HR Director Jobs in New York
HR Director jobs in New York are among the most active in the country, concentrated in financial services, healthcare, media, and professional services across a market that ranges from newly promoted people managers to enterprise-level executives overseeing thousands of employees. Most hiring clusters in New York City, White Plains, and Albany, where anchors like JPMorgan Chase, Mount Sinai Health System, and Verizon maintain large HR functions. The most in-demand specialties are labor relations, HRIS implementation, and talent strategy, reflecting New York's union-dense industries and complex compliance environment. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Location
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
All Cost CentersGeneral & AdministrationPeoplePeople
Compensation
- $212K – $265K • Offers Equity
We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that.
But we're going further. Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.
We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
About the Role
This role is based out of either our New York City office or San Francisco office, and is in person 2 days a week.
As Director, HR Business Partner at Headway, you will lead a team of HR Business Partners while serving as a strategic thought partner to our CRO, CCO, CPO, COO, and other business-side executives and their leadership teams. You'll shape and execute people strategies that enable scale, strengthen leadership, and drive Olympic-level performance across the business organization. Partnering closely with senior leaders and coaching your team to do the same, you'll provide counsel on organizational design, performance management, talent planning, and leadership development, balancing near-term priorities with long-term organizational health and cultural integrity. You'll use data-driven insights and sound judgment to identify trends, influence decisions, and lead high-impact initiatives that elevate the employee experience, strengthen manager capability, and ensure our teams are empowered to perform at their best.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Business Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to executives across the business organization (CRO, CCO, CPO, COO, and their leadership teams). Anticipate organizational needs, connect people strategy to business outcomes, and challenge assumptions through evidence and insight.
Team Leadership & Development: Manage and develop a team of HR Business Partners. Set clear priorities, coach them on their own executive partnerships, and build their capability to operate as strategic advisors in their own right.
Talent Strategy & Performance: Lead performance management and talent review processes with rigor and fairness across the business organization. Coach leaders and your own team to recognize and reward top performance, address underperformance, and build high-performing, inclusive teams.
Organizational Design & Effectiveness: Partner with leaders to design scalable org structures, strengthen alignment, and enable growth. Use workforce analytics and org design principles to optimize spans, layers, and team health.
Leadership Coaching & Influence: Build trusted relationships with executives and managers, providing candid, actionable feedback that sharpens leadership effectiveness. Reinforce Headway's cultural principles and managerial excellence through coaching and systems, both directly and through your team.
Analytical & Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage people data to identify trends, diagnose root causes, and drive measurable improvements in organizational health. Set the analytical bar for your team's work product.
Project Management & Operational Excellence: Lead complex, cross-functional people initiatives end-to-end, from scoping and planning to flawless execution and follow-through. Balance strategic impact with hands-on execution, and delegate effectively across your team, to ensure scalability and continuous improvement.
Cultural Stewardship & Employee Experience: Model and amplify Headway's values and performance standards. Ensure fairness, inclusion, and consistency in decision-making across the business organization. Surface patterns in sentiment and proactively strengthen engagement and trust.
You’d Be a Great Fit If You...
Have 12+ years of progressive experience in HR or HR-adjacent roles (e.g., Chief of Staff, Strategy, Consulting), with a track record of supporting senior executives in high-growth or scaling environments.
Are a strategic operator who can anticipate organizational needs, shape people strategies, and influence through credibility and insight.
Are data-driven, using qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decision-making, program design, and measurement of impact.
Are a trusted coach and advisor, capable of balancing candor and empathy while influencing at all levels.
Have deep expertise in org design, performance management, and leadership development.
Thrive in fast-paced, high-growth settings where agility, sound judgment, and ownership are essential.
Model Headway’s cultural principles and uphold our Olympic-level performance standard, driving clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.
Headway participates in E-Verify.
A notice to Headway applicants: To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only accepts applications through our official careers page at https://headway.co/careers. Headway will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. All official communication will come from a @findheadway.com email address. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Headway via an unofficial channel, please do not share any information and report it as spam.
Location
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
All Cost CentersGeneral & AdministrationPeoplePeople
Compensation
- $212K – $265K • Offers Equity
We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that.
But we're going further. Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.
We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
About the Role
This role is based out of either our New York City office or San Francisco office, and is in person 2 days a week.
As Director, HR Business Partner at Headway, you will lead a team of HR Business Partners while serving as a strategic thought partner to our CRO, CCO, CPO, COO, and other business-side executives and their leadership teams. You'll shape and execute people strategies that enable scale, strengthen leadership, and drive Olympic-level performance across the business organization. Partnering closely with senior leaders and coaching your team to do the same, you'll provide counsel on organizational design, performance management, talent planning, and leadership development, balancing near-term priorities with long-term organizational health and cultural integrity. You'll use data-driven insights and sound judgment to identify trends, influence decisions, and lead high-impact initiatives that elevate the employee experience, strengthen manager capability, and ensure our teams are empowered to perform at their best.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Business Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to executives across the business organization (CRO, CCO, CPO, COO, and their leadership teams). Anticipate organizational needs, connect people strategy to business outcomes, and challenge assumptions through evidence and insight.
