Senior Director, Human Resources

Minneapolis, MN / Human Resources – People Operations / Full-time / Hybrid

At Center, we’re building forward-looking technology to simplify how people work. Our transformative expense management solution is purposely built and offers three important advantages: it eliminates expense reporting for employees, radically reduces the amount of time needed to process expenses in the finance department, and offers real-time reporting and insights to drive cost-savings, analyze trends, and hit budget targets. The Center team believes that great businesses are built by people who share common values.

For us that means a passion for invention, a deep commitment to the customer, integrity, and operating with a sense of care and respect for one another. Working at Center you'll be joining a team that is intellectually curious, has a high degree of personal ownership and accountability, and values teamwork and collaboration.

Center is a hyper-growth SaaS company backed by the co-founder of Concur. We constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees to thrive and do great work. We are a distributed workforce and have two amazing work spaces in Bellevue, WA and Minneapolis, MN.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Director, Human Resources to join the Center team. As our first Senior Director, Human Resources, you will be responsible for setting and driving the development of organization-wide HR strategies. As a key member of the leadership team, the Senior Director, Human Resources, will lead the charge on providing an employee-oriented, high-performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, and organizational growth.

This individual contributes as a strategic partner in the accomplishment of departmental plans through initiatives that attract and retain talent, develop employees and leaders, and align organizational goals and objectives.

• Plan, lead, develop, coordinate, and implement policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organization's human resource compliance and strategy needs
• Administer or oversee the administration of human resource programs including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety; and training and development
• Monitor and ensure the organization's compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance
• Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; apply this knowledge to communicate changes in policy, practice, and resources to upper management
• Conduct research and analysis of organizational trends including review of reports and metrics from the organization's human resource information system (HRIS) or talent management system
• Perform other duties as required

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of Human Resource Management experience with a track record of rapidly scaling high-growth technology companies
• 3-5 years of senior leadership HR experience supporting Executive level roles within the Organization
• Prior high-tech, finance industry experience preferred
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred
• Experience developing employee related plans and strategies to support the achievement of the overall business operations objectives
• Have worked with the company's leadership team to establish a successful employee development and succession plan that corresponds to the strategy and objectives of the company
• Developed, implemented and evolved as needed comprehensive compensation and benefits plans that are competitive and cost-effective
• Highly knowledgeable around progressive employee practices and programs
• Have functioned as a…