Director - Human Resources & Team Relations

The Human Resources & Team Relations Director serves as the senior functional leader responsible for integrating and overseeing all HR and TR functions across HMMA, which is a large-scale automotive manufacturing operation. Reporting directly to the CAO, this role provides strategic people and labor insights to support organizational planning and executive decision-making. The Director leads both the HR and TR Senior Managers, ensuring cohesive execution of HR strategy, labor-risk mitigation, talent systems, compensation competitiveness, and a positive, union-free work environment.

This role anticipates business challenges, develops integrated People & Organization strategies, shapes organizational culture, and builds leadership capability to support the organization’s long-term performance and growth.

The Human Resources & Team Relations Director serves as the senior functional leader responsible for integrating and overseeing all HR and TR functions across HMMA, which is a large-scale automotive manufacturing operation. Reporting directly to the CAO, this role provides strategic people and labor insights to support organizational planning and executive decision-making. The Director leads both the HR and TR Senior Managers, ensuring cohesive execution of HR strategy, labor-risk mitigation, talent systems, compensation competitiveness, and a positive, union-free work environment.

This role anticipates business challenges, develops integrated People & Organization strategies, shapes organizational culture, and builds leadership capability to support the organization’s long-term performance and growth.

• Lead and develop an integrated people and organizational strategy aligned with long-term business plans and operational requirements across Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CAO, CEO, and senior leadership on people, culture, labor strategy, and organizational health.
• Ensure organizational direction and strategic initiatives remain aligned through close coordination with HMC Headquarters and HMNA.
• Direct workforce planning, organizational reviews, and KPI-driven insights to support executive decision-making.

• Provide strategic direction for all Human Resources and Team Relations functions, ensuring cohesive and aligned execution across both the HR Senior Manager and TR Senior Manager organizations.
• Oversee enterprise-wide people systems, including talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, performance management, succession planning, leadership development, and organization development.
• Lead labor relations strategy, including union avoidance posture, labor risk monitoring, supervisor capability building, and early warning systems for union-related activity.
• Ensure policy, process, and compliance alignment across HR and TR practices to maintain operational integrity, fairness, and regulatory adherence.
• Guide resolution of escalated people issues, delivering leadership on high-risk employee relations cases, investigations, dispute resolution, and policy interpretation.
• Drive improvements in Team Member experience, including morale, engagement, communication, fairness, trust, and workplace culture.
• Strengthen organizational and leadership capability to support consistent people management, communication, and corrective-action practices.

• Oversee HR/TR responsibilities within Business Management System (BMS), Environment Management System (EMS), and Safety Management System (SMS) frameworks, ensuring documentation quality and audit readiness.
• Use metrics,…