HR Director, Nine Orchard

About Nine Orchard

Nine Orchard is a luxury boutique hotel in the Lower East Side housed in the landmarked Jarmulowsky Bank Building. The property includes a small number of rooms relative to its outsized presence in the New York hospitality scene with a notable F&B program (Corner Bar Swan Room) that pulls equally from guests and neighborhood regulars. Nine Orchard is design-forward service-driven and operates with the intimacy of a small property and the rigor of a top-tier hotel.

About the role

This is a hands-on HR Director role at a boutique hotel. You will lead the HR function on property and build the team around it. You will have the opportunity to hire an HR Coordinator to support recruiting onboarding and day-to-day administration. You will also partner with MML Hospitality corporate HR for support on benefits compliance and systems.

Nine Orchard operates under a Hotel Trades Council collective bargaining agreement so this role requires fluency in union contract administration grievance handling scheduling rules and labor relations.

In return you will lead HR for one of New Yorks most respected boutique hotels work alongside an experienced GM and ownership team and own the function from day one.

What you will own

Full-cycle HR for the property: recruiting onboarding performance employee relations offboarding

Labor relations including day-to-day partnership with the Hotel Trades Council grievance handling and CBA administration

Compensation strategy and benefits administration in coordination with MML Hospitality corporate HR

New York and federal employment law compliance with particular depth in NYC-specific requirements

Training and development programs across FOH BOH housekeeping and engineering

Culture engagement and team experience

Hiring and developing an HR Coordinator to support the function

Partnership with the GM on org structure headcount planning and operational HR strategy

What we are looking for

Non-negotiables:

Union experience. You have run HR or labor relations in a unionized environment. Hotel Trades Council experience is strongly preferred; comparable hospitality or service union experience will be considered.

Boutique hotel experience. You have worked in HR at a boutique or independent hotel where you owned the function directly not under the full corporate scaffolding of a flagged brand.

At least 7 to 10 years of progressive HR experience with at least 3 years at the manager or director level.

Strong New York employment law foundation. NYC-specific compliance (Fair Workweek pay transparency paid safe and sick leave salary history ban etc.) is part of the daily job.

What we offer

$140000 to $160000 base salary

Performance bonus eligibility

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

A small senior leadership team

The opportunity to hire and develop an HR Coordinator to support the function

Direct partnership with MML Hospitality corporate HR for support with full ownership of the property HR function

How to apply

Please send a resume and a brief note of interest to with subject line HR Director Nine Orchard. If you have HTC experience specifically please flag that in your note so we can route appropriately.

Nine Orchard and MML Hospitality are equal opportunity employers.