Top HR Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

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.

Lead and oversee HR service delivery across the employee lifecycle, executing complex Workday/HRIS transactions, coordinating projects and process improvements, producing reports and metrics, ensuring compliance and audit readiness, and partnering with cross-functional teams to maintain data integrity and operational excellence.

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.

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.

Provides independent federal HR support across staffing, classification, benefits, employee relations, information systems, and policy development. Serves as a project lead, collaborating with stakeholders to implement project objectives and deliver HR services for current or future federal government clients.

Provides federal staffing, recruitment, and classification services using HR information, personnel/payroll, and staffing systems. Troubleshoots system and processing issues, resolves problems, recommends system enhancements, and performs other assigned duties. The role requires 3–5 years of federal staffing, recruitment, and classification experience, plus Public Trust clearance.

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.

Provide generalist HR advice across employee relations, onboarding, performance management, global mobility, and cyclical HR processes. Partner with HR Business Partners on salary review, talent mapping, calibration, and engagement analysis. Identify automation and self-service opportunities, support flexible work requests, and contribute to continuous improvement within a distributed, Pacific Time Zone-based team.

Supports the full employee lifecycle, including payroll, benefits, leave administration, employee relations, performance management, investigations, HRIS data integrity, onboarding, compensation, talent management, compliance, and HR process improvement. Serves as a trusted HR resource to employees and managers while providing operational support across the organization.

Manages HR systems strategy, administration, optimization, integrations, data integrity, governance, reporting, and analytics. Partners with HR, IT, Finance, and business leaders to translate requirements into system solutions, improve workflows, support upgrades, and evaluate AI-enabled tools. Serves as the HR technology subject matter expert and may mentor others without formal supervisory responsibility.

Partner with senior leaders and managers on organizational design, workforce planning, talent development, performance management, employee relations, compensation cycles, and change management. Coach leaders, improve People programs, use Rippling and AI-enabled tools to analyze workforce data, and turn organizational insights into practical improvements across the employee experience.

Provide employee support through phone, email, and chat, resolving moderately complex inquiries about payroll, time away, leave, benefits, HR policies, and HR systems. Use Workday HCM and ServiceNow to manage cases accurately and confidentially while ensuring compliance with company policies. The role requires strong English and Mandarin communication skills and careful handling of sensitive employee issues.

Manage employee data and documentation accurately and confidentially within People Operations. Use ServiceNow to handle cases, coordinate compliant documentation workflows, collaborate across teams, and support HR-related tasks. The role requires strong English and Vietnamese communication, attention to detail, calm issue resolution, and at least two years of data administration and document management experience.

Provides employee support through phone, email, and chat, resolving inquiries about payroll, time away, leave, benefits, HR policies, and systems. Manages cases in Workday HCM and ServiceNow, handles sensitive information confidentially, applies critical thinking to moderately complex issues, and ensures compliance with company policies. Requires strong English and Thai communication skills and at least three years of employee support experience.

Manage confidential employee data, documentation, and HR-related workflows within People Operations. Use ServiceNow to handle cases, coordinate compliant document processes, collaborate across teams, and support HR shared-service activities. The role requires strong English and Korean communication, accurate data administration, document management, and the ability to remain calm while anticipating issues.

Provides employee support through phone, email, and chat, resolving inquiries about payroll, time away, leave, benefits, HR policies, and HR systems. Manages cases in Workday HCM and ServiceNow, handles sensitive issues confidentially, applies critical thinking to moderately complex cases, and ensures compliance with company policies and procedures. Requires strong English and Korean communication skills and at least three years of employee support experience.

Manage employee data and documentation accurately and confidentially within People Operations. Use ServiceNow to handle cases, coordinate compliant documentation workflows, collaborate across teams, and support HR-related tasks. The role requires English and Japanese communication skills, strong data administration and document management experience, attention to detail, and the ability to remain calm under pressure.

Manage confidential employee data, document workflows, and HR-related cases using systems such as ServiceNow. Coordinate documentation in compliance with company policies, collaborate across teams to improve workflows, and support the People Operations team. The role requires strong English communication, Mandarin or another additional language, data administration and document management experience, attention to detail, and the ability to remain calm under pressure.

Provide employee support through phone, email, and chat, resolving inquiries about payroll, time off, leave, benefits, HR policies, and HR systems. Manage cases using Workday HCM and ServiceNow, handle sensitive issues confidentially, apply critical thinking to moderately complex inquiries, and ensure compliance with company procedures. The role requires English and Cantonese proficiency and is based in Penang, Malaysia.

Provides employee support through phone, email, and chat, addressing inquiries about payroll, time away, leave, benefits, HR policies, and HR systems. Manages support cases in Workday HCM and ServiceNow, resolves moderately complex and sensitive issues, protects confidentiality, and ensures compliance with company procedures. Requires at least three years of employee support experience and advanced English and Japanese communication skills.

Supports the HR team across onboarding, offboarding, employee records, HR databases, engagement activities, training initiatives, documentation, reporting, and general administration. The six-month internship provides practical exposure to end-to-end HR operations while requiring confidentiality, organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.

The Human Resources Generalist manages day-to-day HR operations, employee relations, onboarding and offboarding, performance management, training, compliance, reporting, benefits inquiries, and employee engagement initiatives. The role advises employees and managers, supports investigations and performance improvement plans, maintains HR policies and records, communicates legislative changes, and contributes to HR projects, events, and recognition programs.

Performs broad HR generalist duties including onboarding, offboarding, benefits and leave administration, employee relations, performance management, compensation, HRIS administration, policy implementation, employment law compliance, reporting, and employee investigations. Partners with managers and employees, supports training and organizational initiatives, maintains personnel records, and develops HR programs and solutions.

Manages day-to-day HR operations, personnel leadership, employee relations, performance management, compliance, engagement, workforce analytics, and HR initiatives. Partners with executives and managers, supports federal contractor employment requirements, oversees HR systems and reporting, guides employee lifecycle processes, and leads compliance, workforce planning, and organizational development activities.