Top HR Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Partners with Claude Corps leaders and managers on employee relations, performance, policies, and workforce needs. Owns high-volume, multistate fellow onboarding, including background checks, I-9, payroll, benefits, records, and employment documents. Manages onboarding support staff, oversees workload and quality, handles leave and accommodation coordination, maintains HR guidance, and improves processes through technology and automation.

Provides outsourced HR advisory and operational support to clients, including employment compliance, handbooks and policies, employee lifecycle processes, benefits administration, employee relations, and performance management. Manages smaller client engagements, coordinates deliverables, researches employment requirements, communicates HR guidance, and escalates complex issues. Contributes to internal HR tools, templates, and process improvements while maintaining current knowledge of employment trends.

Configure and support Workday Core HCM termination and offboarding processes, including business process routing, approvals, security, notifications, reporting, and integrations. Troubleshoot complex employee separation scenarios and downstream impacts on payroll, benefits, time tracking, security, and recruiting. Partner with HR, Payroll, Benefits, IT, and Security teams, perform testing, support production escalations, and assess Workday release functionality.

Configure and support Workday Core HCM, Personal Information, business processes, EIBs, employee documents, reporting, and calculated fields. Lead HR data migration, conversion, validation, reconciliation, mass updates, troubleshooting, testing, release assessments, and production support. Partner with HR, Payroll, Recruiting, Compensation, IT, and other stakeholders to deliver scalable Workday solutions and maintain data integrity.

Provides outsourced HR consulting and support to clients across benefits administration, performance management, onboarding, offboarding, compliance, HRIS optimization, documentation, and general HR operations. Builds client relationships, addresses HR concerns, researches employment regulations, improves processes, and contributes to service-line growth and business development.

Own end-to-end workplace investigations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and policy violations. Advise leaders and HR partners on employee relations, accommodations, performance, and separations; maintain case documentation and tracking; identify organizational trends; support policy improvements and manager training; and provide impartial HR-for-HR oversight. Partner with Legal and external counsel on sensitive matters while using AI tools to assist investigation planning, evidence summaries, and reporting.

Manage end-to-end payroll through a PEO, administer HRIS data, support employees with payroll and HR inquiries, ensure multi-state compliance, generate reports, and optimize HR workflows. Lead the organization’s 2027 transition from its PEO to an independent payroll and HR technology stack, including system selection, implementation, tax setup, SOP development, controls, and employee training.

Provides operational and administrative HR support, including personnel records, employee onboarding and offboarding, benefits administration, background checks, recruitment coordination, compliance documentation, audits, reporting, and employee inquiry resolution. The role collaborates with HR staff, employees, managers, and vendors while maintaining confidential information and supporting HR initiatives.

Leads global people operations and strategic HR programs for a rapidly scaling, distributed technology company. Builds AI-enabled HR tooling and automations, manages global employment compliance and EOR infrastructure, administers Rippling, develops leadership training, and oversees culture and engagement programs across 21 countries. Partners with leadership on compensation, performance cycles, workforce expansion, policies, and operational infrastructure.

The Director of Human Resources leads HR operations, strategy, and a multidisciplinary team across a growing multistate organization. Responsibilities include HR technology and analytics, benefits and compensation, HR business partnership, employee relations, compliance, workforce initiatives, leadership development, and process improvement through AI and automation. The role advises executives, oversees vendors and budgets, supports employee investigations, and ensures compliance with employment laws.

Supports HR services for U.S., international assignment, and Employer of Record employees across multiple countries. Responsibilities include onboarding, payroll and benefits enrollment, work authorization, policy guidance, performance reviews, international assignment payments, offboarding, employee records, labor-law compliance, and coordination with vendors and EOR partners. The role also supports medical clearances, assignment travel, household goods shipments, and employee customer service in a multicultural humanitarian environment.

The Director of HR Business Partnering serves as the strategic HR advisor to senior leadership for a geographically dispersed field and school organization. Responsibilities include workforce planning, succession, talent management, leadership development, employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, change leadership, employee relations, compliance, and coaching executives. The role leads HR support resources, uses workforce analytics to guide decisions, manages complex employee relations matters, and aligns people strategies with business objectives. Approximately 20% travel is expected.

Supports employee relations and engagement strategies, coaches leaders, interprets HR policies, manages performance and development processes, investigates workplace concerns, resolves conflicts, and supports workforce planning. Partners with Finance and business leaders to promote positive employee experiences, high-performing teams, and fair HR practices.

