Human Resources Director POST NUMBER: 307019
Client: Healthcare Organization
Role: Human Resources Director
Salary: $125,000 - $150,000/annually Bonus
Location: Melville, NY - *5 days a week onsite*
Key Responsibilities
HR Department Building & Process Scaling
- Partner with executive leadership to formalize, structure, and scale a centralized HR department from the ground up.
- Develop and implement scalable HR processes, policies, standard operating procedures, and employee resources in a high-growth environment.
- Continuously evaluate and refine organizational structures, HR workflows, and employee engagement initiatives.
Compliance & Multi-Entity Operations
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert on New York employment laws, labor regulations, FMLA, Paid Family Leave (PFL), compliance, and employee relations.
- Manage HR operations, workforce administration, and compliance across 10 locations and multiple business entities.
- Identify complex legal or operational risks and know when to strategically engage legal counsel, insurance carriers, brokers, or external advisors.
Employee Relations & Workforce Management
- Lead proactive employee relations initiatives, including performance management systems, disciplinary actions, documentation, and policy enforcement.
- Support a dynamic, multi-disciplinary workforce consisting of hourly, salaried, per diem, part-time, and specialized healthcare professionals.
- Oversee onboarding, cross-location employee transfers, timekeeping systems, and general workforce logistics.
Benefits Administration & Hiring Support
- Lead full-cycle benefits administration, including strategy, open enrollment planning, broker management, employee communications, and plan evaluations.
- Partner with management on recruitment, talent acquisition, and strategic workforce planning during high-growth periods.
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience: 5 years of progressive HR generalist or management experience, ideally within a multi-entity or multi-site environment (10 locations preferred).
- Domain Expertise: Demonstrated success building or formalizing HR infrastructure, processes, and policies in a fast-growing company.
- Legal & Regulatory Knowledge: Deep understanding of New York state and federal labor laws, FMLA, Paid Family Leave, and general HR compliance.
- Workforce Adaptability: Proven experience supporting mixed workforce populations (hourly, exempt, per diem, healthcare professionals) across complex compensation structures.
- Benefits & Vendors: Prior experience leading benefits open enrollment and managing relationships with external legal counsel, brokers, and carriers.
- Skills & Mindset: Strong problem-solving ability, exceptional communication skills, and a proactive, roll-up-your-sleeves approach to operational growth.
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Pay Transparency Notice
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- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.