with HR, IT, Finance, and business leaders to translate requirements into system solutions, improve workflows, support upgrades, and evaluate AI-enabled tools. Serves as the HR technology subject matter expert and may mentor others without formal supervisory responsibility.

Partner with senior leaders and managers on organizational design, workforce planning, talent development, performance management, employee relations, compensation cycles, and change management. Coach leaders, improve People programs, use Rippling and AI-enabled tools to analyze workforce data, and turn organizational insights into practical improvements across the employee experience.

Performs broad HR generalist duties including onboarding, offboarding, benefits and leave administration, employee relations, performance management, compensation, HRIS administration, policy implementation, employment law compliance, reporting, and employee investigations. Partners with managers and employees, supports training and organizational initiatives, maintains personnel records, and develops HR programs and solutions.

The Director of Human Resources partners with the Bagcraft operating unit and leads HR professionals across six U.S. manufacturing sites. Responsibilities include HR strategy, leadership coaching, employee engagement, recruiting, talent management, organizational development, change management, HR analytics, legal compliance, and labor relations. The role oversees union relationships, collective bargaining, grievances, and arbitration while partnering with centers of excellence in talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, and employee experience. Travel of up to 40% within the United States is required.

Senior HR Business Partner supporting Sales and field-based commercial teams across US and Canada. Provide strategic HR partnership to executive and senior leaders on talent strategy, organization design, succession planning, leadership development, change initiatives, performance management, employee relations, and workforce analytics. Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver integrated HR solutions, coach leaders, and improve organizational effectiveness and employee experience.

Provides day-to-day HR partnership to assigned business groups, advising managers on employee relations, performance management, talent processes, workforce planning, organizational changes, compensation, and employee lifecycle matters. Analyzes workforce trends, supports investigations and people programs, guides organizational effectiveness initiatives, and partners with senior HR leaders and cross-functional People teams in a remote-first environment.

Strategic HR partner supporting multiple business units by aligning people strategy with organizational goals. Responsibilities include workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, succession planning, employee relations, organizational change, leadership coaching, and data-driven workforce decisions. The role partners with Finance and HR functions to execute scalable initiatives while addressing day-to-day HR needs.

Design evaluation tasks for AI systems in talent management, employee relations, compensation, compliance, and organizational design. Create HR scenarios, reference outputs, policies, investigation reports, compensation analyses, organizational design proposals, and expert-level rubrics across US and international employment-law frameworks. Apply HR methodologies and enterprise HR tools while distinguishing senior HR judgment from generic knowledge.

Owns end-to-end HR operations for US and Canadian employees and contractors, including onboarding, offboarding, benefits, employee records, compliance, employee relations, performance management, compensation reviews, manager training, and HR systems. The role administers Rippling, Lattice, and Ashby, supports SOC 2 compliance, coaches managers through performance issues and PIPs, maintains policies, and coordinates benefits and training vendors.

Leads global compensation and benefits programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, equity, benefits, open enrollment, 401(k), leave administration, compliance, audits, and payroll coordination. Owns HR metrics, systems, policies, process improvements, change management, and AI-in-HR strategy. Partners with leadership, vendors, payroll, IT, and external stakeholders to improve employee experience and operational efficiency.

Own end-to-end multi-state payroll, HRIS administration, compliance, reporting, integrations, and HR operations for clients. Lead HRIS and payroll implementations, system configurations, workflow automation, change management, employee lifecycle processes, and stakeholder workshops. Advise clients on employment law compliance, maintain data integrity and audit readiness, resolve payroll issues, and optimize people processes across varied organizations.

Owns the people workstream for mergers and acquisitions from diligence through close and integration. Responsibilities include building diligence questionnaires, analyzing employment and compensation data, assessing risks, modeling compensation and equity structures, supporting negotiations, managing integration readiness, and developing reusable playbooks and automation. The role partners with corporate development, legal, finance, and people leadership while operating across global, confidential, and often ambiguous transactions.

Own the HR function as a hands-on solo operator, managing recruiting, onboarding, multi-state payroll, benefits, HRIS data, compliance, policies, performance cycles, compensation operations, employee relations, engagement, and office administration. Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and leadership while supporting U.S. and Italy employees, improving workflows, and maintaining reliable people programs in a distributed technology company.

Leads enterprise HR reporting, dashboards, workforce analytics, data governance, quality controls, and reporting automation using Workday and related tools. Partners with HR leaders and business stakeholders to deliver executive-ready insights for workforce planning, talent strategy, compliance, and organizational effectiveness. Serves as a Workday reporting subject matter expert, resolves complex data issues, improves reporting processes, and mentors junior analysts.

Administers and improves employee benefits and leave programs, including health, retirement, disability, FMLA, accommodations, and annual enrollment. Ensures regulatory compliance, data accuracy, payroll reconciliation, vendor performance, employee communications, and timely case resolution. Partners with HR, Payroll, Legal, managers, employees, third-party administrators, and HRIS teams on complex cases, system testing, reporting, wellness programming, and process improvements.

Provide senior HR leadership and strategy across payroll, benefits, HRIS, talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, and compliance. Build retention frameworks, define HR KPIs, manage HR team and vendors, maintain legal compliance, draft HR budgets, and partner with leadership to drive culture, engagement, and organizational development.

Partner with plant leadership to manage labor and employee relations, lead collective bargaining and grievance/arbitration processes, drive talent acquisition and development, ensure HR compliance and HR operations across two manufacturing sites, and support workforce planning, performance management, and organizational effectiveness.

Lead rewards programs, compensation and mobility initiatives, HR policy governance, employment regulatory compliance, and related reporting. Serve as an employment-law subject matter expert, manage vendors, develop training, assess risks, and improve HR processes. Provide consultation to regional and functional HR leaders while managing a two-person team and supporting cross-functional initiatives.