HR Infrastructure Manager

HR Infrastructure Manager

The HR Infrastructure Manager plays a critical role in advancing the efficiency, scalability, and overall effectiveness of the HR function. Serving as a strategic right hand and thought partner to the HR Director, this role is responsible for designing, building, and modernizing the HR infrastructure that supports a growing business.

This position leads high-impact initiatives that shift HR away from transactional work and toward data-driven, technology-enabled, and future-ready people systems. The role is ideal for a HR professional who thinks in systems, excels at process optimization, and proactively designs solutions that improve compliance, elevate the employee experience, and enable organizational capability at scale.

Salary range is $100,000 - $115,000/yr. NOTE: Final salary is based on education, experience, certifications, and location.

Responsibilities

HR Infrastructure, Systems & Process Optimization

• Partner with the HR Director to translate business priorities into scalable HR strategies, systems, and project roadmaps.
• Evaluate existing HR workflows, documentation, and capabilities to identify opportunities for simplification, automation, and redesign.
• Design, implement, and maintain HR policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), playbooks, and toolkits aligned with compliance and business needs as shared by HR Director.
• Lead projects to modernize HR practices, ensuring consistency, scalability, and exceptional internal customer service.
• Build and maintain a modern HR knowledge architecture that enables leader and employee self-service where appropriate.

HR Technology, Automation & AI Enablement

• Lead or support the selection, implementation, optimization, and integration of HR technology platforms.
• Serve as the primary owner of HRIS enhancements, system governance, and process alignment across tools.
• Partner with HR leadership to identify opportunities where automation and AI can eliminate low-value work and improve speed, insight, and decision quality.

People Analytics & Data-Driven Decision Support

• Design and maintain HR dashboards, metrics, and reporting that inform strategic and operational decision-making.
• Translate workforce data into clear insights and recommendations related to talent, engagement, performance, retention, and organizational health.
• Establish data standards and reporting cadence to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with business outcomes.

Employee Experience

• Co-develop and maintain onboarding, engagement, recognition, and leader enablement frameworks in partnership with the HR Generalist and HR leadership.
• Create practical tools and communications that equip leaders to confidently and consistently navigate HR processes.

Employee Relations, Compliance & Risk Stewardship

• Provide guidance on employee relations matters, policy interpretation, performance management, and investigations as needed.
• Ensure HR practices remain compliant, audit-ready, and risk-aware through proactive monitoring and documentation.
• Monitor emerging employment laws and trends to inform system, policy, and process design. Strategic HR Support & Change Leadership
• Lead cross-functional HR initiatives and change efforts with strong project governance, communication, and stakeholder alignment.
• Research and recommend best practices in HR functions.
• Support change management and communication efforts related to HR programs and transformations.

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience across multiple functional areas, with demonstrated success leading enterprise-level projects, systems, or transformations.
• Proven ability to design and scale HR infrastructure, not just administer programs.
• Strong experience with HR technology, automation, analytics, and reporting.
• Exceptional project management, systems thinking, and executive-level communication skills.
• High level of discretion, judgment, and comfort operating as a trusted advisor to senior leadership

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Analytics, or a related field; advanced degree or professional certification (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP) preferred.

Office Location

• Any of our office locations.

Your Benefits

Wright-Pierce's goal is to foster a culture of health and wellness. We accomplish this by creating a work environment that promotes healthy living, encourages volunteerism, and supports personal development and well-being. To achieve this goal, we offer a variety of benefits, some of which are highlighted below. Check out our full benefits overview for more.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance beginning on date of hire
• Wellness program with fitness reimbursement
• Mental health and well-being benefit
• Paid volunteer hours
• 401(k) match with employer match and profit-sharing contribution with no vesting period
• Defined career development path, mentorship program, and Wright-Pierce University training program
• Paid time off, paid and floating holidays, and paid parental leave
• Flexible work schedules and hybrid work environment

Best in Class Engagement

Our recent employee engagement survey, conducted by The Employee Engagement Group, revealed a highly engaged workforce with 87% responding and 94% of respondents indicating they would recommend Wright-Pierce as a place to work. These results are best-in-class for the A/E/C industry and reflect our commitment to creating a positive work environment. The firm's top performing areas, based on employee feedback, include respect for others, opportunities to socialize, career opportunities, and life-work balance.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Wright-Pierce we are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, gender expression, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This commitment applies to all aspects of employment. If you believe you have the skills to succeed in this role, we'd love to hear from you. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.

Sponsorship Available: At this time, we will not support sponsorship, i.e. H-1B or TN Visas for this position.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

Bachelors or better in Human Resource Administration.

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