HR Director, Americas

Simeio•Alpharetta, GA

About The Position

The HR Director, Americas leads people strategy and HR operations across the Americas, partnering with business leaders and global HR to support growth, employee experience, and local compliance. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution across employee relations, talent management, organizational design, payroll, benefits, total rewards, immigration and visa management, and regional HR service delivery. It balances global consistency with local requirements while building trusted relationships across countries, functions, and time zones.

Requirements

Senior HR leadership experience across the Americas, including leading dispersed teams and advising executives.
Proven capability across employee relations, talent management, organizational design, change management, payroll oversight, benefits administration, and HR operations.
Strong knowledge of US employment practices and experience working with local experts in Canada and Latin America.
Hands-on experience in employee relations, talent management, payroll, benefits, and immigration/visa oversight.
Commercial and analytical skills, including the ability to interpret workforce data and align people priorities with business outcomes.
Excellent communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills, with sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential matters.
Strong commercial judgment, communication, analytical skills, and discretion.
Relevant degree or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience in technology, professional services, consulting, or another knowledge-intensive business.
Experience supporting organizational growth, transformation, or acquisition integration.
Experience improving HR information systems and regional HR service delivery.
HR certification.
Spanish language skills.

Responsibilities

Shape regional people strategy, workforce planning, organizational design, and change initiatives.
Advise leaders on employee relations, performance, engagement, succession, and development.
Lead fair and consistent employee relations practices, including complex case management, workplace investigations, and issue resolution in partnership with Legal.
Oversee regional policies and employment practices with local HR specialists and counsel, addressing applicable national, state, provincial, and local requirements.
Oversee employment policies, investigations, and local compliance with Legal and country specialists.
Own regional payroll delivery and manage external payroll teams and providers, ensuring accurate processing, commission and expense processing, reconciliations, controls, and statutory reporting with Finance.
Manage benefits programs, enrollment, renewals, brokers, and costs; partner on compensation reviews.
Oversee immigration and visas, including sponsorship, work permits, filing deadlines, renewals, authorization tracking, and transfers with specialist counsel.
Lead regional HR teams, budgets, vendors, systems, and employee lifecycle processes.
Use workforce data to improve retention, employee experience, and HR service delivery.