[Hiring] Human Resources Principal @Blackwell HR

Role Description

As an HR Principal, you will serve as a strategic HR partner and day-to-day resource for a portfolio of Blackwell HR clients, including both small businesses and nonprofits. You will lead client relationships, set priorities, develop solutions, and make sure the right work gets done.

• Lead client relationships as a trusted HR advisor, building strong partnerships with executives, Directors, Managers, and employees.
• Set HR strategy by understanding each client’s business, people, and priorities and translating those needs into practical HR solutions.
• Lead client accounts by determining what needs to be done, setting priorities, and coordinating the right resources across the Blackwell HR team.
• Balance strategy with execution, moving comfortably between advising leaders on big-picture people decisions and rolling up your sleeves to solve day-to-day HR challenges.
• Provide broad HR generalist support across employee relations, benefits, leave, payroll, compliance, performance management, policies, and other HR needs.
• Lead payroll and benefits support when needed, including multi-state payroll processing, tax compliance, deductions, retirement contributions, benefits administration, and reporting.
• Lead complex HR initiatives such as organizational change, leadership development, succession planning, performance management, and process improvement.
• Build better systems and processes by identifying opportunities to automate, standardize, and simplify how HR work gets done.
• Solve problems independently by learning quickly, making sound decisions, and finding practical solutions when there isn't an obvious answer.
• Deliver exceptional client service by communicating clearly, managing competing priorities, and working collaboratively with both clients and the Blackwell HR team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HR Generalist experience.
• Experience supporting a startup, small business, nonprofit, or similarly lean company with fewer than 1,000 employees.
• Broad experience across multiple HR functions, including employee relations, benefits, leave, compliance, performance management, and payroll.
• The ability to move comfortably between strategic HR work and tactical execution.
• Hands-on experience with HRIS and payroll systems. Experience with multiple platforms such as ADP, Paycom, Paylocity, Workday, Gusto, Rippling, or similar systems is a plus.
• Strong technology skills and an interest in automation and process improvement.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate confidently with employees, managers, Directors, and C-Suite leaders.
• Strong time management skills and the ability to manage multiple clients and priorities.
• Excellent client service instincts and a genuine desire to help clients find practical solutions.
• The ability to make decisions quickly and keep work moving.
• A resourceful, solutions-oriented mindset. When you don't know the answer, you know how to figure it out.
• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.

Benefits

• Full-time, W2 position with a base salary range of $80,000-$110,000.
• Full benefits package + 401(k) match.
• Four weeks PTO plus holidays.
• Fully remote work environment with culture-building events twice annually.
• Collaborative, low-ego team culture driven by our values: Determination, Integrity, Service Driven, Teamwork, and Innovation.