Top HR Jobs in Madison, WI

Provides HR operational and administrative support across employee inquiries, Workday transactions, onboarding and offboarding, leave administration, performance management, employment verification, unemployment claims, records, and compliance. Coordinates I-9 and E-Verify processes, maintains HR data and trackers, prepares reports, supports training, conducts exit interviews, and partners with HRBPs, Legal, vendors, managers, and employees while maintaining confidentiality and improving HR processes.

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.

Supports core HR functions including HR operations, onboarding, employee experience, HRIS administration, people analytics, compliance, recruiting, employee relations, and special projects. Maintains personnel records, assists with benefits and leave administration, coordinates interviews, prepares reports and dashboards, supports engagement initiatives, and contributes to process improvement, AI, and automation projects.

Maintains and optimizes Workday HR and payroll systems, including business processes, integrations, data validation, conditional rules, reporting, dashboards, and release updates. Troubleshoots user issues, ensures report security and data integrity, maps processes, recommends enhancements, and trains HR and Payroll users. Documents procedures, supports system users, and shares HR technology best practices with leadership.

Supports daily People team operations across recruiting, onboarding, payroll assistance, benefits administration, employee relations, compliance, HRIS records, training, and employee support. Recruits frontline employees, coordinates background checks and documentation, reviews timekeeping, assists with payroll and open enrollment, maintains policies and compliance reports, and partners with managers on staffing, retention, performance, and engagement initiatives.

Execute the final phase of an HRIS and payroll data migration from ADP to Rippling. Responsibilities include extracting and archiving historical employee and payroll records, mapping and uploading data, organizing files in Rippling and Google Drive, auditing records for accuracy and compliance, protecting sensitive PII and PHI, and reporting migration progress to HR and Payroll leadership.

Own fractional people operations for a distributed international team. Responsibilities include multi-country payroll, contractor classification and tax documentation, recruiting pipeline management, onboarding and offboarding systems, access management, PTO tracking, SOPs, offer templates, and policy documentation. The role requires independently building scalable HR processes, using automation and AI to reduce recurring work, and coordinating across US, Central Asian, Georgian, and Latin American time zones.

Analyze workforce data and develop HR dashboards, scorecards, KPIs, visualizations, and automated reporting solutions. Identify trends across the employee lifecycle, evaluate engagement and employee programs, ensure data quality and compliance, and provide actionable recommendations to HR and business leaders. The role also supports employee listening strategies, reporting process improvement, data governance, and executive-level presentations.

Lead companywide recruiting and help build the organization’s people infrastructure. Responsibilities include sourcing candidates, developing compensation and retention programs, managing payroll and benefits, overseeing performance evaluations, creating onboarding and training processes, and advising leadership on employment-law compliance. The role supports a distributed team and works closely with executive and legal teams.

Provide multi-site HR support including payroll/benefits/timekeeping inquiries, recruiting and onboarding (including Intern/Co-op), HRIS data and reporting, records management, site coordination, vendor support, SharePoint content maintenance, and process improvement. Escalate complex or sensitive issues to HR partners.

Serve as an HR consultant and strategic partner to Staff Directors and staff, providing employee relations guidance, compliance, investigations, performance management, recruitment or compensation support, and HR policy interpretation. Partner with the HR team to develop policies, coach HR staff, support workforce planning, and participate in cross-functional projects. Support ministry objectives, raise financial support, and travel for required conferences.

Galaxy Ventures seeks to build a network of HR/People/Recruiting professionals for portfolio companies in the crypto industry, offering opportunities and networking events without commitment.

Support recruitment, candidate screening, interview coordination, onboarding, employee records, payroll inputs, leave tracking, compliance documentation, engagement programs, HR communications, and people analytics dashboards. The 6–12 month trainee program offers mentorship and potential conversion to a full-time HR Generalist role.

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 end-to-end HR operations for a distributed global workforce, including HRIS administration, payroll, benefits, onboarding, offboarding, policies, employment compliance, reporting, and process automation. Partners with leadership, Finance, Legal, and hiring managers to build scalable People infrastructure and improve employee lifecycle processes. The role requires 4+ years of HR operations experience and comfort building systems in a fast-growing, ambiguous startup environment.

Leads full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, assessments, offer extensions, candidate communication, referral programs, pipeline tracking, and hiring-manager coordination. Develops recruitment strategies, builds talent pipelines, represents the company at recruiting events, maintains confidential records, supports regulatory reporting, and ensures compliance with employment laws. Requires strong organization, communication, prioritization, problem-solving, confidentiality, and Microsoft Office skills.

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.

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.

Senior HR leader responsible for HR technology strategy, HRIS/HCM and payroll oversight, HR operations, compliance, workforce analytics, acquisitions/divestiture HR support, vendor management, and building scalable HR service delivery and shared services to improve employee experience and business performance.

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.

The Vice President of Human Resources leads strategic HR initiatives, overseeing workforce planning, employee relations, organizational culture, and compliance to ensure operational effectiveness.

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.