Description
Company Summary
AspireHR is a Premier SAP Partner, designing and supporting powerful HCM solutions to tackle HR’s toughest challenges. We are on the path of developing our own innovate modern software to further improve and support companies in their onboarding and recruiting processes (onboard & recruiting). At AspireHR, we count on our employees to solve complex business problems with creativity and passion, always ready to learn something new. Our focus is Employees First. We are careful to select people for our team that have demonstrated excellence through their skills, character and background. Over the past three years, AspireHR has grown significantly and has strengthened our leadership team at all levels to enable high performance, agility, and disciplined execution across all functions. AspireHR invests in our people and capabilities to differentiate us from competitors.
Scope and Responsibilities
The Human Resources Director will play a key part in shaping and implementing human resources strategies to build an organizational culture that drives alignment to business objectives and company goals. This role will serve as a key business partner in leading and creating initiatives, systems, and best practices to build a high-performing workforce to support the company’s missions and goals.
Requirements
Specific Responsibilities
- Collaborate with leadership to develop and execute HR strategies that support the organization’s goals, workforce needs, and future growth
- Analyze current and future workforce needs, create hiring plans, and develop talent strategies to attract, develop, and retain top talent
- Oversee the recruitment process, including job postings, interviews, hiring, and new employee onboarding
- Establish and manage relationships with staffing vendors and independent contractor resources to quickly pivot staffing plans to support business needs
- Develop and implement effective onboarding programs
- Manage payroll processing and any HR-related financial tasks to ensure accurate and timely compensation and benefits delivery
- Oversee benefits administration including but not limited to: annual benefits renewal, negotiations, plan enhancements, vendor selection and employee education
- Ensure HR policies, practices, and procedures comply with all applicable federal, state and local employment laws
- Develop and administer performance management systems, including annual reviews, feedback processes, and improvement plans
- Design and implement training programs with a focus on skill development, leadership growth and career advancement
- Monitor and analyze compensation trends to ensure the organization’s offerings remain competitive and equitable
- Address employee relations concerns, mediate disputes, and provide guidance to managers and employees on HR-related issues ensuring fair and consistent resolution
- Manage HRIS to streamline HR processes, improve data accuracy, and facilitate reporting
- Oversee relationships with external vendors and consultants, including those involved in benefits administration, recruitment, and training
- Promote effective communication and collaboration among team members
- Design and implement employee engagement initiatives to foster a positive workplace culture, including strategic engagement with third party engagement firms (Comparably, GlassDoor) to help measure and market company culture
- Conduct surveys and assessments to measure and improve employee satisfaction
- Utilize HR analytics to make data-driven decisions and measure the effectiveness of HR programs
- Identify areas for improvement with HR processes and implement changes as necessary
Key Selection Criteria
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field
- Ten years of progressive leadership experience in Human Resources positions, including experience across multiple Human Resources functional areas a plus
- Experience in Professional Services; IT services preferred
- Active affiliation with appropriate Human Resources networks and organizations and ongoing community involvement preferred
- Strategic thinking and strong business acumen
- High degree of self-confidence, executive presence, poise, maturity, discretion, judgment, and empathy
- Strong knowledge of all aspects of key Human Resources functional areas including recruiting, talent management, development, compensation design, benefits, and operational processes (e.g. benefits administration, payroll)
- High level knowledge of employment law, experience in dealing with a remote workforce a plus
- Ability and willingness to roll up your sleeves to get into the details when necessary
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
- Ability to work as part of a team yet work independently on complex problems
Culture
- Entrepreneurial – AspireHR is an entrepreneurial culture that is growing through a combination of new product and service development and cross sales
- Authentic – This is a genuine culture where people bring their real, whole selves to the office and their clients. We operate in a customer-centric culture, not an ego-centric culture
- Inspirational & Passionate – We orchestrate a competitive and compelling mission with an aligned set of values, goals, and a winning strategic path
- High learning agility – We place high trust in our employees to make hundreds of decisions daily and know when to zoom-in and zoom-out on any number of topics, and quickly learn to scale themselves as the company grows. Keep it simple
- Hands-on – There is no job that is “too small” for AspireHR’s top leaders. A successful candidate must be comfortable getting tactical when the job and company requires it. There is no work too small
- Integrity – Live the values of the company
- Employees First – AspireHR is known for its ability to outperform the competition because of our exceptional talent. We seek candidates that display a servant/leader mentality
Personal / Professional Attributes
- Appreciate diverse perspectives and bring out the best in teams
- Ability to multitask, exercise sound judgment and prioritize conflicting demands of time with minimal supervision
- Strong and effective communication style with team members, both written and verbal
- Strong problem-solving skills and decision-making ability
- Inspirational leadership style and hands-on approach
- High emotional intelligence
At AspireHR, we put our employees first in everything we do. We are proud to celebrate and support our differences by being an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.