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Job Summary:
The Director of Human Resources plans, leads, directs, develops, and coordinates the policies, activities, and staff of the Human Resources (HR) department. This role ensures legal compliance, supports a high-growth marketing technology environment, and drives the strategic implementation of the organization’s mission, culture, and talent strategy. Serving as a key partner to executive leadership, the Director provides expert guidance on workforce planning, compensation, performance management, employee relations, compliance, and organizational development.
This position champions a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture while supporting rapid growth, operational excellence, and occasional M&A activity.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Recruits, interviews, hires, trains, and supervises HR department staff, including HR Generalists, Recruiting, Training, and Event Planning (5–6 employees).
- Oversee daily workflow and assign duties to ensure quality, compliance, and efficiency.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations; promotes, recognizes, disciplines, and terminates employees in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.
- Provides day-to-day leadership, mentorship, and professional development for HR staff.
Requirements
Duties/Responsibilities:
Strategic HR Leadership:
- Collaborates with executive leadership to align human resources strategy with corporate goals, including staffing, recruiting, retention, succession planning, and organizational development.
- Develops, implements, and manages HR departmental goals, policies, initiatives, and budgets.
- Collaborates and advises senior leadership on complex and sensitive human resources matters and workforce planning decisions.
- Understands and supports the needs of a high-growth marketing technology organization.
HR Program Administration & Oversight:
- Directs and oversees company-wide human resource programs including compensation, benefits, payroll administration (Paylocity), leave administration, performance management, training and development, diversity initiatives, employee recognition, morale, and engagement.
- Develops and manages recruiting, retention, onboarding, and exit interview processes; analyzes trends and communicates findings to leadership.
- Oversees employee relations activities including counseling, investigations, conflict resolution, policy interpretation, and disciplinary actions.
- Directs the development and coordination of training programs, leadership development, career progression, and performance appraisal systems.
Compliance & Best Practices:
- Conducts research and analysis of organizational trends, including review of reports and metrics from the organization’s human resource information system (HRIS) or talent management system.
- Monitors and ensures the organization’s compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance.
- Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; applies this knowledge to communicate changes in policy, practice, and resources to upper management.
Other duties:
- Creates and delivers presentations regarding HR policies, practices, and workforce initiatives to executives, employees, or government officials as required.
- Supports corporate initiatives, internal communications, and company-wide events.
- Performs other duties as assigned or required to support organizational needs.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and inspire others.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to adapt to the needs of the organization and employees.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Ability to function well in a high-paced environment with multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, and related software.
- Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organization’s HRIS and talent management systems.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field required; master’s degree preferred.
- At least 5 years of progressive human resource management experience is required.
- SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification is highly preferred.
- Title and salary are commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Stirista Culture
At Stirista, we foster a collaborative and inclusive environment where innovation and teamwork are highly valued. We are committed to employee growth and development and believe in recognizing and rewarding hard workOur Mission is to help marketers generate revenue with our identity-level data. As marketers ourselves, we know that one-size-fits-all solutions and decayed data don’t work, so we built our modular and real-time OMNA Identity Graph from the ground up to arm you with marketing data that actually works.
Vision:
We remove common roadblocks to help companies acquire, retain, and activate customers effectively, efficiently, and ethically. We believe in a fun, vibrant environment where our unmatched teamwork leads to better innovation for our clients.
Values: At the heart of our company culture, we encourage every team member to make a STIR. This means setting ambitious goals, embracing adaptability, fostering optimism, and maintaining the utmost respect and integrity. Strive – Push for progress. We work toward excellence with focus, energy, and a drive to improve every day. Think – Stay open. We adapt, challenge assumptions, and approach change with curiosity, not resistance.Inspire – Lead with belief. We bring positivity into the room, build momentum, and help others see what’s possible.
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Show respect. We back each other, listen well, and build strong, trusted relationships that last.
Compensation and Benefits
The estimated salary range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000. At Stirista, we provide a good faith estimate of the pay range for this position. The final salary offer for this position will be uniquely determined by the combination of candidate's work location, specialized skills and seniority, and a review of internal salary benchmarks to ensure fair and competitive pay. Our total rewards package includes comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance, 401K matching, Flexible Time Off Policy and paid parental leave.Stirista does not provide visa sponsorship for this role.
Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).
Other duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up-to 15 pounds at times.
- The work location for this position is in San Antonio, TX, Manhattan, NY- or Hauppauge, NY. This is a permanent assignment; relocation is not available.
Salary Description$150,000-$200,000
