Top Senior HR Jobs in Sacramento, CA

The Senior Manager, HR Compliance is responsible for developing and executing a compliance framework across the Americas, managing immigration and global mobility programs, and ensuring adherence to applicable laws and regulations while fostering a culture of compliance within the organization.

Provides strategic and hands-on HR partnership to Engineering, Product, and R&D leaders. Responsibilities include manager coaching, performance management, employee relations, talent and compensation programs, engagement surveys, exit meetings, organizational effectiveness, risk identification, and policy application. The role supports globally distributed teams during a six-month transition period and requires strong judgment, confidentiality, communication, and operational execution.

Provides executive leadership for all hospital Human Resources functions, including labor and employee relations, employment-law compliance, compensation, benefits, recruitment, workforce planning, engagement, performance management, training, and organizational development. Oversees HR staff, budgets, policies, reporting systems, and high-risk employee matters while partnering with executives, unions, and legal counsel. Ensures compliant HR operations and supports organizational effectiveness.

Lead and scale HR Operations for a growing manufacturing company: manage employee relations and investigations, ensure compliance, oversee benefits/leave/payroll coordination, administer HR systems and reporting, build scalable workflows, coach managers, and partner on workforce planning while leading a two-person HR generalist team.

Provides strategic and hands-on HR partnership across North America, advising leaders on performance, talent, organizational change, workforce planning, compensation, engagement, compliance, and employee experience. The role builds people strategies, supports organizational transformation, handles local HR matters, contributes to global projects, and promotes safety and consistent policy application.

Provides broad HR support across benefits, compensation, employee relations, compliance, onboarding, offboarding, performance management, engagement, training, communications, surveys, and HR systems administration. The role maintains HR data integrity, supports employee inquiries, analyzes employment information, and helps enhance HR programs and workplace culture while ensuring compliance with employment laws.

Serves as the strategic HR partner for a geographically dispersed workforce of more than 1,300 hourly employees. Leads onboarding, employee relations, investigations, performance management, engagement, retention, compliance, workforce analytics, and organizational change. Coaches operational leaders, oversees an onboarding analyst, supports talent and succession planning, and drives HR compliance transformation across multiple states. Partners with Legal, Payroll, Recruiting, and other HR functions while ensuring consistent employment practices and workforce effectiveness.

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.

The HR Business Partner advises business leaders and employees on employee relations, performance management, HR policies, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and compliance. The role investigates complex issues, analyzes workforce data, supports HR transactions, coaches managers, improves HR processes, and partners with HR and legal teams. This remote position supports U.S. and Canadian operations, requires standard East Coast hours, and includes travel to company sites and conferences.

Own the HR systems ecosystem, including configuration, workflows, integrations, automation, data integrity, reporting, compliance controls, and Jira intake. Lead system implementations, upgrades, redesigns, documentation, and training while partnering across People Operations, IT, Compliance, Security, Finance, Legal, and vendors. Apply AI and automation to reduce manual work and improve employee support.

Serve as a strategic HR partner to senior leaders, translating business objectives into people strategies. Lead talent management, succession planning, leadership development, organizational design, change management, and data-informed workforce initiatives. Collaborate globally with HR teams to implement scalable programs, improve organizational effectiveness, and support cross-cultural teams. The role requires strong business acumen, executive influence, communication, analytics, and experience in crypto, fintech, or regulated financial services.

Leads HR systems administration and core HR operations, including HRIS management, integrations, data integrity, onboarding, offboarding, immigration, benefits, payroll coordination, compliance, reporting, and process improvement. Manages a team, resolves escalations, maintains controls and documentation, and partners with HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and vendors to deliver accurate, secure, and scalable HR services.

Provides fractional HR leadership and consulting to multiple Christian mission and church clients. Responsibilities include HR audits, strategic planning, HR program design, recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, engagement, performance management, compliance, training, employee relations, HRIS implementation, executive coaching, and support across U.S. states and international missions.

Provides fractional HR leadership and consulting to Christian ministries, churches, and mission organizations. Responsibilities include developing HR strategies, coaching executives and staff, guiding organizational change, managing compliance and people programs, mentoring HR teams, and supporting recruiting, compensation, benefits, training, performance management, engagement, policies, and employee relations. The role is mostly remote, part-time, and includes occasional travel to the Dallas area.

Leads the people strategy for R&D and Regulatory functions at a biotechnology company. Partners with HR specialists on talent acquisition, rewards, employee relations, communications, talent development, and succession planning. Advises senior leaders on organization design, workforce planning, change management, performance, and complex employee issues. Supports enterprise-wide programs, culture initiatives, and employee experience while managing and mentoring HR talent.

Serves as an HR business partner and trusted advisor to leaders across multiple offices. Provides guidance on employee relations, performance management, investigations, leadership coaching, talent development, organizational effectiveness, change management, engagement, retention, workforce planning, and employment-law compliance. Analyzes HR trends and recommends practical solutions while partnering with Talent teams to support firmwide programs and consistent HR practices.

Serve as a strategic HR advisor across multiple software companies and countries. Lead employee relations investigations, performance management, workforce planning, organizational design, manager coaching, people analytics, compliance guidance, and HR program development. Support M&A integration by harmonizing people practices across acquired entities, reinforcing culture, and managing cross-entity HR initiatives. Partner with senior leaders, legal counsel, Total Rewards, and Payroll in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.

Leads Synapse Health’s HR technology strategy, HRIS roadmap, compensation philosophy, benchmarking, pay equity, and salary structures. Oversees a Compensation Analyst, builds scalable People shared services, manages HR technology and benefits vendors, and automates manual workflows. Partners with the Chief People Officer on executive-level compensation recommendations and AI enablement while driving system implementations, integrations, process improvements, and workforce-ready operating models.

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.

Partners with senior leaders and employees on HR strategy, employee relations, employment-law compliance, workforce planning, talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, engagement, succession planning, onboarding, training, and performance management. Leads change initiatives, investigations, calibration discussions, and people programs while promoting an ethical, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.

Supports HR activities throughout mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, Day 1 readiness, employee transitions, integration planning, workforce changes, compliance, change management, and post-close execution. Coordinates workstreams, tracks milestones, prepares reports and communications, manages confidential information, and collaborates with HR, Legal, Finance, IT, and business stakeholders. Maintains M&A playbooks, project tools, checklists, and lessons learned to improve future integration processes.

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.

Provides strategic and hands-on HR partnership to designated business groups, advising leaders on employee relations, talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, performance management, compensation, recruiting, compliance, benefits, leaves, and employee engagement. Conducts investigations, supports corrective actions and separations, manages recruiting and onboarding processes, analyzes workforce data, and implements HR strategies and programs while ensuring compliance with California and federal employment laws.