Top Senior HR Jobs in Seattle, WA

Lead companywide recruiting and help build the organization’s people infrastructure. Responsibilities include sourcing candidates, developing compensation and retention programs, managing payroll and benefits, overseeing performance evaluations, creating onboarding and training processes, and advising leadership on employment-law compliance. The role supports a distributed team and works closely with executive and legal teams.

Lead HR operations and strategy for a US remote site, partnering with business leaders to drive employee relations, performance management, compensation, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness. Implement HR programs, advise on policy and compliance, conduct investigations, track HR metrics, and manage special projects to support a People First culture.

Serve as strategic HR partner for Sales, Marketing, and International teams, advising on organizational design, employee relations, performance management, talent development, compensation planning, and compliance. Drive engagement, succession planning, workforce planning, L&D strategies, and data-driven HR recommendations while supporting international workforce and cross-functional HR programs.

Lead end-to-end Group HR reporting delivery and governance, primarily using Workday. Drive automation, standardization, and traceability for regulated disclosures, partner with HR, platform and data teams, promote self-service reporting, and upskill HR stakeholders to ensure accurate, scalable, and business-relevant HR reporting.

Provide HR generalist support for headquarters and remote employees, focusing on employee relations, investigations, performance management, FMLA/ADA/workers' comp administration, HRIS recordkeeping, legal compliance, policy development, and manager consultation. Handle employee inquiries on benefits and 401(k), maintain records, and assist with trainings and documentation to ensure regulatory and corporate compliance.

Provide administrative and operational HR support including onboarding/offboarding, recruitment administration, HRIS records maintenance, reporting, training documentation, compliance assistance, and responding to routine employee inquiries while handling confidential information and managing multiple priorities in a fully remote environment.

Lead and develop a Talent Strategy team to partner with senior leaders on workforce planning, organizational design, change management, performance and succession programs, and AI-enabled HR solutions. Drive data-driven talent decisions, scale people practices, coach leaders, and collaborate with TA, People Ops, Rewards, and HRIS to connect talent strategy to business outcomes.

Manage core HR services including strategic business partnering, staffing, employee relations, leadership development, performance and talent management, change management, workforce planning, training coordination, compensation alignment, and employee engagement. Serve as coach and advisor to managers and employees, drive HR policy/process improvements, and support regional locations with occasional travel.

Lead client engagements on benefits strategy, plan design, open enrollment, and administration. Stabilize operations, manage carriers/brokers, execute transitions and platform migrations, ensure compliance, advise on cost optimization and multi-state/global expansion, and expand client relationships.

The Head of HR strategically leads all HR functions, fostering a positive workplace culture while managing talent acquisition, employee relations, and compliance.

Assist higher education clients in enhancing HR operations as an HR leader. Responsibilities include oversight of projects, training, and aligning HR processes.

The Sr. HR Business Partner at SpaceX will partner with employees and managers on HR policies, handle inquiries, facilitate promotions, and shape HR programs.

Serves as the strategic HR partner to Customer Experience leaders across Customer Success, Professional Services, Support, and Renewals. Leads organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, leadership coaching, employee relations, change management, compensation, succession planning, and engagement initiatives. Uses workforce and business insights to improve organizational effectiveness, support transformation, and align people strategies with GTM priorities. Partners across the People Team and mentors HR colleagues.

Designs and maintains Oracle HCM reporting, HR and talent scorecards, dashboards, extracts, and ad hoc people analytics. Owns reporting definitions, catalogs, refresh schedules, data validation, and governance while partnering with HR leaders, HR Systems, and Power BI teams. Translates ambiguous business needs into accurate reporting solutions and delivers insights on headcount, turnover, compensation, and workforce operations. This individual contributor role requires strong HR data stewardship, stakeholder consulting, and technical reporting expertise.

Serve as a strategic HR partner to leaders in a high-growth SaaS company. Build performance, accountability, culture, leadership judgment, and internal communication systems from the ground up. Coach managers through ambiguous and sensitive employee situations, advise on organizational health, and strengthen consistency across the leadership layer. Partner with HR Operations and the HRBP Lead while using AI to improve HR and company-wide efficiency.

Manage day-to-day, multi-state HR operations including leave and accommodation administration, onboarding and offboarding, I-9 verification, background checks, employment compliance, contractor records, HRIS administration, reporting, employee inquiries, and documentation. Support filings, unemployment claims, garnishments, performance reviews, and HR and Finance administrative processes while maintaining accurate, confidential records.

Lead HR strategy and operations: employee relations, conflict resolution, performance management, onboarding, pay equity audits, training, policy compliance, and HR reporting. Partner with executive leadership and board to align HR with organizational goals and maintain confidential personnel records.

The Principal HR Business Partner advises senior executives on organizational design and talent strategies, ensuring alignment with business goals while influencing effectively without managerial responsibilities.

The HR Business Partner will support leaders and employees across departments, manage employee relations, and improve talent programs, ensuring compliance with laws and policies.

Serve as an HR Generalist for Microsoft AI, advising leaders on hiring, onboarding, talent development, and organizational effectiveness. Partner with Recruiting and HRBPs, lead people initiatives, use workforce data to inform decisions, and improve employee experience in a fast-growing, agile environment.

Provide HR support to Northwest regional managers and employees across benefits, leaves, payroll, union matters, compliance, investigations, onboarding, payroll coordination, recordkeeping, and HR audits. Serve as trusted advisor on employee relations, performance management, collective bargaining interpretation, and workers' compensation return-to-work processes.

The HR Business Partner will collaborate with employees and leaders to implement HR initiatives, improve engagement, manage talent processes, and provide guidance on HR matters.

Lead HR function for a multi-clinic community health nonprofit. Oversee benefits, compensation, labor relations/union contract administration, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee relations, compliance, audits, DEI initiatives, supervisory training, and HR budgeting while partnering with executive leadership and supporting organizational goals.

Provide end-to-end federal recruitment and staffing support including job analyses, writing and posting vacancy announcements, assessing applications, issuing certificates, coordinating offers and pre-appointment requirements, ensuring compliance with OPM/HHS/FDA policies, responding to applicants and stakeholders, and maintaining case files and records.

Provide full-cycle HR leadership for Tacoma distribution center and nearby sites: advise leaders on employee relations, compliance, performance management, talent development, recruiting/onboarding, ADA/leave/workers' comp coordination, HR operations (I-9, payroll changes, personnel files), HR metrics analysis, and standardize practices across sites. Travel up to 20-25% to support other distribution centers.