HR Director

Entertainment Partners Inc; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 182,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Growth Partners in Stamford, CT is seeking an HR Director who can think two steps ahead in a fast-paced environment. The role offers $182,000 - $260,000 annually, with autonomy, mentorship, and a long runway for growth. The ideal candidate has a decade of business experience, a track record in people-focused strategy, and hands-on expertise in conflict resolution and Attention Management. This position pairs you with a seasoned mentor and primes you for scalable impact.

Qualifications

• Role requires proven ability to deliver customer-centric outcomes.
• Ability to navigate a Growth Partners pace with ambiguity.
• Expertise in Attention Management and conflict resolution.
• Experience leading teams or initiatives in dynamic environments.
• Hands-on with modern conflict resolution workflows.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the operating model as Stamford headcount grows.
• Reforecast mid-quarter if CT numbers diverge from plan.
• Run analyses to decide build-versus-partner strategies.
• Lead strategic planning and quarterly goal setting across Growth Partners units.
• Decide where Growth Partners should say no to enable focus.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to remove bottlenecks.
• Translate field realities into planning decisions.
• Apply Attention Management to model scenarios and inform decisions.

Skills

Customer-centric mindset

Ambiguity navigation

Attention Management

Conflict Resolution

Leadership experience

Job description

We're a flexible team in Stamford, CT looking for a HR Director who finds the question hiding underneath the question. At $182,000 - $260,000, this HR Director seat rewards 10+ years in business with autonomy, mentorship, and a long runway for growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep the operating model from breaking as Stamford headcount doubles
• Reforecast mid-quarter when the CT numbers stop matching the plan
• Run the comparison that ends the build-versus-partner debate for good
• Drive strategic planning and quarterly goal-setting across Growth Partners business units
• Decide where Growth Partners should say no so it can say yes to one thing
• Collaborate with Presentation Skills and Attention Management stakeholders to remove operational bottlenecks
• Pull the CT field team's reality into the planning room
• Apply Attention Management expertise to model scenarios and inform key decisions

What You'll Bring

• Comfort being accountable for a customer-centric outcome in a freelance role
• Comfort with a Growth Partners pace that rarely sits still
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Director fluency in Attention Management, with Conflict Resolution on your roadmap
• Hands-on experience with modern Conflict Resolution workflows and tooling

Growth Partners is an unfussy, fiercely independent Stamford company that would rather earn trust slowly than buy attention quickly. We build psychological safety the boring way: by actually following through on what we say.

We pair $182,000 - $260,000 with a seasoned mentor, so your Presentation Skills sharpens fast while the benefits quietly take care of everything else.

This role is in active recruitment, with a target start date just ahead.