Strategic HR Leader: AI-Driven People & Growth

Control Space Tech Company; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Partial telecommuting

Job summary

Control Space Tech Company seeks an experienced HR leader to drive human resources strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, compliance, and HR technology initiatives in Louisville, KY. The role focuses on analytics, organizational development, and data-driven decision-making to align HR with business objectives.

The position involves overseeing compensation programs, employee relations, and policy development, with expansive collaboration across executive and technology teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in HR management or a related role.
• Experience with HRIS and HR service delivery platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with growth objectives and priorities.
• Conduct workforce planning and organizational design for scalability and efficiency.
• Advise executives on HR initiatives, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Design and administer compensation, benefits, and total rewards using benchmarking.
• Develop performance evaluation systems and KPIs to improve productivity and accountability.
• Oversee recruitment strategy, onboarding, retention, and succession planning.
• Utilize AI-assisted sourcing, reporting, automation, and decision-support to improve HR services.
• Evaluate AI-enabled HR tech with privacy and compliance safeguards.
• Analyze HR metrics and turnover data to advise leadership on workforce decisions.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Lead employee relations initiatives including investigations and policy enforcement.
• Maintain HR policies, handbook standards, governance, and internal controls.
• Oversee HRIS and platforms, including Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, ServiceNow HRSD.
• Coordinate payroll, benefits compliance, and employee records management.
• Develop training, leadership development, and AI-literacy programs.
• Collaborate with executives to transform HR operations via digital workflows and analytics.
• Prepare executive HR dashboards and strategic workforce reports.
• Partial telecommuting is permitted.

Skills

HR strategy

Workforce planning

Talent acquisition

Employee relations

Compliance

Leadership

Communication

Analytics

Policy development

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / HR

Tools

Workday

SAP SuccessFactors

Oracle HCM

ServiceNow HRSD

Job description

Lead the organization’s human resources strategy, workforce planning, talent acquisition, compliance, employee relations, HR technology, workforce analytics, and organizational development initiatives.

Job Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive human resource strategies aligned with organizational growth objectives, business priorities, and long-term operational plans.
• Conduct workforce planning and organizational design initiatives to support business scalability, operational efficiency, and long-term organizational performance.
• Advise executive management on strategic human resource initiatives, succession planning, performance management frameworks, leadership development, and organizational risk mitigation.
• Design, analyze, and administer compensation, benefits, and total rewards programs using market benchmarking, internal equity analysis, and workforce data.
• Develop and implement performance evaluation systems and key performance indicators to improve employee productivity, accountability, and organizational effectiveness.
• Oversee recruitment strategy, talent acquisition planning, candidate evaluation, employee onboarding, retention initiatives, and workforce succession planning.
• Utilize AI-assisted sourcing, recruitment, reporting, workflow automation, and decision-support tools to improve HR service delivery and workforce planning activities.
• Evaluate and support the implementation of AI-enabled HR technologies while maintaining appropriate human oversight, employee data privacy, ethical use, and regulatory compliance.
• Analyze HR metrics, turnover data, workforce trends, compensation information, and organizational performance to provide data-driven recommendations to executive leadership.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, EEOC regulations, OSHA, IRCA, and I-9 requirements.
• Lead employee relations initiatives, including workplace investigations, disciplinary actions, grievance handling, conflict resolution, and consistent policy enforcement.
• Develop, review, and maintain HR policies, employee handbook standards, governance procedures, compliance documentation, and internal controls to reduce legal and operational risks.
• Oversee Human Resource Information Systems and HR service delivery platforms, including Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, ServiceNow HRSD, or comparable enterprise HR technologies.
• Coordinate payroll administration, benefits compliance, employee records management, compliance reporting, and employee lifecycle processes while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality.
• Develop and implement employee training, leadership development, workforce transformation, and AI-literacy programs to strengthen organizational capability.
• Collaborate with executive and technology leadership to improve HR operations through digital transformation, intelligent workflows, process automation, and workforce analytics.
• Prepare executive reports, HR dashboards, compliance reports, and strategic workforce recommendations using HR analytics and business intelligence tools.
• Partial telecommuting is permitted.

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resource Management, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of five years of experience as a Human Resource Manager or in a related position.
• Experience with Human Resource Information Systems and HR service delivery platforms.
• Experience with enterprise HR systems such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, and ServiceNow HRSD.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. employment and labor laws, including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, EEOC regulations, I-9 compliance, and related regulatory requirements.
• Experience with HR analytics, workforce data reporting, and data-driven decision-making.
• Experience with HR operational processes, internal controls, policy development, and compliance reporting.
• Experience with talent acquisition strategy, workforce planning, performance management, and succession planning frameworks.
• Experience with compensation benchmarking, benefits administration, and total rewards programs.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted HR tools, HR workflow automation, workforce analytics, and responsible use of artificial intelligence in HR operations.
• Strong leadership, communication, employee-relations, conflict-resolution, and organizational skills.
• Ability to handle confidential employee and organizational information with discretion.