Top Senior HR Jobs in Chicago, IL

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.

Partners with corporate leaders and employees on performance management, organizational planning, HR policies, recruitment, career development, employee relations, and HR strategy. Leads cross-functional HR initiatives and analyzes workforce data to identify trends and support business decision-making.

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.

Oversee employee relations, investigations, performance management, benefits administration, HR compliance, workforce support, and HR operations for a 350+ employee multi-state organization. Develop scalable SOPs and workflows, maintain HR records and systems, guide managers, mentor HR staff, support employee engagement, and contribute to strategic growth initiatives.

Support Corporate HR by administering onboarding, employee lifecycle transactions, consultant onboarding, timesheet processing, and offboarding. Serve as primary HR contact, coordinate orientations, manage HR inbox inquiries, support performance management, and assist on HR projects to ensure accurate HR data and timely completion of processes.

Supports multi-jurisdictional HR compliance, employment law research, regulatory reporting, audits, remediation, policy updates, and risk assessments. Leads contractor compliance and lifecycle management, including worker classification reviews, agreements, extensions, onboarding, and offboarding. Oversees compliance inquiries, ADA accommodation follow-up, background investigations, RFPs, and due diligence responses while partnering with Legal, HR, Finance, and business stakeholders.

Owns multistate HR compliance, employment registrations, policies, leave administration, employee records, audits, training, workers’ compensation, OSHA recordkeeping, statutory reporting, and HR governance. Builds compliance frameworks and documentation from scratch, supports employee relations and investigations, audits HRIS data, and partners with leadership and Safety/Fleet on driver compliance. Requires discretion, strong organization, employment-law knowledge, and independent judgment in a fully remote, rapidly scaling organization.

Independently administer performance management cycles, engagement surveys, recognition and employee experience programs. The role supports managers and colleagues, analyzes performance and survey data, coordinates training and listening sessions, maintains documentation and calendars, researches benchmarks, and partners with HR and Learning & Development teams. It requires strong organization, communication, discretion with confidential information, independent execution, and experience with HRIS or related employee program tools.

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.

The Director of Human Resources partners with the Bagcraft operating unit and leads HR professionals across six U.S. manufacturing sites. Responsibilities include HR strategy, leadership coaching, employee engagement, recruiting, talent management, organizational development, change management, HR analytics, legal compliance, and labor relations. The role oversees union relationships, collective bargaining, grievances, and arbitration while partnering with centers of excellence in talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, and employee experience. Travel of up to 40% within the United States is required.

Senior HR Business Partner supporting Sales and field-based commercial teams across US and Canada. Provide strategic HR partnership to executive and senior leaders on talent strategy, organization design, succession planning, leadership development, change initiatives, performance management, employee relations, and workforce analytics. Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver integrated HR solutions, coach leaders, and improve organizational effectiveness and employee experience.

Leads onboarding, integration, productivity ramp-up, and shareholder pathway processes for newly hired physicians and advanced practice providers. Partners with clinical and executive leaders on provider relations, performance, retention, change management, compliance, and HR administration. Monitors milestones, resolves barriers, coaches leaders, manages FMLA and performance documentation, and recommends improvements to provider experience and organizational processes.

Provides day-to-day HR partnership to assigned business groups, advising managers on employee relations, performance management, talent processes, workforce planning, organizational changes, compensation, and employee lifecycle matters. Analyzes workforce trends, supports investigations and people programs, guides organizational effectiveness initiatives, and partners with senior HR leaders and cross-functional People teams in a remote-first environment.

Strategic HR partner supporting multiple business units by aligning people strategy with organizational goals. Responsibilities include workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, succession planning, employee relations, organizational change, leadership coaching, and data-driven workforce decisions. The role partners with Finance and HR functions to execute scalable initiatives while addressing day-to-day HR needs.

Design evaluation tasks for AI systems in talent management, employee relations, compensation, compliance, and organizational design. Create HR scenarios, reference outputs, policies, investigation reports, compensation analyses, organizational design proposals, and expert-level rubrics across US and international employment-law frameworks. Apply HR methodologies and enterprise HR tools while distinguishing senior HR judgment from generic knowledge.

Develops HR data and analytics strategies, analyzes human capital data, creates reports and visualizations, and delivers insights for HR Business Partners and business leaders. Consults with stakeholders on data access, metrics, governance, and recurring HR processes such as succession planning, performance reviews, and promotions. Serves as a subject matter expert on HR data resources while managing sensitive information and independently delivering analytics solutions.

Supports international HR operations across Beijing, Delhi, Hong Kong, and global teams. Responsibilities include recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, labor-law compliance, policies, payroll and benefits coordination, immigration and work permits, performance management, training, HR data, compensation analysis, and budgeting. The role partners with legal counsel, managers, service providers, and international employees while maintaining confidential records and implementing compliant HR processes.

Leads the HR technology ecosystem, including HRIS administration, system configuration, integrations, security, vendor management, documentation, and process improvement. Develops executive dashboards, workforce scorecards, automated reports, predictive models, and strategic insights on retention, recruiting, compensation, performance, and workforce planning. Establishes HR data governance and supports regulatory reporting while researching responsible AI solutions and automation opportunities. Partners with Finance, IT, vendors, and business leaders to improve data integrity, decision-making, and employee experience.

Supports executive and senior leaders by aligning people strategies with business objectives. Leads workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, succession planning, leadership development, performance management, change management, and employee engagement initiatives. Uses workforce analytics and talent metrics to inform decisions, coaches leaders, facilitates organizational effectiveness, and collaborates with HR Centers of Expertise across a global, matrixed organization.

Analyze workforce data to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities in recruiting, retention, and workforce planning. Develop HR dashboards and reporting tools using Excel, SQL, Workday, and Power BI. Partner with HR and business leaders to address workforce challenges, lead analytics and data-quality projects, improve business processes, and present concise, data-driven recommendations to leadership.

Serves as an HR business partner and trusted advisor to leaders across assigned offices. Provides coaching and guidance on employee relations, performance management, investigations, organizational change, talent development, engagement, retention, and workforce planning. Partners with senior leaders and Talent teams to support firmwide priorities, analyze workforce trends, improve HR practices, and ensure employment-law compliance.

Owns end-to-end HR operations for US and Canadian employees and contractors, including onboarding, offboarding, benefits, employee records, compliance, employee relations, performance management, compensation reviews, manager training, and HR systems. The role administers Rippling, Lattice, and Ashby, supports SOC 2 compliance, coaches managers through performance issues and PIPs, maintains policies, and coordinates benefits and training vendors.

Leads global compensation and benefits programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, equity, benefits, open enrollment, 401(k), leave administration, compliance, audits, and payroll coordination. Owns HR metrics, systems, policies, process improvements, change management, and AI-in-HR strategy. Partners with leadership, vendors, payroll, IT, and external stakeholders to improve employee experience and operational efficiency.