Human Resources Director

Job Description

Director, Human Resources

We're partnering with a media company based in New York on the search for a Director of Human Resources to build out and lead its people function.

This is a broad, hands on HR leadership role that sits close to the top of the organization. You'll set the people strategy and also do the work yourself, from renewing benefits to handling a difficult employee situation personally. It's a good fit for someone who wants full ownership of HR in a fast moving, high energy environment run by bold, creative leaders.

What you'll be doing:

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• Set the HR agenda for the business, covering talent, compensation, benefits, employee relations, payroll, compliance, and culture
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• Work alongside senior leaders on people related decisions, from compensation benchmarking to org design and leveling
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• Run the yearly benefits renewal from start to finish, dealing directly with brokers and carriers to get the business the best plans, and manage open enrollment for employees
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• Handle onboarding and offboarding, and step in personally when an employee relations issue needs a senior, discreet hand
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• Put real structure around performance reviews, career paths, and succession planning, and coach managers along the way
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• Keep policies, the employee handbook, and day to day practices compliant with labor law across every jurisdiction the business touches
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• Manage a small team, setting their priorities and helping them grow
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What we're looking for:

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• A decade or more in HR, at least five of those years running a team, having owned HR broadly rather than one lane of it
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• Hands on experience taking a benefits renewal through negotiation with brokers and insurers, not just sitting in on the process
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• Genuinely comfortable being the senior HR presence in a business full of personalities, with the discretion to match
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• Either ran HR solo for a smaller organization, or helped professionalize HR inside a bigger one that hadn't built it out yet
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• A track record of actually changing how things work, not just keeping the lights on
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Compensation & logistics:

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• Base salary: $160,000 to $170,000, plus discretionary bonus
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• Location: New York, NY, five days a week in office
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