Leads all human resources functions for a full-service hotel, including California employment-law and payroll compliance, employee relations, investigations, records, workers’ compensation, leave administration, recruitment, benefits, training, and HR reporting. Partners with hotel leadership to support staffing, engagement, retention, risk management, and operational goals. Requires hands-on California compliance expertise and independent management of complex HR matters.

Processes new hires from offer paperwork through system setup, background screening, I-9 completion, and licensing prerequisites. Provides onboarding support, coordinates with Licensing and Compliance, maintains accurate HRIS and tracking records, and ensures hires are fully processed and licensed by their start dates. The role requires handling confidential information, meeting deadlines in a high-volume environment, and traveling to hiring events and work sites as needed.

Serve as a strategic HR advisor to senior leaders across Corporate Functions, guiding workforce planning, talent strategy, succession, organizational design, leadership effectiveness, change management, budgeting, and complex employee relations. Partner with HR teams, Legal, Finance, and corporate executives to align people priorities with business objectives, use workforce analytics for decision-making, and proactively address organizational risks and opportunities.

Own full-cycle recruiting across the company, including sourcing, screening, hiring-manager partnership, offers, recruiting metrics, and employer branding. Manage key HR operations such as preboarding, onboarding, offboarding, HRIS records, employee support, reporting, and process improvements. Coordinate with IT, Finance, leadership, and hiring managers while maintaining confidentiality and delivering a strong candidate and employee experience.

Partners with global GTM leaders and the Chief Revenue Officer on organizational design, talent planning, leadership coaching, performance management, succession, engagement, change management, and development. Uses people analytics and AI-native tools to support decision-making while maintaining strong data governance. Collaborates with Talent Acquisition and Compensation on hiring strategies, incentive design, and total rewards. Champions an inclusive, high-performance culture across a scaling SaaS organization.

Supports HR Operations processes, tools, and services; leads continuous improvement, root cause analysis, controls, quality assurance, metrics, dashboards, and process enhancements. Partners cross-functionally to improve employee experience and operational performance, manages knowledge resources, develops work plans and roadmaps, and handles sensitive HR information. The role also supports HR service center case management and requires strong organization, communication, analytical, and project management skills.

Provides strategic and day-to-day HR partnership for designated business units, including employee relations investigations, coaching, policy interpretation, workforce planning, and succession planning. Supports unionized workforces through grievance resolution, collective bargaining agreement administration, labor-management relations, and workplace investigations. Partners with legal counsel and leaders on labor matters, organizational changes, and compliance. The role is fully remote within the United States.

Leads global HR operations across the UK, USA, and Asia, managing shared services, payroll, benefits, employee lifecycle processes, HR policies, HR systems, people analytics, and governance reporting. The role partners with senior HR stakeholders, supports compensation and benefits cycles, delivers board-level insights, and drives an efficient, data-informed employee experience.

Partners with senior and operational leaders on employee relations, performance management, organizational development, change management, succession planning, investigations, accommodations, leaves, workers’ compensation, separations, and acquisition integration. Reviews employment actions, contracts, pay equity, HR files, and background checks while ensuring employment-law compliance. Analyzes HR metrics, oversees ethics reports, supports benefits and unemployment matters, and develops HR training and recommendations.

Leads the Human Resources function for Prysmian’s North America Industrial and Construction business. Develops HR strategy, oversees the employee lifecycle, coaches leaders, supports organizational effectiveness and change management, uses workforce analytics, and leads an HR team across multiple locations. Partners with operations, commercial, finance, IT, supply chain, R&D, and other functions to improve talent, engagement, succession planning, performance, and business outcomes.

Provides strategic HR partnership to employees, managers, and leaders across assigned business units. Oversees employee lifecycle processes, employee relations, performance management, engagement, compensation, onboarding, offboarding, and talent initiatives. Coaches leaders, supports organizational development, advises on complex people matters, promotes employee experience and career progression, and ensures HR programs align with business goals and employment regulations.

Supports recruitment, resume screening, interview scheduling, candidate communications, onboarding, employee engagement, record maintenance, HR reporting, data analysis, process improvement, documentation, and general HR administration. The intern gains practical experience with core HR functions, HR systems, and employee initiatives while working remotely with the People and Culture team.