HR Director

IBM; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation in Charlottesville, VA seeks an HR Director who translates IBM’s ambitions into milestones the team can hit by Friday. You bring 10+ years of Job Evaluation, delivering measurable results with a supportive team and the freedom to own your outcomes.

Responsibilities include optimizing fixed vs movable HRIS costs, guiding where IBM should say no to say yes, and delivering data-driven recommendations to leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Job Evaluation or equivalent HR analytics leadership.
• Strong capability in Performance Management.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.
• Director-caliber judgment on resource allocation.
• Ability to listen and align competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Untangle fixed vs movable HRIS costs and optimization potential.
• Decide where to say no to enable strategic focus.
• Support leadership with data-driven recommendations.
• Turn recurring exceptions into self-handling rules in HR systems.
• Coordinate cross-department projects from kickoff through delivery.

Job description

A HR Director here translates IBM's ambitions in VA into milestones a team can actually hit by Friday. You'll bring 10 years of Job Evaluation, and in return get $150,000 - $239,000, a supportive team, and the freedom to drive your own results.

Key Responsibilities

• Untangle which HRIS costs are fixed and which you can actually move
• Decide where IBM should say no so it can say yes to one thing
• Support HR Director leadership with data-driven recommendations
• Turn a recurring exception into a rule the system handles itself
• Facilitate cross-departmental projects from kickoff through delivery

What You’ll Bring

• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
• Hands-on command of Performance Management, with Stakeholder Management as a close second
• Director-caliber judgment about when to expand and when to absorb
• The kind of listening that makes the other person feel heard
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one

Every product at IBM reflects the mission-driven standards our Charlottesville, VA team holds itself to. Disagreement is welcome here, but once we decide, the whole IBM team rows in the same direction.

At IBM, $150,000 - $239,000 is just the opener; the mentorship, benefits, and Charlottesville, VA flexibility are where the offer gets good.

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