HR Director

Forthea Interactive Marketing; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Forthea Interactive Marketing is seeking an experienced HR leader to own the full HR function in our Houston office. You will drive performance management, recruiting strategy, compensation and benefits administration, and employee lifecycle processes.

You will also lead training initiatives, ensure legal compliance, and partner with leadership to align staffing with business goals in a fast-growing, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 3 in a senior or head-of-function role.
• Direct experience owning an HRIS platform.
• Demonstrated experience with structured performance management and Topgrading/A-player hiring methodologies.
• Strong working knowledge of employment law, benefits administration, and compliance.
• Experience building and scaling recruiting processes across multiple role types.

Responsibilities

• Owns the annual performance review process end-to-end and leads calibration sessions.
• Manages HR administration including compensation, benefits, and onboarding/offboarding.
• Oversees staffing targets, requisition strategy, and hiring efficiency.
• Drives training and professional development, including IDP plans and ramp time.
• Ensures compliance with employment laws and maintains up-to-date job descriptions and competencies.

Skills

HR leadership

HRIS ownership

Performance management

Topgrading

Employment law

Benefits administration

Recruiting processes

Job description

Besides being good at what they do, ideal candidates will have an outstanding attitude, aptitude, analytical and organizational skills. Moreover, they will appreciate the camaraderie and experience that comes when working in a smart, growing business and fun industry.

Owns the full HR function for the organization, including performance management, recruiting, compensation and benefits administration, employee lifecycle processes, staffing strategy, and training and development. Operates as both strategic owner and hands-on administrator of every HR system and process listed below.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Reviews & Management

• Owns the annual performance review process end-to-end.
• Leads team meetings, calibration sessions, and administrative review meetings.
• Coaches and supports supervisors on conducting effective individual review conversations.
• Owns retention strategy by ensuring every team member is the right person in the right seat.
• Drives organization-wide Topgrading toward a 90% A-player target.
• Owns and continuously improves the recruiting process for all roles.
• Serves as administrative head of the hiring team, determining requisition strategy and fulfillment approach.
• Personally sources candidates for higher-level roles.
• Manages, develops, and refines all associated recruiting processes and tools.
• Ensures all background/reference checks are complete and extends offers only to A-player candidates.

HR Administration

• Owns and improves all position, compensation, and benefits administration processes.
• Ensures job descriptions, responsibilities, and competencies are accurate and current across the organization – zero missing or outdated documentation.
• Owns benefits research, procurement, administration, and renewal cycles.
• Monitors changes in employment law and benefits regulations; ensures ongoing compliance of all policies and plans.

Team Member Setup, Exits & Changes

• Ensures all onboarding, offboarding, and mid-employment changes are processed according to org-unit standards.
• Zero missed steps across standard team member processes.

Team Staffing Targets

• Owns staffing targets, including Days Job Req Outstanding, Virtual Bench commitments, and related financial benchmarks.
• Builds staffing strategy and delegates execution to the team.
• Proactively requests resources and support as needed to hit targets.

Training & Professional Development

• Owns and improves onboarding/training for new team members and ongoing development for current staff.
• Creates or sources all training content; vets content for topic relevance, level-appropriateness, practical value, and format before rollout.
• Ensures required trainings are completed on impactful topics and content stays current – outdated or poorly rated training is identified and revamped quickly.
• Builds and revises IDP plans for all new hires.
• Owns new-hire ramp time and internal promotion rate.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 3 in a senior or head-of-function role
• Direct experience owning an HRIS platform
• Demonstrated experience with structured performance management and Topgrading/A-player hiring methodologies
• Strong working knowledge of employment law, benefits administration, and compliance
• Experience building and scaling recruiting processes across multiple role types

Our culture of balancing creativity with practical tactics is our foundation for delivering measurable results.

Our desks are filled with the best talent in the business. Meet our leadership team that is continually driving our clients to new levels of success.

We optimize search by understanding customer intent, growing your visibility, and delivering a compelling user experience to maximize leads.

• Location Central Houston, TX
• Position Full-time + on-site
• Compensation Competitive, and dependent on experience, ability, and attitude