Top HR Jobs in San Diego, 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.

Leads PwC’s HR Managed Services payroll team, overseeing global payroll operations, compliance, process improvements, and transformational change. Builds strategic client relationships, develops payroll policies and practices, mentors team members, promotes payroll technology adoption, and establishes industry-leading processes across global teams. The Director provides thought leadership, drives business growth, and maintains trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders.

Serve as strategic HR partner to G&A senior leaders, leading org design and restructures, driving performance calibration, using data and AI tools to surface org health risks, and translating people strategy into measurable outcomes across global, high-growth teams.

Supports employees and managers across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, employee relations, leave and workers’ compensation administration, HRIS and records management, reporting, compliance, recruitment, training, engagement programs, and policy implementation. The role serves as a primary contact for routine HR inquiries, resolves issues, escalates complex matters, and contributes to process improvement and cross-functional HR projects.

Leads HR operations across a multi-site call center network, managing HR Partners and recruiting teams. Oversees employee relations, investigations, multi-state compliance, leadership coaching, high-volume hiring, staffing ramps, retention initiatives, and workforce metrics. Partners with operations and legal leadership to support performance, headcount governance, and consistent people practices for frontline hourly teams.

Supports daily HR operations, including HRIS administration, onboarding and offboarding, employee lifecycle processes, personnel records, employee inquiries, compliance, reporting, audits, and HR process optimization. The role administers ADP Workforce Now and Enboarder, conducts orientations and I-9 verifications, manages employee transactions, maintains confidential files, and contributes to employee engagement programs.

Provides outsourced HR consulting to business clients, advising on HR operations, California employment laws, payroll, benefits, compliance, and employee-related matters. Builds client relationships, manages multiple projects and deadlines, communicates proactively, and works independently with Optima’s HR team. This part-time hybrid role requires on-site client work in San Diego County, reliable transportation, and preferably English-Spanish bilingual proficiency.

Manages day-to-day HR operations, including compliance, employee relations, recruiting support, onboarding, terminations, performance management, payroll, HRIS administration, benefits, leave management, workers’ compensation, safety programs, employee communications, and events. Provides onsite support to employees and HR leadership while maintaining compliance with federal and state regulations.

Serves as the primary HR partner for a Solar business unit, advising leaders and employees on policies, employee relations, performance management, compensation, and talent development. Collaborates with manufacturing leaders to align HR initiatives with business goals, improve engagement and retention, and support a safety-driven culture. Analyzes HR metrics and trends to provide data-driven recommendations to senior management. The role is onsite five days per week in San Diego, California.

The Human Resources Manager serves as a strategic HR partner for administrative departments, supporting recruitment, onboarding, development, performance management, employee relations, compliance, benefits coordination, and offboarding. The role advises leaders and employees, conducts investigations, leads orientation and HR initiatives, maintains Workday records, improves HR processes, and ensures consistent policy application while aligning HR strategies with firm objectives.

Serves as an HR business partner for operations and sales leadership across up to 10 Southern California locations. Provides generalist support with emphasis on employee and labor relations, including collective bargaining administration, grievance handling, dispute resolution, labor training, and union relations. Advises managers on hiring, performance, succession planning, employee satisfaction, organizational effectiveness, compliance, and change initiatives. Participates in labor negotiations, acquisitions, leadership planning, and company-wide projects. The role is field-based and requires 75–80% travel.

Owns the company’s HR function, including onboarding and offboarding, performance reviews, employee relations, hiring coordination, benefits administration, multi-state compliance, documentation, and process development. The role serves as the primary HR contact for a 22-person remote organization, escalating investigations and legal matters to the CEO and outside counsel while supporting compensation recommendations and organizational growth.

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.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to leaders, aligning people strategies with business goals. Responsibilities include leadership coaching, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, talent and succession planning, workforce planning, performance management, employee relations, investigations, change initiatives, workforce analytics, and cross-functional HR partnerships.

Provides temporary coverage for day-to-day HR operations, including Workday data management, benefits administration, leave and accommodation coordination, audit support, offboarding, HR ticket resolution, invoice reconciliation, and compliance activities involving FMLA, ADA, ACA, and wage reporting.

Supports People & Culture initiatives across employee engagement, talent acquisition, onboarding, learning and development, HR operations, and employee programs. Responsibilities include coordinating events and recruiting activities, researching HR practices, analyzing workforce data, supporting training initiatives, creating employee communications, and assisting with special projects. The intern will collaborate with HR professionals and business leaders and present a final PowerPoint project presentation.

Remote HR internship supporting recruitment, onboarding, employee records, engagement, HR operations, compliance documentation, performance management assistance, and general HR administrative tasks.

Volunteer HR Generalist to support recruiting (sourcing, screening, interviewing, onboarding), maintain personnel records and new-hire documentation, coordinate office operations and policies, publish job ads, schedule interviews, prepare reports and presentations, and assist with initial fundraising campaign. Attend weekly meetings and commit to minimum 4+ hours weekly.

Provides administrative and operational HR support, including onboarding, recruitment coordination, employee records, HRIS maintenance, benefits and payroll coordination, employment verification, unemployment claims, compensation data organization, engagement surveys, company events, and general employee inquiries. The role requires confidentiality, strong organization, communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

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.

Manage HR processes for a long-term construction project, including employee relations, EEO and OFCCP compliance, talent acquisition support, onboarding programs, wellness initiatives, training, labor postings, substance abuse testing, and investigations. Serve as an HR advisor to project supervisors, employees, and corporate HR while promoting inclusion, confidentiality, and a productive workplace.

Provides HR operations and administrative support for global legal, finance, and investment teams. Handles Workday transactions, onboarding and offboarding, employee data, reporting, recruitment support, benefits and leave guidance, location changes, HR communications, and standard HR inquiries. Partners with HR managers, directors, and centers of excellence on policies, processes, compliance, and initiatives.

Partners with senior leaders across headquarters and operating companies to deliver strategic HR support. Leads M&A due diligence and integration, workforce planning, organizational design, talent development, succession planning, employee relations, leadership coaching, engagement, compliance, and HR risk mitigation. Analyzes HR metrics, collaborates on compensation and benefits, and advances scalable HR practices, tools, and systems across a complex, multi-entity environment.