Top Remote HR Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Serves as a strategic HR partner for dispersed employees, leaders, and clients. Responsibilities include employee relations, performance management, compliance, employee lifecycle administration, investigations, policy development, HR program implementation, and collaboration with payroll, benefits, and talent acquisition. The role requires multi-state employment law knowledge, government contracting experience, and the ability to support tribal or Native-owned organizations with culturally responsive HR solutions.

Leads workplace accommodation cases from intake through implementation, documentation, follow-up, and closure. Evaluates requests under ADA and related laws, manages medical documentation, coordinates leave requests, recommends accommodations, and partners with HR, Legal, managers, Facilities, vendors, and Employee Relations. Develops procedures, training, templates, reporting, and manager guidance while maintaining confidentiality and ensuring consistent, compliant employee experiences.

Build and maintain a pipeline of senior HR executives for interim, fractional, and full-time engagements. Target leaders who develop enterprise HR and people strategies, oversee talent management, shape culture and employee experience, lead organizational design and transformation, ensure HR compliance, and partner with CEOs and boards. Candidates should have extensive HR leadership experience, executive presence, and the ability to drive human-centric, AI-enabled workforce strategies across industries.

Remote HR internship supporting end-to-end talent acquisition. Responsibilities include posting job openings, screening resumes, shortlisting candidates, coordinating interviews, scheduling, and maintaining candidate data. The role includes weekday work from 9 AM to 6 PM, a Saturday discussion session, mentorship, networking, and an internship certificate upon completion.

Leads the U.S. HR function, including strategy, employment compliance, talent processes, employee relations, compensation, benefits, HRIS, payroll oversight, and performance management. Oversees offshore HR support staff, develops process documentation and delegation playbooks, manages sensitive employee data, and determines which HR activities should be delivered onshore or offshore. Partners with the COO to improve HR service quality, operational efficiency, compliance, and employee experience across a multi-state, multi-shore organization.

Manage HR strategy and employee lifecycle processes for a globally distributed core business unit. Responsibilities include staffing, onboarding, development, succession planning, performance management, engagement, retention, payroll budgeting, compensation and benefits operations, analytics, compliance, and HR service effectiveness. The role requires strong project management, metric-driven decision-making, resilience, and fluency in both Russian and English.

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.

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.

Executive HR leader responsible for scaling a distributed workforce across U.S. and Canadian manufacturing sites and remote corporate teams. Leads site expansion hiring, manager coaching, performance management, succession planning, onboarding, career architecture, HR technology automation, workforce analytics, labor relations, compliance, payroll, safety, and employee engagement. The role requires transforming HR into a proactive, low-bureaucracy business partner while supporting rapid growth and geographic footprint changes.

Leads the strategy, implementation, configuration, governance, maintenance, and support of Campbell’s Workday-based HR technology portfolio. Partners with HR leadership to translate business needs into technology solutions, manages Workday modules and integrations, oversees vendors and internal teams, directs projects, and ensures compliance, security, system stability, adoption, and service delivery.

Partners with North American business leaders on workforce planning, organizational design, performance management, change management, employee relations, and talent strategy. Executes onboarding, performance, offboarding, compensation, and promotion processes; maintains Workday data and reporting; supports recruitment, engagement, retention, and culture initiatives. Advises managers on employment practices and legal risks across the United States and Canada, with travel to project sites of up to 15%.

Supports the e-Storage business across North America as a hands-on HR Business Partner. Responsibilities include advising leaders, workforce planning, organizational design, performance management, change management, onboarding, compensation, employee relations, HR reporting, Workday data management, recruitment support, engagement, and retention initiatives. The role requires knowledge of Canadian and US employment practices, strong communication and influencing skills, and the ability to balance strategic planning with daily HR execution. Travel to project sites may reach 15%.

Serves as a strategic HR partner to a business unit president and senior leadership team. Leads people strategy, organizational design, workforce and talent planning, succession, change management, employee relations, leadership coaching, compensation decisions, and engagement initiatives. Uses people data to guide workforce decisions and collaborates with HR centers of expertise to deliver integrated solutions. Supports managers and employees through complex organizational and employee relations matters.

The Director will lead HR technology strategy, HRIS modernization, compensation strategy and analysis, pay equity, benchmarking, and total rewards frameworks. The role manages a Compensation Analyst, builds scalable People shared services, automates workflows, oversees HR technology and benefits vendors, and partners with the Chief People Officer on executive-level compensation recommendations and workforce AI enablement.

Partner with leaders across clinical, technology, and corporate functions to deliver strategic HR solutions. Responsibilities include employee relations, organizational design, change management, leadership development, performance management, workforce planning, engagement initiatives, compliance, and people analytics. The role supports a remote, multi-state organization with a focus on healthcare and clinical teams.

Provide advanced HR support including employee relations and investigations, performance management, leaves and accommodations, policy interpretation, onboarding/offboarding, HR project leadership, compliance with California employment law, HR reporting, and serve as a senior resource and trainer to the HR team.

Serves as a strategic and hands-on HR partner to Operations, Development, and Global Program leaders. Leads workforce planning, organizational design, talent reviews, succession planning, employee relations, leadership development, engagement, compensation, performance management, and organizational effectiveness. Advises leaders on talent and workforce risks, supports compliance with employment laws, SOX, and FDA requirements, and helps align HR programs with business growth and biotech industry practices.

Oversee the company’s human resources function, including HR policy development, compliance, escalations, labor and employment law compliance, and direct support for staffing customers and end clients. The role requires extensive HR expertise, experience supporting organizations of more than 1,000 employees, strong employment-law knowledge, and staffing-industry experience.

Supports the Talent Development team by preparing training materials, organizing LMS content, tracking participation, compiling feedback, creating course communications, maintaining training records, generating basic reports, and providing administrative project support. The internship offers practical experience in learning and development, instructional design, HR practices, and employee development programs.

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.

Provide federal recruitment and staffing support within a shared services model: conduct job analyses, write and post vacancy announcements in USA Staffing, review applications for eligibility and qualifications, prepare certificates of eligibility, coordinate offer and onboarding steps, ensure compliance with OPM/HHS/FDA policies, and respond to applicant and stakeholder inquiries.

Provide end-to-end federal recruitment and staffing support including job analyses, writing and posting vacancy announcements, assessing applications, issuing certificates, coordinating offers and pre-appointment requirements, ensuring compliance with OPM/HHS/FDA policies, responding to applicants and stakeholders, and maintaining case files and records.

Manage end-to-end payroll operations and administer core HRIS/HCM and performance platforms. Maintain integrations, ensure multi-state payroll compliance, deliver reporting and dashboards, lead system configurations and optimizations, and serve as client-facing escalation and advisor for HR technology.

The HR Officer supports onboard leadership in strengthening culture through HR policies, manages employee relations, ensures compliance, and partners with management to meet business needs.

Provides day-to-day HR support, including employee inquiries, onboarding, offboarding, employee relations, HR transactions, reporting, and policy interpretation. Maintains accurate HR records, supports service-center workflows, unemployment claims, labor relations, and workforce data analysis. Partners with stakeholders and HR teams on initiatives, training, process improvement, and compliance while safeguarding confidential information and managing competing priorities.