Director, Corporate Human Resources

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director of Human Resources serves as a strategic HR leader supporting a corporate function with a strong focus on organizational effectiveness, team design, and talent processes across the full associate lifecycle. This role partners closely with senior leaders to build high-performing teams, enhance productivity, and improve associate engagement and retention. The Director ensures consistent execution of HR standards, policies, and strategies while maintaining compliance with employment laws and organizational governance requirements.

In addition to strategic leadership, the role leads a small HR team and provides hands-on HR support across associate relations, talent development, and enterprise HR programs.

This associate reports to the Senior Director of Corporate Human Resources and has regular interaction with Executive and Officer levels throughout the organization. Qualified candidates for this role will have at least 10 years of progressive HR experience including strong examples of influence and change through collaboration.

This role is based at Penske's corporate office in Reading, PA, in office at least 4 days a week. The position is eligible for relocation assistance.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR, Organizational Effectiveness & Execution

- Partner with functional leaders to design and evolve team structures that enable clarity, scalability, and high performance

- Translate enterprise HR strategies into practical, well-executed solutions that meet the needs of the supported corporate function

- Lead workforce planning, role design, and capability assessments aligned with business strategy

- Use data and insights to identify opportunities and drive improvements in productivity, engagement, and retention

- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on change management, team effectiveness, and leadership impact

Talent Lifecycle & Team Performance

- Oversee and continuously improve talent processes across the associate lifecycle, including workforce planning, onboarding, performance management, development, and career progression

- Ensure consistent application of talent processes, tools, and standards across teams

- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to align hiring strategies

- Strengthen performance management practices, feedback culture, and accountability through leader coaching and process rigor

- Support succession planning and internal mobility to build sustainable talent pipelines

Associate Relations, Compliance & Risk Management

- Provide expert guidance on associate relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant practices

- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, regulations, and internal policies

- Coach leaders on associate relations, investigations, corrective actions, and performance issues

- Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Labor Relations teams to manage risk, address complex cases, and ensure appropriate documentation and resolution

- Proactively identify associate relations trends and risks and recommend preventative actions

HR Standards, Policies & Governance

- Ensure effective execution of HR standards, policies, and procedures across the supported function

- Drive understanding and adoption of HR programs, policies, and expectations among leaders and associates

- Monitor adherence to HR governance, controls, and compliance requirements

- Participate in audits, reviews, and continuous improvement of HR policies and practices

HR Team Leadership & Capability Development

- Lead, coach, and develop a small HR team to deliver high-quality, responsive support to internal customers

- Build HR acumen across the team, ensuring strong knowledge of employment practices, compliance, talent processes, and organizational effectiveness

- Set clear expectations and priorities to ensure timely, consistent, and business-aligned HR support

- Foster a customer-focused mindset, ensuring the HR team understands business needs and delivers practical, value-added solutions

- Provide ongoing feedback, performance management, and development planning for HR team members

Talent Development & Engagement

- Support the design and execution of leadership and professional development initiatives aligned with organizational needs

- Partner with Learning & Development to identify skill gaps and development priorities

- Drive engagement strategies that enhance the associate experience and support retention

- Use engagement data and feedback to inform action plans and leader accountability

HR Programs & Enterprise Initiatives

- Lead and support implementation of core HR programs, systems, and processes

- Ensure HR programs are scalable, compliant, and consistently applied

- Contribute to enterprise-wide HR initiatives, change efforts, and cross-functional projects

- Act as a change leader, ensuring smooth adoption of new HR strategies, programs, and tools

Qualifications:

- 10+ years HR Generalist experience required

- At least 3 years leadership experience required

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