Altum Consulting · 1 day ago
Director of Human Resources Americas
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $200K/yrAltum Consulting is seeking a commercially minded and pragmatic Director of Human Resources for the Americas to lead and transform their HR function. This pivotal role involves defining and executing a people strategy, fostering employee engagement, and ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions while supporting the business's growth and performance outcomes.
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Hiring Manager
George Brown
Responsibilities
Define and execute a people strategy that aligns with business needs and performance outcomes - hiring, onboarding, offboarding, and capability building across the Americas
Overall responsibility of c. 120 people across 20+ US states and a further c. 100 people in LATAM with line management responsibility of 2 LATAM based HR business partners
Protect and evolve the business's creative, high-integrity culture while raising the bar and embedding a culture of accountability and ambition
Introduce high-impact people development initiatives (as needed)
Work closely with business leaders to drive transformation, innovation, and results; this may involve future integration work as a result of M&A
Foster employee engagement and proactively address employee relations matters to maintain a positive, high-performing workplace
Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the business and embed inclusive practices in hiring, development, and leadership
Use HR data and people analytics to inform decision-making, monitor trends, and evaluate the impact of initiatives
Ensure legal and regulatory compliance across the American jurisdictions, including employment law and HR policies
Lead performance management processes that drive accountability, development, and outcomes
Partner with leaders on workforce planning and organisational design to support current and future business needs
Identify and develop internal talent pipelines through effective talent management and succession planning
Qualification
Required
Strong working knowledge of US employment law across multiple states, ideally 20+ states with experience supporting California and New York based employees a strong preference
Experience operating in environments with limited process maturity and building structure from the ground up
Background in fast-growing, mid-sized, or agile organisations; experience in larger organisations beneficial for bringing best practice
Ability to operate autonomously as the senior HR owner for North America and LATAM
Comfortable working at Director and business partner level with senior stakeholders
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to align HR priorities to business needs
Proven capability to strengthen the connection between HR and the business
Confidence and gravitas to take ownership where regional functional leadership has not yet been fully developed
Experience supporting less mature functional business managers
Ability to design and deliver management capability and people leadership training
Track record of coaching sales-led or creative leaders who have transitioned into management roles
Pragmatic approach to improving performance, accountability, and leadership standards
Hands-on, delivery-focused approach; comfortable being hands on as well as a strategic partner
Strong regional policy oversight and ability to apply policy consistently and practically
Comfortable working with centrally run payroll and benefits models
Ability to collaborate effectively with international HR business leadership teams
Confident partnering regionally while aligning with global HR strategy
Experience working with international stakeholders across different time zones to lead and develop regional HR capability in partnership with established teams outside the US
Based in or able to regularly access the New York City office
Willing to be visible and present in the business with a minimum of three days per week in-office
Ability to travel domestically within the US on an occasional basis
Limited international travel, typically one to two trips per year
Gravitas and credibility with senior leaders
Takes clear ownership and accountability for outcomes
Confident communicator, comfortable with direct conversations and stakeholder engagement
Agile, energetic, and suited to a creative, inclusive, non-corporate environment
Thrives in fast-paced settings with ambiguity and change
Preferred
Exposure to M&A, post-merger integration, or significant organisational change strongly preferred
Private equity experience advantageous but not essential
Company
Altum Consulting
Altum Consulting is a senior search & interim management firm that specializes in finance, legal and business transformation recruitment.
Founded in 2013
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase