Top Senior HR Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Own the full employee experience as the sole HR Generalist, including onboarding, offboarding, employee relations, engagement, payroll, benefits, leave administration, compliance, audits, HRIS management, reporting, and process automation. The role requires building scalable HR systems from scratch, supporting managers through sensitive personnel decisions, and maintaining compliance across multiple states. This position is onsite four days per week at the Carson headquarters.

The Senior Manager, HR Compliance is responsible for developing and executing a compliance framework across the Americas, managing immigration and global mobility programs, and ensuring adherence to applicable laws and regulations while fostering a culture of compliance within the organization.

Provides strategic and hands-on HR partnership to Engineering, Product, and R&D leaders. Responsibilities include manager coaching, performance management, employee relations, talent and compensation programs, engagement surveys, exit meetings, organizational effectiveness, risk identification, and policy application. The role supports globally distributed teams during a six-month transition period and requires strong judgment, confidentiality, communication, and operational execution.

Own North American HR operations across the US and Canada, including benefits, payroll, compliance, employee relations, EOR and PEO management, HRIS administration, and employment law. Partner with leaders on workforce planning, organizational design, talent management, engagement, culture, change management, and leadership coaching. Manage one People and Culture Advisor, oversee workplace vendors, and collaborate with global HR teams in a hybrid Los Angeles role.

Serves as a strategic HR partner to Operations leadership, driving workforce planning, employee relations, compensation, performance management, organizational effectiveness, and manager development. Leads people-system improvements, AI workflow automation, cross-functional projects, and scalable operating processes while managing at least one direct report. The role requires significant onsite presence in Los Angeles, travel across markets, and support for multiple U.S. time zones.

Partners with employees and leaders on employee relations, performance management, workforce analytics, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and HR policies. Handles investigations, transfers, promotions, exit interviews, retention initiatives, change efforts, HR documentation, confidential records, and Workday transactions. Collaborates with recruiting, training, compensation, and benefits teams to improve HR programs and support business objectives.

Leads HR operations and serves as the primary advisor to executives and operational leaders. Owns end-to-end multi-entity payroll, Paylocity administration, payroll controls, compliance, benefits, HRIS governance, employee relations, investigations, performance management, leave administration, and HR policy execution. Requires professional English and Spanish fluency, California employment-law knowledge, and experience supporting distributed operational workforces. The role is onsite in Cerritos, California, with occasional local travel.

Manage U.S. and international payrolls, onboarding, terminations, benefits, PEO and payroll system implementations, employee records, compliance reporting, insurance renewals, handbooks, and HR administrative support. The role also handles employee inquiries, verification of employment, timesheet review, client recordkeeping, and special projects in a remote consulting environment.

Supports HR administration, including leave management, workers’ compensation, onboarding, benefits, payroll corrections, terminations, compliance reporting, audits, and HR events. Provides guidance and training to HR coordinators, handles confidential employee information, responds to policy inquiries, and leads assigned HR projects with minimal supervision.

Serves as a strategic HR partner to Commercial business leaders, supporting the full employee lifecycle, employee relations, performance management, talent and succession planning, organizational change, engagement, workforce planning, and HR compliance. Analyzes workforce data, maintains HR systems, leads HR initiatives, and coaches leaders to strengthen organizational effectiveness, retention, and employee development.

The Human Resources Manager serves as a strategic HR partner for administrative departments, supporting recruitment, onboarding, development, performance management, employee relations, compliance, benefits coordination, and offboarding. The role advises leaders and employees, conducts investigations, leads orientation and HR initiatives, maintains Workday records, improves HR processes, and ensures consistent policy application while aligning HR strategies with firm objectives.

Administers, configures, and maintains the Workday HCM system; supports HR processes, system integrations, data migration, and data management. Collaborates with HR, IT, and other departments to provide technical support and implement system enhancements.

The HR Business Partner II executes HR strategies and services for a designated business unit. Responsibilities include employee relations, talent acquisition, retention, engagement, compensation and benefits, training, performance management, organizational diagnosis, and advising management on complex HR matters. The role partners across HR and Operations, supports organizational change, ensures employment-law compliance, and develops integrated solutions aligned with business objectives.

