Top Remote HR Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

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.

Lead HubSync’s People, HR, and Talent functions during rapid growth. Partner with executives and the Board on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, performance management, culture, metrics, and succession planning. Build scalable HR infrastructure, People analytics, recruiting operations, employer branding, and structured hiring practices across technical, go-to-market, corporate, and executive roles.

Serves as a strategic HR business partner to executives and leaders, leading workforce planning, organizational design, talent and performance management, employee relations, engagement, leadership development, compliance, HR operations, analytics, and global people initiatives. The role advises leaders, mentors HR professionals, drives organizational change, improves HR processes, and supports growth, transformation, and employee experience across the organization.

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.

Support recruiting and general HR administration for data center teams. Develop sourcing and hiring strategies, manage end-to-end interview processes, coordinate with leaders and client groups, analyze recruiting metrics, address employee HR inquiries, maintain confidential records, and assist with HR projects. The role also leads international recruitment initiatives and provides mentorship as the recruiting function grows.

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.

Build and operate core HR processes, including onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, merit and promotion cycles, career pathing, employee recognition, learning and development, benefits support, and immigration assistance. Own the implementation and configuration of Rippling, using AI tools to improve efficiency while maintaining compliant documentation, data handling, and decision-making practices. Partner closely with employees and managers in a growth-stage company.

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.

Lead HR operations and strategy for a US remote site, partnering with business leaders to drive employee relations, performance management, compensation, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness. Implement HR programs, advise on policy and compliance, conduct investigations, track HR metrics, and manage special projects to support a People First culture.

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.

Lead HR Operations for North America, owning HRIS, workflows, policy translation, employee lifecycle processes, contractor populations, and sensitive employee relations. Improve systems, introduce AI/automation, manage and develop junior HR Ops staff, partner cross-functionally, and drive strategic projects to scale operations for rapid growth and M&A integration.

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.

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.

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.

Support recruitment, campus outreach, and partnership development. Source, screen, and shortlist candidates; hire campus ambassadors and sales interns; coordinate onboarding, meetings, and payments; maintain partner relationships and track deliverables.

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.

Support talent acquisition and benefits administration: coordinate interviews and background checks, manage ATS/HRIS records, facilitate onboarding and orientations, administer benefits and open enrollment, and reconcile benefits billing with Finance.