Remote Chief People Officer — Contract

mercor; Italia; Remote; EUR 86,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an HR Expert for a remote contract role. You will lead complex HR scenarios across talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation design, and workforce planning, applying US and international standards.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years as an HR leader or CHRO, hands-on experience with HRIS/tools (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors) and benchmarking methods (Radford, Mercer), and a track record of owning major talent programs in large organizations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading HR organizations or CHRO-level experience at a major company or HR consulting firm.
• Direct ownership of talent programs, employee relations matters, or compensation design.
• Fluency with HR tooling and understanding employment-law compliance.

Responsibilities

• Construct HR scenarios spanning talent acquisition, workforce planning, employee relations, performance management, and compensation design.
• Build tasks across recruiting, talent acquisition, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits, HR compliance, employment law, and organizational development.
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as HRIS platforms (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors), applicant tracking systems, and compensation benchmarking tools (Radford, Mercer).
• Apply HR methodologies like workforce planning, compensation benchmarking, and employee relations investigation to US standards (Title VII, FLSA, ADA, state law) and International standards (Employment Rights Act, EU directives).
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic HR judgment from generic textbook or certification-exam-level recall.

Skills

HR leadership

Employee relations

Compensation design

Workforce planning

HR analytics

Tools

Workday

SAP SuccessFactors

Radford

Mercer

Job description

Mercor is seeking an HR Expert for a remote contract role. You will lead complex HR scenarios across talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation design, and workforce planning, applying US and international standards.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years as an HR leader or CHRO, hands-on experience with HRIS/tools (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors) and benchmarking methods (Radford, Mercer), and a track record of owning major talent programs in large organizations.