Serve as primary HR contact for startup clients, managing HR operations, compliance, payroll/benefits coordination, onboarding/offboarding, policy and contract drafting, employee relations investigations, insurance oversight, regulatory reporting, and preparing HR reports and audit files. Provide client-facing guidance on employment law and multi-jurisdictional compliance and support special compliance projects.

Leads benefits support for HR Scale clients, resolving complex issues, interpreting plan documents and policies, ensuring compliance with COBRA, ERISA, HIPAA and other regulations, educating clients and employees, supporting audits, and managing benefits projects. The role serves as a subject matter expert, mentors team members, collaborates with vendors and internal partners, analyzes benefits data, and recommends process improvements.

Manages HR department operations, staff supervision, employee relations, recruiting, onboarding, compliance, compensation and benefits, performance management, training, HRIS records, union labor relations, and workplace investigations. Oversees DOT testing compliance and advises management on employment laws, policies, disciplinary actions, accommodations, and workforce planning. Partners with the HR Director and supports affiliates across the West Coast.

Serves as a strategic HR advisor to leaders, aligning people strategies with business goals. Responsibilities include leadership coaching, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, talent and succession planning, workforce planning, performance management, employee relations, investigations, change initiatives, workforce analytics, and cross-functional HR partnerships.

Serves as the strategic HR partner for a geographically dispersed workforce of more than 1,300 hourly employees. Leads onboarding, employee relations, investigations, performance management, engagement, retention, compliance, workforce analytics, and organizational change. Coaches operational leaders, oversees an onboarding analyst, supports talent and succession planning, and drives HR compliance transformation across multiple states. Partners with Legal, Payroll, Recruiting, and other HR functions while ensuring consistent employment practices and workforce effectiveness.

Lead global HR business partnering for R&D, Engineering, Product, Security, and Research organizations. Advise senior technical executives, align talent strategy with business goals, architect AI-native organizational structures, evolve career frameworks, manage succession and retention, guide complex change, and coordinate People Team centers of excellence. Lead a global HRBP team while applying people analytics and executive coaching to improve organizational health, leadership effectiveness, and workforce outcomes.

Serve as the primary HR partner for operations leaders across 60–70 stores in multiple West Coast markets. Advise leaders on people strategy, workforce planning, succession, performance management, employee relations, investigations, employment-law compliance, leadership development, engagement, retention, and organizational growth. Analyze workforce metrics and support scalable people programs, new market openings, and transformation initiatives. This field-based role requires 75% store presence and travel across assigned markets.

The HR Director leads venue HR strategy, employee relations, labor relations, talent acquisition, onboarding, performance management, compliance, training, and engagement. The role advises senior leaders, partners on organizational change and people initiatives, manages local HR professionals, develops talent pipelines and succession plans, and ensures compliance with employment laws. This on-site position supervises HR staff and supports union and non-union employees at BMO Stadium.

Own the end-to-end People lifecycle for M&A: lead HR due diligence, partner with Corporate Development, build cross-functional integration playbooks, orchestrate Recruiting/Comp/Immigration/Payroll workstreams, and design day-1 onboarding and retention programs to integrate acquired technical teams under compressed timelines.

The HR Business Partner advises business leaders and employees on employee relations, performance management, HR policies, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and compliance. The role investigates complex issues, analyzes workforce data, supports HR transactions, coaches managers, improves HR processes, and partners with HR and legal teams. This remote position supports U.S. and Canadian operations, requires standard East Coast hours, and includes travel to company sites and conferences.

Own the HR systems ecosystem, including configuration, workflows, integrations, automation, data integrity, reporting, compliance controls, and Jira intake. Lead system implementations, upgrades, redesigns, documentation, and training while partnering across People Operations, IT, Compliance, Security, Finance, Legal, and vendors. Apply AI and automation to reduce manual work and improve employee support.

The HR Generalist partners with business leaders, managers, employees, Talent teams, and HR centers of expertise to deliver employee experience programs and resolve people matters. Responsibilities include employee relations, manager coaching, talent and compensation cycles, investigations, workforce insights, KPI tracking, HR data maintenance in Workday, employment compliance, and organizational planning. The role supports global teams, promotes diversity and belonging, and provides strategic and operational HR guidance across the employee journey.