HR & Compliance Director

Director, HR Compliance

Overview

The Director of HR Compliance leads organizational compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws while driving best‑in‑class HR compliance practices across a multi‑site, operationally complex environment. This role owns HR risk mitigation, regulatory adherence, audit readiness, and serves as the enterprise subject‑matter expert on employment compliance. A core responsibility includes oversight and continuous improvement of the end‑to‑end new hire onboarding process to ensure compliance, efficiency, and a strong employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise‑wide HR compliance and risk management programs, ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local employment laws (including FLSA, FMLA, ADA, Title VII, DOT), and proactively monitoring regulatory changes.
• Conduct regular compliance audits and maintain audit‑ready documentation; oversee I‑9, E‑Verify, labor postings, unemployment claims administration, and agency inquiries.
• Design, oversee, and continuously improve compliant, scalable new‑hire onboarding programs, including documentation, pre‑employment screening, onboarding workflows, and retention metrics.
• Develop, update, and govern multi‑state HR policies and employee handbook content; serve as primary compliance advisor to HR and business leadership.
• Design and deliver compliance and employee relations training (e.g., harassment prevention, wage and hour, EEO), while tracking completion and effectiveness through metrics and reporting.
• Lead or support sensitive, high‑risk investigations (harassment, discrimination, retaliation, ethics, wage/hour) and provide compliant guidance on corrective action and terminations, partnering with external counsel as needed.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, Legal, and Operations, and manage compliance vendors while advising senior leadership on workforce risk and compliance strategy.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience building or scaling an HR compliance function in a multi‑state environment
• Experience with transportation law required
• Deep expertise in wage and hour, leaves, ADA/interactive process, EEO, background checks, pay transparency, I‑9, and mandated training
• Proven success managing complex investigations with defensible documentation
• Strong compliance analytics, audit infrastructure, and reporting capability
• Experience supporting high‑volume, operational environments preferred

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required; JD, Master's degree, or HR compliance certifications preferred
• 8-10+ years of progressive HR compliance experience
• Experience managing onboarding programs, audits, vendors, and regulatory reporting
• Industry experience in distribution, logistics, manufacturing, transportation, or supply chain environments preferred
• Experience with multi‑state compliance strongly preferred