Top Senior 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.

Serves as the strategic HR partner for a core business division, advising leaders on workforce planning, employee relations, organizational design, talent development, change management, compliance, and HR operations. The role supports a multi-site, technical and manufacturing workforce, uses HR data to drive decisions, partners with HR centers of excellence, processes payroll, and travels between sites as needed.

Leads HR strategy and partnerships for corporate and functional teams, advising leaders on talent management, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, compensation, employee relations, change management, and talent acquisition. Develops data-driven solutions, supports leadership development and succession planning, influences stakeholders, and manages HR professionals. Requires strong communication, decision-making, project management, and people leadership skills, with travel up to 10%.

People Partner supporting Novartis Biomedical Research by advising leaders and employees on HR policies, employee relations, talent, performance, rewards, organizational changes, and workforce processes. The role implements people initiatives, coaches managers, ensures regulatory compliance, uses Workday and analytics to improve employee experiences, and supports local and global transformations. It is based in San Diego with onsite work three days per week.

Provides broad HR support across employee relations, benefits, compensation, training, compliance, safety, recruitment, reporting, and workforce development. Coaches managers, conducts investigations, supports policy and program improvements, analyzes HR data, leads training, and partners with stakeholders on employee strategies. The role also manages projects using Lean methodologies and requires travel between organizational sites.

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.

Own and build Stryker Digital’s People Operations and HR function for a growing, distributed workforce. Responsibilities include multi-state compliance, onboarding and offboarding, employee relations, terminations, payroll administration in Rippling, benefits, compensation, performance management, policy development, and HR risk management. The role partners directly with executives, employees, payroll and benefits providers, and employment counsel while establishing scalable HR systems and infrastructure.

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.

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.

Lead the HR function for a small government contractor, managing employee relations, onboarding, benefits, payroll, compensation, compliance, policies, performance management, and organizational development. Develop people and culture initiatives, support workforce and succession planning, manage HRIS platforms, and partner with leadership on strategic and operational HR needs. The role is hybrid, requiring three days weekly in the San Diego or Arlington office.

Serves as a strategic HR partner for regional operations by aligning HR programs with business objectives. Provides coaching on organizational design, performance management, change management, workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, and development. Analyzes HR metrics, supports employment-law compliance, communicates policies, develops diversity and inclusion initiatives, and helps reduce legal risk while ensuring consistent HR program delivery.

Oversee daily HR operations, employment-law compliance, investigations, unemployment claims, payroll and wage-hour practices. Advise managers on HR matters, support staff training and development, lead direct reports, maintain compliant policies, and improve HR resource efficiency. The role also serves as a liaison to employee groups and collaborates with the Director of Human Resources.

Leads HR Generalists and Coordinators, oversees employee relations and investigations, ensures multi-state employment compliance, manages reporting and recordkeeping, and drives standardized HR processes. Partners with Operations, Clinical leaders, senior HR leadership, and Legal to resolve complex employee matters, reduce risk, improve service delivery, develop HR talent, and strengthen employee experience and retention.

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.