Director of Human Resources

Harbor IT

Director of Human Resources overseeing compliance, talent acquisition, and HR operations at Harbor IT. Leading a growing HR team in a fast-paced, investment-backed environment.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $175,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

M&A Integration and Change Leadership: Lead HR integration for acquired companies, including employee assimilation, policy alignment, org transition support, and execution of a standard 30-60-90 day integration playbook.
Compliance and Risk Management: Audit and remediate multi-state employment-law exposure, maintain documentation rigor, and ensure HR practices hold up under scrutiny across all operating entities.
RIF, Performance, and Manager Coaching: Plan and execute workforce reductions compliantly when required. Standardize warnings, performance improvement plans, and manager coaching to reinforce accountability and work ethic.
Scalable HR Operations and Analytics: Drive unification of HRIS, policies, benefits, onboarding, recruiting workflows, succession planning, training frameworks, and executive HR dashboards.
Team Leadership and Business Partnership: Lead and develop a distributed HR team while serving as a trusted advisor to executives and operating leaders on headcount planning, organization design, and workforce productivity.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Leadership experience: Demonstrated HR leadership in a multi-state growth environment with responsibility for compliance, benefits, recruiting, succession planning, training, and team leadership.
Transaction experience: Direct involvement in M&A integration, change management, and workforce consolidation within acquisitive businesses.
Execution capability: Hands-on experience with reductions in force, performance management systems, manager coaching, and sensitive employee matters.
Operational discipline: Strong systems orientation, documentation quality, metrics fluency, and attention to detail across complex HR processes.
Leadership style: Executive presence, resilience, healthy skepticism, pragmatic judgment, and willingness to support urgent issues beyond standard business hours when needed.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; JD or master’s degree preferred.
10+ years of progressive HR experience, including 3+ years in a leadership or director-level role.
Deep understanding of U.S. labor laws, HR compliance standards, and benefits administration.
Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated success managing direct reports and working cross-functionally with executive teams.
HR certification (e.g., SHRM-SCP, SPHR) strongly preferred.
Experience with Rippling preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape the people infrastructure of a rapidly scaling, investment-backed platform.
The role offers broad scope, executive visibility, and the chance to build an HR function that directly influences growth, integration success, workforce quality, and enterprise value creation.

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Hard Skills & Tools

M&A integrationchange managementworkforce consolidationperformance management systemsreductions in forceHRIS unificationsuccession planningtraining frameworksemployee assimilationpolicy alignment

Soft Skills

leadershipexecutive presenceresiliencepragmatic judgmentinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillsattention to detailaccountabilitycommunicationtrustworthiness

Certifications

SHRM-SCPSPHR