Director, People Operations

The Director People Operations leads the full employee lifecycle at WireCo ensuring a seamless experience from hire to retire. This role integrates operational excellence with strategic talent programs by overseeing U.S. payroll and benefits HR systems compliance and talent acquisition. The Director ensures consistent global processes data-driven insights and scalable solutions that strengthen both employee experience and business outcomes for both hourly/non-exempt and salaried/exempt employee groups. The Director will also build strong partnerships with regional HR leaders to ensure consistent delivery of operations and programs across geographies.

The Director People Operations must exhibit and proactively motivate others in the behaviors of the WireCo Business System (WBS):

• Teamwork - welcomes an environment of inclusiveness and healthy debate that reflects our teams strength
• Accountable celebrates our successes learn from failures avoid excuses and own the outcomes of our efforts
• Self-Aware demonstrates an understanding of our strengths and needs considering how our actions impact others
• Noble Intent acts in the interests of others approaching our work with integrity to ensure the best outcome
• Determined takes initiative share ideas and find solutions to win and achieve our goals
• Transparent promotes open and honest communication and constructive feedback for clarity and truth
• Curious seeks knowledge and outside input to test our way of thinking challenging the status quo

Duties & Responsibilities

People Operations

• Lead US payroll and benefits strategy making plan design and policy decisions while providing guidance and oversight to the Payroll/HRIS Lead who manages daily administration and processing.
• Partner with external benefits broker vendors and Finance to evaluate design and deliver competitive compliant programs while ensuring accurate and timely execution.
• Lead annual audit and compliance filing initatives such as 401k audit EEO-1 workers compensation and AAP.
• Collaborate with regional HR leaders to ensure consistency and alignment of payroll and benefits practices globally where applicable.
• Maintain expertise in U.S. employment laws and ensure policies processes and practices remain compliant and up to date.
• Drive operational improvements automation and simplification to improve efficiency scalability and overall employee experience.

Global HRIS & Data Governance

• Oversee global HRIS systems to ensure effective configuration data integrity and user adoption across all regions.
• Lead global people data governance and conduct regular audits to ensure accuracy compliance and reliability.
• Deliver standardized HR reporting and dashboards for HR and business leaders integrating data across regions.
• Partner with HRBPs and Finance on headcount retention and workforce planning analysis.

Talent Acquisition

• Lead WireCos global talent acquisition strategy ensuring alignment with business needs workforce planning and diversity goals.
• Oversee recruiting operations and provide guidance to the TA Specialist who manages the day-to-day candidate pipeline requisition flow and onboarding coordination.
• Partner with Marketing & Communications to strengthen the employer brand drive candidate engagement and support diversity equity and inclusion in hiring.

Leadership & Team Management

• Manage and develop a team including:
  • HR Operations Specialist responsible for US payroll processing leave of absence administration and global HRIS transactions
  • HR Specialist responsible for day-to-day recruiting operations and onboarding

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or related field
• 10 years of progressive HR experience including leadership in HR operations and/or talent programs
• Demonstrated experience managing U.S. payroll and benefits with strong knowledge of compliance and reporting requirements
• Proven experience overseeing global HRIS systems and people data governance including data integrity and reporting
• Experience with global data reporting in accordance with GDPR requirements
• Hands-on experience leading talent acquisition operations and strategy
• Strong knowledge of performance management processes engagement surveys and learning systems
• Demonstrated ability to analyze HR data and deliver actionable insights to senior leadership
• Excellent leadership and people management skills with experience coaching and developing team members
• Direct experience working in a global environment partnering across regions and cultures to deliver consistent HR programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Human Resources Business or related field
• Proficient experience using ADP Workforce Now
• Experience working in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Familiarity with talent review and succession planning processes
• Experience embedding cultural or business system frameworks into HR programs

• Track record of driving HR process automation and systems implementation
• Strong communication and partnership skills; ability to influence and build trust at all organizational levels

Additional Information :

Materials and Equipment Directly Used

• Standard office equipment including computer mouse keyboard telephone multifunction copier

Additional Information

• Flexible working hours (outside of normal business hours) may be required
• Travel both domestically and internationally may be required (expected 10%)
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• An applicant must complete a satisfactory background check post-offer of employment.  A criminal conviction will not be an automatic bar to employment.
• Must be willing and able to pass a post-offer drug screen and physical (if required)
• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time