Top HR Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Serves as a strategic HR business partner for distribution centers, EHS, and operations support teams. Leads organizational effectiveness, talent management, workforce planning, employee relations, performance management, compensation planning, compliance, leadership development, investigations, and organizational change. Advises leaders, resolves complex employee matters, implements HR policies and programs, and supports organizational capability. The role is remote with travel under 25% and requires at least five years of progressive HR experience, including three years managing direct reports.

Manages hotel HR operations across the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, compliance, engagement, training, records, HRIS updates, leave and benefits support, payroll coordination, and workforce planning. Partners with hotel leaders and corporate HR teams to address staffing needs, improve employee experiences, monitor turnover, and foster an inclusive workplace culture.

Oversees human resources operations for a community, including recruiting, onboarding, benefits administration, payroll, personnel files, workers’ compensation claims, employee relations, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, training, and retention initiatives. The role also supports safety planning, community events, management duties, and compliance with company policies.

Manages day-to-day People Operations across the employee lifecycle, including employee relations, compliance, leave administration, performance management, recruiting, onboarding, benefits, compensation, payroll, HRIS administration, reporting, and process improvement. Provides guidance to employees and managers, maintains accurate records, supports investigations and employment-law compliance, coordinates benefits and payroll, and partners with the Chief People Officer on organizational initiatives.

Leads global HR operations, shared services, HRIS optimization, data governance, employee lifecycle processes, compliance, payroll coordination, and process transformation across multiple countries. Manages HR support channels, audits, reporting, system integrations, and M&A readiness while developing shared services staff and partnering with HR, Finance, IT, Legal, and business leaders.

Leads the firm’s employment compliance function by monitoring employment laws, governing HR policies, managing audits and risk mitigation, overseeing mandatory training, preparing statutory filings and compliance reports, and aligning HR systems with legal requirements. Partners with HR, Payroll, Benefits, HR Technology, leadership, and legal stakeholders to implement policy updates, identify compliance gaps, and strengthen processes. The role requires extensive HR compliance expertise, strong communication, organizational skills, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.

Manage global HRIS operations and roadmap, configure and improve HR systems and processes, lead complex implementations and integrations, resolve high-complexity issues, support enterprise HR programs, maintain documentation and reporting standards, and mentor HRIS analysts. The role partners with HR, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders to improve data accuracy, security, automation, and employee experience.

Provides strategic and operational HR support to multiple clients, including HR policy development, compliance, HRIS and payroll implementation, benefits administration, onboarding, leave management, employee relations, performance management, and culture initiatives. Advises startup and private-equity-backed organizations, supports mergers and acquisitions due diligence, and manages changing client priorities while ensuring compliant and effective PeopleOps practices.

Manage end-to-end payroll operations and administer core HRIS/HCM and performance platforms. Maintain integrations, ensure multi-state payroll compliance, deliver reporting and dashboards, lead system configurations and optimizations, and serve as client-facing escalation and advisor for HR technology.

Own global people operations and employee experience, including HRIS data management, onboarding, performance reviews, payroll, benefits, compliance, reporting, employment documentation, and EOR coordination. Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, Recruiting, Operations, and vendors to build scalable processes. Drive continuous improvement through analytics, AI, and automation while ensuring accurate employee data and effective employee support.

Manages day-to-day HR operations, personnel leadership, employee relations, performance management, compliance, engagement, workforce analytics, and HR initiatives. Partners with executives and managers, supports federal contractor employment requirements, oversees HR systems and reporting, guides employee lifecycle processes, and leads compliance, workforce planning, and organizational development activities.

Leads Workday HR transformation initiatives by governing enhancement intake, prioritization, roadmaps, and delivery. Combines project management and business analysis to elicit requirements, map processes, assess impacts, design scalable Workday solutions, and coordinate testing and deployment. Partners with HR, IT, and senior stakeholders, manages risks and dependencies, and drives adoption and measurable business value. Workday configuration expertise is essential, with Talent Management and Talent Acquisition experience preferred.

Leads HR and Payroll transformation consulting engagements, including operating model assessments, HCM implementations, system selection, process redesign, governance, and compliance improvement. Advises client executives, develops future-state roadmaps, manages project delivery, leads workshops, builds client relationships, mentors teams, contributes to thought leadership, and supports proposals, pricing, and practice growth.

Leads Workday implementation, configuration, solution design, governance, integrations, reporting, data validation, testing, and post-go-live support. Partners with HR, IT, Finance, and business leaders to translate requirements into scalable solutions, establish HRIS governance and support models, ensure data integrity and compliance, and manage complex global initiatives. Drives automation, process optimization, documentation, stakeholder alignment, and sustainable HR technology operations.

Lead Yahoo’s HR project portfolio across M&A, Total Rewards, and enterprise transformations. Manage people-side M&A from due diligence through post-close integration, maintain portfolio governance, prepare executive communications, facilitate leadership decisions, and drive change management and adoption. Use AI tools to improve project workflows, reporting, synthesis, and artifact creation while maintaining confidentiality and 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 and scales the HR Engineering team supporting Workday and related HR applications. Provides technical and functional mentorship, oversees Workday operations, drives automation, upgrades, process improvements, testing, and implementations. Partners with stakeholders, security teams, vendors, and geographically distributed teams to deliver secure, scalable HR technology solutions. Manages vendor RFPs and relationships while coordinating technical projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Partner with plant leadership to manage labor and employee relations, lead collective bargaining and grievance/arbitration processes, drive talent acquisition and development, ensure HR compliance and HR operations across two manufacturing sites, and support workforce planning, performance management, and organizational effectiveness.

Own the HR function as a hands-on solo operator, managing recruiting, onboarding, multi-state payroll, benefits, HRIS data, compliance, policies, performance cycles, compensation operations, employee relations, engagement, and office administration. Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and leadership while supporting U.S. and Italy employees, improving workflows, and maintaining reliable people programs in a distributed technology company.

Manages the school’s full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, employee relations, retention, performance processes, documentation, leave coordination, compliance, and offboarding. Serves as a confidential HR resource for employees and supervisors, maintains accurate personnel records, supports employment policies, partners with Finance and Payroll, and improves employee experience through organized systems, follow-through, engagement initiatives, and data-informed practices.

Lead HR service delivery for nonprofit clients: manage HR generalist teams, advise on employee relations, compliance, union matters, talent and performance, run complex projects, optimize HR systems and SOPs, and maintain strong client relationships.

Manages HR data, analytics, reporting, dashboards, pipelines, integrations, and automation. Supports compensation, performance management, workforce planning, HRIS maintenance, and employee listening initiatives. Builds data models and AI integrations, audits data integrity, develops actionable insights, and presents findings to HR and executive leadership. Requires strong compensation expertise, advanced Excel, HRIS and BI experience, scripting, data modeling, and handling confidential information.

Provide consultative employee-relations support to field leadership across multiple units: conduct investigations, counsel leaders, analyze HR metrics, ensure regulatory compliance, drive change management, prepare reports, and develop proactive HR strategies to improve engagement and performance. Frequent partnership with support center teams and ~25% travel.

Leads large-scale HRMS modernization and implementation programs from planning through stabilization. Manages PMO governance, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, stakeholders, vendors, HR system integration, data migration, testing, go-live, change management, training, and adoption. Ensures alignment with business objectives, federal regulations, privacy requirements, FedRAMP, and cybersecurity standards while coordinating HR, payroll, IT, executives, and implementation partners.

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.