Top Senior HR Jobs in San Diego, CA

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.

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.

Provides strategic HR partnership to manufacturing and business management teams. Advises leaders on talent strategy, performance management, employee relations, organizational effectiveness, compensation, succession planning, leadership development, and change management. Analyzes HR and business data, leads complex investigations, mitigates employee relations risks, and executes concurrent HR projects and process improvements.

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.

Design evaluation tasks for AI systems in talent management, employee relations, compensation, compliance, and organizational design. Create HR scenarios, reference outputs, policies, investigation reports, compensation analyses, organizational design proposals, and expert-level rubrics across US and international employment-law frameworks. Apply HR methodologies and enterprise HR tools while distinguishing senior HR judgment from generic knowledge.

Owns end-to-end HR operations for US and Canadian employees and contractors, including onboarding, offboarding, benefits, employee records, compliance, employee relations, performance management, compensation reviews, manager training, and HR systems. The role administers Rippling, Lattice, and Ashby, supports SOC 2 compliance, coaches managers through performance issues and PIPs, maintains policies, and coordinates benefits and training vendors.

Leads global compensation and benefits programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, equity, benefits, open enrollment, 401(k), leave administration, compliance, audits, and payroll coordination. Owns HR metrics, systems, policies, process improvements, change management, and AI-in-HR strategy. Partners with leadership, vendors, payroll, IT, and external stakeholders to improve employee experience and operational efficiency.

Own end-to-end multi-state payroll, HRIS administration, compliance, reporting, integrations, and HR operations for clients. Lead HRIS and payroll implementations, system configurations, workflow automation, change management, employee lifecycle processes, and stakeholder workshops. Advise clients on employment law compliance, maintain data integrity and audit readiness, resolve payroll issues, and optimize people processes across varied organizations.

Owns the people workstream for mergers and acquisitions from diligence through close and integration. Responsibilities include building diligence questionnaires, analyzing employment and compensation data, assessing risks, modeling compensation and equity structures, supporting negotiations, managing integration readiness, and developing reusable playbooks and automation. The role partners with corporate development, legal, finance, and people leadership while operating across global, confidential, and often ambiguous transactions.

Own the HR function as a hands-on solo operator, managing recruiting, onboarding, multi-state payroll, benefits, HRIS data, compliance, policies, performance cycles, compensation operations, employee relations, engagement, and office administration. Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and leadership while supporting U.S. and Italy employees, improving workflows, and maintaining reliable people programs in a distributed technology company.

Leads enterprise HR reporting, dashboards, workforce analytics, data governance, quality controls, and reporting automation using Workday and related tools. Partners with HR leaders and business stakeholders to deliver executive-ready insights for workforce planning, talent strategy, compliance, and organizational effectiveness. Serves as a Workday reporting subject matter expert, resolves complex data issues, improves reporting processes, and mentors junior analysts.

The HR Generalist partners with business leaders, managers, employees, Talent teams, and HR centers of expertise to deliver employee experience programs and resolve people matters. Responsibilities include employee relations, manager coaching, talent and compensation cycles, investigations, workforce insights, KPI tracking, HR data maintenance in Workday, employment compliance, and organizational planning. The role supports global teams, promotes diversity and belonging, and provides strategic and operational HR guidance across the employee journey.

Administers and improves employee benefits and leave programs, including health, retirement, disability, FMLA, accommodations, and annual enrollment. Ensures regulatory compliance, data accuracy, payroll reconciliation, vendor performance, employee communications, and timely case resolution. Partners with HR, Payroll, Legal, managers, employees, third-party administrators, and HRIS teams on complex cases, system testing, reporting, wellness programming, and process improvements.

Provide senior HR leadership and strategy across payroll, benefits, HRIS, talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, and compliance. Build retention frameworks, define HR KPIs, manage HR team and vendors, maintain legal compliance, draft HR budgets, and partner with leadership to drive culture, engagement, and organizational development.

Partners with business leaders on employee engagement, performance management, employee relations, workforce planning, talent assessment, organizational design, and manager capability. Coaches leaders through complex people issues, uses workforce and engagement data to guide decisions, supports organizational changes, and collaborates cross-functionally on talent, training, and HR initiatives. The role is remote on the East Coast with hybrid work during transition and requires up to 25% travel.

Supports and optimizes HR technology by analyzing requirements, configuring HCM modules, developing tests, resolving production issues, maintaining data integrity, supporting integrations and reporting, and leading system enhancement workstreams. Partners with HR, Payroll, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders while ensuring privacy, security, governance, documentation, training, and continuous improvement. Provides subject-matter expertise, coaches users and analysts, and applies responsible AI practices.

Supports and optimizes HR technology by analyzing requirements, configuring HCM systems, testing enhancements, resolving production issues, maintaining data integrity, supporting integrations and reporting, and leading project workstreams. Partners with HR, Payroll, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders while ensuring privacy, security, governance, and compliance. Coaches users and analysts and drives continuous process improvement.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to assigned business units, aligning people strategies with business objectives. Leads workforce and succession planning, performance management, compensation cycles, talent management, employee engagement, organizational development, and change management initiatives. Partners with leaders and HR teams on workforce planning, leadership development, organizational design, retention, and culture. Provides consulting, coaching, diagnostics, facilitation, and project leadership while using metrics to improve organizational effectiveness.

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 corporate leaders on performance, employee relations, compensation, career development, workforce planning, and manager coaching. Leads calibration, promotion, and merit cycles; advises on complex employee matters; designs scalable HR processes; owns strategic people initiatives; applies AI to improve HR workflows; and mentors fellow HR partners.

Serve as a Workday subject matter expert to configure, test, and deploy HR system enhancements; maintain security roles and data governance; drive process automation; build advanced reports and dashboards; manage integrations (EIB, Studio, APIs, PECI); and lead HR technology initiatives cross-functionally to improve employee experience and operational efficiency.

The HR Director manages HR strategies, oversees employee relations, compliance, and performance management, and leads HR initiatives for organizational growth.

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.

The Human Resources Manager supports employee relations, workplace investigations, complaints, employment disputes, leaves of absence, and compliance with California labor laws. The role reports to the Senior Director of Human Resources and includes maintaining HR programs and processes. This hybrid position requires weekly visits to assigned campuses and occasional travel outside the area.