HR Manager

HP; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 117,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

HP is seeking an HR Manager in Stamford, CT who can balance strategy with hands-on delivery. You will lead workforce planning, performance management, and talent development while ensuring tight alignment with regional goals.

The role rewards initiative with a strong salary range and real decision-making power, backed by support for SPHR certification and career advancement within the Stamford-based footprint.

Qualifications

• Extensive strategic planning experience with proven impact.
• Strong ties to Stamford, CT or ability to anchor quickly.
• Hands-on process improvement leadership with diversity and inclusion focus.
• Judgment on when to elevate or absorb decisions.
• Ability to read and influence unfamiliar environments.
• Solid understanding of business best practices and industry standards.
• Courage to say no to misaligned ideas.

Responsibilities

• Decide where HP should say no to say yes to one initiative.
• Set operating cadence for Stamford teams to stay aligned.
• Lead weekly reviews that drive decisions rather than more meetings.
• Own the Talent Management model forecasting next quarter.
• Identify growth opportunities in Stamford and beyond.
• Navigate finance, legal, and ops for initiatives.
• Manage end-to-end operations for the Stamford region.

Skills

Strategic planning

Stamford familiarity

Process improvement

Diversity & inclusion

Managerial judgment

Stakeholder management

Business best practices

Education

SPHR Certification

Job description

We want a HR Manager at HP who can hold both the spreadsheet and the strategy without dropping either one. This HR Manager role at HP rewards initiative with $117,000 - $175,000, real decision-making power, and steady career advancement.

Key Responsibilities

• Decide where HP should say no so it can say yes to one thing
• Stand up the operating cadence that keeps Stamford, CT teams rowing the same direction
• Run weekly numbers reviews that end with decisions, not more meetings
• Own the Talent Management model that everyone quietly trusts to forecast next quarter
• Identify growth opportunities in the Stamford, CT market and beyond
• Carry the scrappy-but-steady idea through the gauntlet of finance, legal, and ops
• Manage end-to-end operations for the Stamford, CT region

What You'll Bring

• Fluency in Strategic Planning earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• A Stamford grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Hands‑on proficiency with Process Improvement, ideally paired with Diversity and Inclusion
• Manager‑caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• Solid understanding of business best practices and industry standards
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time

HP is the inclusive Stamford, CT company that business insiders recommend but rarely the one that advertises. We celebrate SPHR Certification craftsmanship and hold ourselves to a high bar on the details that matter.

Earn $117,000 - $175,000, sharpen your Multitasking beside a mentor, enjoy the benefits, and never apologize for needing a flexible Tuesday.

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