Senior HR Business Partner - 59612831412

• Own the full employee lifecycle for the US team, from onboarding through offboarding.
• Lead performance appraisals, performance management, and exits with sound judgment and legal care.
• Design and drive learning, development, and career-growth initiatives.

• Own employee engagement and retention across a distributed US workforce.
• Proactively surface and resolve people issues before they escalate.
• Serve as a trusted, credible point of contact for US employees.

• Act as a direct point of contact for clients on team-member performance and engagement matters.
• Partner with clients on overall project health and delivery quality as we expand outcome-based engagements.

• Maintain expert, current knowledge of US federal and state-by-state employment law, benefits, and regulations.
• Advise leadership clearly on what can and cannot be done in each state.
• Manage sensitive situations — performance, exits, disputes — quickly and decisively without exposing the company to legal risk.

• Partner with and influence senior leadership, setting best practice and driving people decisions.
• Support recruitment efforts, which are led from India, without owning the recruiting function.

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience at senior HR manager, HRBP, or HR director level.
• Deep, demonstrable expertise in US employment law across multiple states — including benefits, compliance, terminations, and risk management. This is mandatory.
• Proven experience owning the full employee lifecycle for a US-based workforce.
• Track record of operating as an independent decision-maker who sets direction rather than seeking approvals.
• Excellent spoken and written English, with the confidence to communicate directly with US leadership and clients.
• Able to work full-time on Central Standard Time (CST).

• Experience supporting US teams from Latin America or another remote/nearshore location.
• Background in professional services, IT or technology consulting, or staffing — environments where people are the product.
• Experience in fast-paced, lean organizations where speed and ownership are cultural norms.
• Client-facing or account-adjacent HR experience.
• SHRM-CP/SCP, SPHR, or equivalent HR certification.
• Studied or worked in the US before returning to home country.

You are:

• A driver, not an approval-seeker — you identify best practice and get it done, and you can steer leadership to the right decision.
• Fast — you understand the environment on day one and start executing on day two, not in month three.
• Independent and accountable — you own decisions and their outcomes without hand-holding.
• Credible with leadership — comfortable partnering with, and pushing back on, senior stakeholders.
• Composed in client-facing moments, including difficult performance conversations.
• Deeply fluent in US employment law — able to make the tough call quickly while protecting the business.