Lead HR Ops Specialist
About the role
Role Overview
The Lead HR Operations Specialist is the most senior individual contributor on the HR Ops team at their location. You own HR Ops for a complex, high-growth environment and you do it with full autonomy, clear judgment, and a genuine drive to build something better than what you inherited.
You're not just executing. You're identifying gaps, designing solutions, influencing stakeholders, and making sure HR Ops processes scale alongside a business that is growing fast. Your stakeholder map is broad: HRBPs, business leaders, Payroll, Legal, People Systems, EHS, and HR Ops peers across other locations and geographies. This team does not work in silos, and at this level you are expected to be a connector as much as an executor. Employees are supported through the HRBPs; your accountability is to ensure the operational infrastructure behind that experience is rigorous, compliant, and fit for scale.
In addition to location ownership, you will have the opportunity to lead global or team-wide HR Ops initiatives, representing the team beyond your location, shaping how we operate at scale, and building visibility across the organization.
This role is particularly well-suited to environments that include data centers or other mission-critical physical infrastructure, where regulatory HR Ops and EHS compliance is operationally non-negotiable.
Location: US, preferably East Coast
Key Responsibilities
HR Operations and Employee Lifecycle
- Own and execute the full employee lifecycle for your location with full autonomy, including promotions, transfers, international moves, and terminations.