Top HR Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

The HR Manager will lead HR strategies, manage employee relations, oversee talent management, ensure compliance, and support global workforce operations.

Identify and engage senior HR leaders (CHRO/CPO/VP/SVP) for interim, fractional, or full-time roles. Candidates will drive enterprise people strategy, talent management, culture/DEIB, organizational design, change management, HR operations, and compliance while partnering with executive leadership and boards.

The Principal HR Business Partner will collaborate with Go-To-Market leaders, designing people strategies, supporting organizational design, and enhancing team performance across various functions in the Americas.

Partner with clinical leaders to align people strategies with operational goals across a multi-state clinical workforce. Lead employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, compliance, and retention initiatives for field-based clinical and non-clinical teams, ensuring multi-state legal compliance and support for high-acuity patient populations.

Entry-level HR Generalist providing full-cycle HR support for locations in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Duties include talent acquisition, employee relations and investigations, HRIS recordkeeping, performance management, benefits and payroll administration, wage and labor compliance, workers' compensation and safety, reporting, and HR projects. Acts as primary HR contact and advises managers on HR matters.

Support full-cycle recruiting and candidate coordination using Greenhouse and LinkedIn Recruiter; source candidates, schedule interviews, maintain ATS data, assist with offers and onboarding, and provide general HRIS and compliance support across HR operations.

Senior HR business partner leading HR for global Business AI, Technology & Product. Drive organizational design, workforce planning, leadership development, talent strategy, employee relations, performance and rewards, compliance, HR operations, and coach HR teams to enable growth and transformation across a complex, technology-focused global organization.

Act as the primary HR Business Partner for Area Directors and General Managers, translating business priorities into people strategies. Lead talent lifecycle activities, coach leaders, manage complex employee relations and union matters, drive organizational effectiveness, enable change, and use workforce data to inform HR solutions and compliance.

Provide autonomous HR generalist support across international markets: develop and localize policies and contracts, ensure statutory compliance, build SOPs and HR capability, manage employee relations and lifecycle processes, standardize HR reporting, own onboarding, and maintain organized HR records across jurisdictions.

Oversee day-to-day HR operations for the firm's California offices. Partner with CHRO, office leadership, and HR centers to set regional HR priorities. Support full talent lifecycle, employee relations, compliance with local employment laws, wellness and engagement programming, policy adoption, and special HR projects.

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.

Lead HR functions for Price Transfer with a focus on employee relations, workplace investigations, policy development, compliance, and coaching. Serve as a mentor to HR teams, partner with operations and executive leadership, and maintain confidentiality while supporting HR operations in a logistics and transportation environment.

Lead global HR business partnership, driving strategies for organizational effectiveness, employee relations, talent development, and coaching managers. Collaborate with leaders across functions and deliver integrated HR programs aligned with company objectives.

The Human Resources Manager oversees HR operations, manages hiring and onboarding, and collaborates with the team on employee relations and compliance.

The HR Generalist administers HR plans, maintains HR records, ensures compliance with labor laws, coordinates employee benefits, and supports various HR activities.

Lead HR Generalist responsible for global HR initiatives, regional talent development, performance management, and employee relations within the Americas, ensuring compliance and supporting high-performance teams.

Part-time HR leader responsible for multi-state employment compliance, updating policies and handbook, employee relations and investigations, advising leadership on HR matters, coordinating with ADP PEO for payroll/benefits, and supporting onboarding/offboarding and ad hoc HR projects for a distributed remote team.

Lead strategy and governance for HR digital experiences and knowledge management. Design and optimize employee portals, knowledge articles, search, taxonomies, and self-service tools using data and user research. Translate complex policies into user-friendly content, collaborate with HR, IS, vendors, and technical teams, and maintain/configure content in ServiceNow and related platforms.

Serve as a strategic HR partner to senior leaders in West R&D, driving organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, compensation guidance, change leadership, and complex employee relations to improve engagement, retention, and leadership capability.

Strategic HR Business Partner advising Engineering, Research, Product Strategy, and Technical Operations on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership coaching, performance management, compensation, employee experience, and HR operations. Build people programs, drive talent and succession planning, partner with recruiting and legal, leverage people data and AI tools, and serve as a Rippling administrator to scale processes across globally distributed technical teams.

Serve as an embedded strategic HR partner for market unit leaders, driving workforce planning, org design, compensation analysis, performance coaching, complex employee relations, HR technology adoption, and harmonization of job architecture across a remote, multi-jurisdictional workforce.

As an HR and Payroll Specialist, you will manage payroll and HR operations, ensuring compliance and efficiency across multiple countries, primarily the US and Canada. Responsibilities include processing payroll, overseeing HR administrative tasks, and managing benefits administration while maintaining legal compliance.

The Graduate HR Generalist will support HR processes, manage HRIS, assist with onboarding, handle employee inquiries, and drive HR initiatives. They will also support payroll and benefits processing, conduct audits, and identify process improvements.

The HR Consultant/Interim CHRO role involves leading HR transformation, implementing HR strategies, and advising on finance projects in higher education settings.

Hands-on HR Specialist supporting hiring, onboarding, employee administration, and daily HR processes for the U.S. team. Initially focused on recruitment, expanding to full employee lifecycle tasks, employee support, engagement initiatives, and cross-functional coordination with Finance, Legal, and Operations.