HR Business Partner

NakedMD; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

NakedMD in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking an experienced HR partner to guide employee relations and people operations across the region. You will partner with managers and HR colleagues to build a compliant, scalable people experience in a fast-moving organization.

You will lead ER investigations, performance matters, and workforce-planning initiatives, owning regional headcount, succession, and retention in collaboration with regional directors. Onsite work required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field is required.
• 4–7 years of progressive HR experience with employee relations focus.
• Experience advising managers on ER and performance matters, independently.
• Knowledge of California labor law and multi-location operations.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers on employee relations, performance management, and team dynamics with guidance from HR Manager.
• Support workforce planning and open role prioritization regionally with TA input.
• Lead pre-opening HR tasks for new locations in the region.
• Analyze regional people data (turnover, ER patterns, headcount) for insights.
• Partner with regional HR Generalist on ER triage and case management.
• Own regional workforce planning and retention strategy with regional directors.

Skills

Employee relations

Performance management

Workforce planning

Leadership coaching

Data analysis

HR compliance

ER investigations

Regional partnership

Labor law knowledge

Talent pipeline

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related field

PHR or SHRM-CP certification a plus

Tools

Rippling

Job description

NakedMD is a medical aesthetics and wellness company focused on providing personalized, accessible med spa and beauty services. We support a growing organization with a strong emphasis on people partnership, operational consistency, and an employee experience that helps teams do their best work.

In this role, you will serve as a key HR partner within the business, helping leaders navigate employee matters, strengthen team effectiveness, and support people operations across the organization. You'll work closely with managers and internal HR partners to help build a thoughtful, compliant, and scalable people experience in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers on employee relations, performance management, and team dynamics with partnership from the HR Manager on complex matters.
• Support workforce planning and open role prioritization within the region in partnership with the HR Manager and TA function.
• Assist in the people readiness process for new location openings within the assigned region, coordinating pre-opening HR tasks.
• Analyze regional people data — turnover, ER patterns, headcount — and surface observations to the HR Manager.
• Partner with the HR Generalist in the region on ER triage and case management.
• Develop knowledge of multi-state labor law requirements and NAKEDMD compliance obligations across the region.
• Serve as the senior strategic HR partner for all district and regional leadership across the organization, operating with full independence.
• Independently lead complex, sensitive ER investigations, restructurings, and performance matters — including those with legal, regulatory, or reputational implications.
• Own regional workforce planning: headcount modeling, succession planning, talent pipeline development, and retention strategy in direct partnership with regional directors.
• Drive the people readiness process for all new location openings in the region end-to-end, owning timelines and cross-functional coordination.
• Lead manager capability development programs within the region — designing and facilitating coaching frameworks, calibration sessions, and feedback practices.
• Analyze and present regional people metrics (turnover, engagement, ER trends, headcount) to HR Manager and leadership with actionable insights and recommendations.

Annual starting range: $85k-105k

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or a related field.
• 4-7 years of progressive HR experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing employee relations matters and advising managers on employee relations or performance matters, with growing comfort doing so independently.
• Experience with investigation processes and performance management frameworks.
• Experience partnering with district managers, regional managers, or studio managers.
• Knowledge of California labor law.
• Onsite Monday- Friday 9-6pm.

Preferred

• 3-5 years of experience in a business partner role.
• Experience supporting multi-site or field-based operations.
• Proficiency with Rippling or a comparable HRIS.
• Knowledge of broader multi-state labor law and multi-entity experience.
• PHR or SHRM-CP certification a plus.