Top Senior HR Jobs in Portland, ME

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.

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.

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.

Manage HR policies and programs, advise employees and management, oversee recruiting and hiring, lead training and development, investigate workplace concerns, analyze HR data, and ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations.

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.

Partner with go-to-market leaders across Sales, Customer Success, and Marketing to develop people strategies supporting organizational design, talent management, performance, compensation, succession planning, manager effectiveness, employee relations, and growth. Use workforce data to address retention, engagement, productivity, and ramp risks while partnering with RevOps, Finance, and People Operations on scalable HR programs for a distributed, high-growth organization.

Lead HR project lifecycles, design and deliver automation and communication strategies, manage internal channels and stakeholder engagement, define KPIs, oversee employee engagement surveys, mentor team members, and use AI and HR technology to improve HR service delivery while handling confidential information.

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.

Lead organizational design and workforce planning initiatives and serve as a strategic HR business partner. Conduct org effectiveness assessments, build workforce models, run skills-gap and scenario analyses, develop org design tools, create current/future state deliverables, and manage project plans. Partner with analytics and People Team functions, influence stakeholders, support talent management and change efforts, and pilot solutions to improve organizational effectiveness and alignment.

Serve as strategic HR advisor to senior leaders in Finance, Legal, and Risk. Lead organizational design, talent management, succession planning, performance programs, executive onboarding, and leadership development. Use workforce analytics and partner with HR Centers of Excellence and Employee Relations to resolve complex people and organizational challenges.

Senior HR Business Partner will embed with people managers to lead goal-setting and OKRs, build and deliver manager training, coach on employee relations and org design, audit goal quality, and automate People operations using existing tools and AI to improve manager capability and operational efficiency.

Lead enterprise HR transformation initiatives to modernize HR operations, design future-state processes, drive automation and adoption, manage change, and partner cross-functionally to implement scalable HR solutions and governance across the employee lifecycle.