Top Senior HR Jobs in Washington, DC

Serve as a strategic HR business partner for Cloud + AI, advising leaders, diagnosing organizational effectiveness, driving talent and leadership development, applying data-driven insights and AI-enabled tools, leading strategic projects end-to-end, and delivering scalable HR solutions in partnership with HR centers of excellence and business stakeholders.

Owns Crowe’s contingent worker and contractor management lifecycle, including worker classification, requisitions, SOWs, onboarding, extensions, compliance obligations, offboarding, records, audits, and risk controls. Advises business leaders and partners with Legal, Talent, Finance, and other stakeholders to ensure compliant engagement practices. The role also improves contractor lifecycle procedures, reporting, controls, and stakeholder communications across business units.

Partners with firm leaders and employees to deliver strategic HR programs across a global workforce. Advises on performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, employee relations, investigations, compensation, compliance, organizational change, and retention. Uses people data and business metrics to guide decisions, maintains HR transactions in Workday, supports audits and policy development, and improves scalable HR processes. Coaches leaders and collaborates with Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Learning and Development, and other HR functions.

Partners with senior leaders to shape talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, change management, and high-performing team development. Designs organizational structures and operating models, identifies talent and capability gaps, uses workforce insights to improve retention, and aligns hiring, succession, and talent investments with business objectives. Supports AI-focused engineering studios through growth, transformation, and scalable people solutions.

Leads strategic and operational HR functions, including employee relations, compliance, recruitment, compensation, benefits, performance management, workforce planning, HR metrics, process automation, and learning and development. Advises managers, oversees HR policies and legal compliance, supervises the HR team, manages the department budget, and develops training programs. The role is based in Washington, D.C., or New Jersey, with occasional travel between shelter locations.

Provides comprehensive federal HR support to an NNSA Program Office, including recruitment and staffing, position classification, employee relations, onboarding, personnel actions, applicant tracking, clearance coordination, records management, workforce planning, policy research, and process improvement. Advises senior leaders and coordinates with DOE/NNSA human capital offices while managing sensitive personnel information and HR systems.

Supports Workday and HRIS administration, employee lifecycle transactions, HR reporting, dashboards, process documentation, and operational improvements. Administers global health, wellness, benefits, billing reconciliation, leave programs, and employee inquiries. Manages regulatory filings, HR policy updates, audit readiness, and compliance documentation while partnering across global teams.

Own global employee lifecycle processes across R&D, including onboarding, offboarding, employee relations, performance management, compliance systems, reporting, and data governance. Advise leaders on employee relations and risk mitigation, support People Operations initiatives, and improve HR workflows through AI, automation, and process optimization. Serve as a Workday and HR systems superuser while managing sensitive employee matters and cross-functional partnerships.

Leads global HR systems, Workday administration, workforce analytics, reporting, data governance, integrations, compliance, and process improvement. Manages HR technology enhancements, releases, testing, issue resolution, and service delivery while partnering with HR, IT, Finance, and business stakeholders. Oversees and develops a team of analysts, establishes reporting standards, and delivers dashboards and actionable workforce insights across the employee lifecycle.

The Senior HR Business Partner will drive organizational effectiveness and talent outcomes, using data-driven insights to shape people strategies and improve team performance in a global, fast-paced environment.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to business leaders across a distributed workforce. Coaches managers, leads leadership development, performance management, employee relations investigations, talent reviews, succession planning, workforce planning, and change initiatives. Uses people analytics to guide retention, compensation, promotions, and organizational decisions. Partners with recruiting and legal counsel while scaling HR programs and ensuring compliance across multiple states.

Provides senior-level federal HR expertise in position classification, workforce development, and HR program administration. Leads complex classification reviews, organizational assessments, audits, and position management activities; advises executives, managers, union officials, and employees; and develops recommendations for workforce structure, succession planning, and recruitment. Ensures compliance with OPM standards and federal HR policies while maintaining guidance documentation and supporting recruiting tool and program improvements.

Administer benefits, wellness, leave programs, HRIS, and payroll reconciliation. Serve as primary HR inbox administrator, coordinate vendors and open enrollment, conduct audits, ensure compliance with employment and benefits regulations, analyze data to improve programs, and support HR operations, onboarding, and system enhancements.

Leads compensation and benefits programs for a higher education institution, including salary structures, executive compensation, 403(b) retirement plans, health and welfare benefits, wellness programs, compliance, vendor relationships, union negotiations, and employee communications. Manages and mentors compensation and benefits leaders while partnering with Finance, IT, Legal, and HR leadership on program implementation, policy, budgeting, and change management during a 4–6 month interim consulting engagement.

The HR Operations Support Lead will oversee federal HR compliance, workforce planning, and analyze operational challenges to improve efficiency and reporting.

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will provide strategic HR guidance, support leaders, and drive talent solutions in a high-growth environment.

Provide HR operational and administrative support across the employee lifecycle including onboarding/offboarding, benefits administration, employee relations, leave management, recruiting for professional staff, HRIS data maintenance (Workday), compliance, reporting, and continuous process improvement while partnering with managers and Talent Services leadership.

The HR Specialist leads workforce planning, talent management, and HR audit activities, providing expert consultation and developing workforce strategies.

Serve as the HR business partner for Washington, DC restaurants, handling employee relations, performance management, recruiting support, compliance, training, workforce planning, engagement initiatives, and HR operations to improve retention and organizational effectiveness.