happy-sleep - HR Director

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field. • 5–8+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or management role. • Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing payroll processes. • Strong working knowledge of employment law (FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, etc.). • Proven ability to handle sensitive employee relations matters with discretion and sound judgment. • Experience working with HRIS platforms and payroll systems. • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. • Experience in a startup or high-growth environment, including comfort with ambiguity and building HR infrastructure from the ground up, preferred • Healthcare industry experience, with familiarity with relevant compliance considerations (e.g., HIPAA), preferred • PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification, preferred • Experience managing a recruiting function or supervising a Talent Acquisition Specialist, preferred • Experience with compensation benchmarking and total rewards strategy, preferred • ## What Success Looks Like • HR operations running smoothly — payroll accurate and on time, compliance maintained, employee records clean. • Employees and managers feel supported and well-served by a responsive, trusted HR function. • The Recruiter is well-coached and consistently filling roles with quality candidates on time. • HR policies, SOPs, and an employee handbook are documented and kept current. • Meaningful improvement in engagement, retention, and manager effectiveness over the first 6–12 months.