HR Manager/Director

The role

This person owns the full HR function, acting as both a strategic architect and hands-on administrator. They manage performance, recruiting, compensation, benefits, and training for the organization.

What you will do

• 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.
• 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.
• Personally sources candidates for higher-level roles.
• Manages, develops, and refines all associated recruiting processes and tools.
• Ensures all background and reference checks are complete and extends offers only to A-player candidates.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 3 in a senior or head-of-function role.
• Proficiency with Rippling, with direct experience owning and administering the platform.
• People management experience.
• 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.

Nice to have

• An exceptional developer of people with high EQ and deep self-awareness.
• The instinct to both nurture existing talent and aggressively hunt for new talent.
• Ability to navigate a fully matrixed organization and build trust with senior leadership and every level below.
• A self-starter and entrepreneurially minded operator who acts as a trusted partner to the executive team and beyond.

About the company

forthea is looking for a rare HR leader to own the full HR function.