Team Leadership & Development: Manage and develop a team of HR Business Partners. Set clear priorities, coach them on their own executive partnerships, and build their capability to operate as strategic advisors in their own right.
Talent Strategy & Performance: Lead performance management and talent review processes with rigor and fairness across the business organization. Coach leaders and your own team to recognize and reward top performance, address underperformance, and build high-performing, inclusive teams.
Organizational Design & Effectiveness: Partner with leaders to design scalable org structures, strengthen alignment, and enable growth. Use workforce analytics and org design principles to optimize spans, layers, and team health.
Leadership Coaching & Influence: Build trusted relationships with executives and managers, providing candid, actionable feedback that sharpens leadership effectiveness. Reinforce Headway's cultural principles and managerial excellence through coaching and systems, both directly and through your team.
Analytical & Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage people data to identify trends, diagnose root causes, and drive measurable improvements in organizational health. Set the analytical bar for your team's work product.
Project Management & Operational Excellence: Lead complex, cross-functional people initiatives end-to-end, from scoping and planning to flawless execution and follow-through. Balance strategic impact with hands-on execution, and delegate effectively across your team, to ensure scalability and continuous improvement.
Cultural Stewardship & Employee Experience: Model and amplify Headway's values and performance standards. Ensure fairness, inclusion, and consistency in decision-making across the business organization. Surface patterns in sentiment and proactively strengthen engagement and trust.
You’d Be a Great Fit If You...
Have 12+ years of progressive experience in HR or HR-adjacent roles (e.g., Chief of Staff, Strategy, Consulting), with a track record of supporting senior executives in high-growth or scaling environments.
Are a strategic operator who can anticipate organizational needs, shape people strategies, and influence through credibility and insight.
Are data-driven, using qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decision-making, program design, and measurement of impact.
Are a trusted coach and advisor, capable of balancing candor and empathy while influencing at all levels.
Have deep expertise in org design, performance management, and leadership development.
Thrive in fast-paced, high-growth settings where agility, sound judgment, and ownership are essential.
Model Headway’s cultural principles and uphold our Olympic-level performance standard, driving clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.
Headway participates in E-Verify.
A notice to Headway applicants: To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only accepts applications through our official careers page at https://headway.co/careers. Headway will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. All official communication will come from a @findheadway.com email address. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Headway via an unofficial channel, please do not share any information and report it as spam.
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HR Director Job Market in New York
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Retail
- Technology & Software
- Investment & Asset Management
- Consulting & Professional Services
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in HR director jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field required
- PHR, SPHR, or SHRM-SCP certification strongly preferred by New York employers
- Minimum seven to ten years of progressive HR experience including people management
- Demonstrated knowledge of New York State Labor Law and NYC-specific employment regulations
- Experience with HRIS platforms such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, or Oracle HCM
- Proven ability to lead collective bargaining or work within a unionized environment
HR Director Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a hr director in New York?
Most hr directors in New York hold at least a bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or organizational psychology, with many employers preferring a master's degree. There is no state-issued license required, but earning SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification signals readiness for senior roles and is frequently listed as a preferred credential in New York postings. Candidates typically move up through HR generalist, HR manager, or HR business partner roles before stepping into a director position.
How much do HR directors make in New York?
HR directors in New York earn a median of about $176,650 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $105,380 for the lowest 10% to over $321,880 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire hr directors in New York?
Employers hiring hr directors in New York right now include Highgate, CHANEL, and JPMorganChase, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. New York's density of financial institutions, hospital systems, and media conglomerates means the market stays active year-round, with large organizations frequently backfilling senior HR roles.
Which New York cities have the most hr director jobs?
The cities with the most hr director openings in New York are New York, Brooklyn, and Rochester. New York City dominates because it hosts the headquarters of major financial, healthcare, and media employers, while Albany draws demand from state government agencies and regional healthcare networks, and White Plains reflects the large corporate campuses concentrated in Westchester County.
Are there remote hr director jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than many senior roles, since much of the strategic and advisory work hr directors do can be done off-site. About 87% of hr director openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, though fully remote positions are more common in technology and professional services than in healthcare or manufacturing. Employee relations, compliance oversight, and workforce planning are the functions most often performed remotely.
How can I get hired as a hr director in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic path is to start as an HR generalist or HR coordinator at a large New York employer and build cross-functional exposure across recruiting, benefits, and employee relations. Hospital systems like NewYork-Presbyterian and NYC Health and Hospitals, along with large financial firms, run structured HR development programs and rotational tracks designed for early-career professionals. Earning a SHRM-CP credential while working in an associate role demonstrates commitment and often accelerates promotion into management positions that lead to director-level consideration.
Where can I find and apply to hr director jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to hr director jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across New York City, Albany, White Plains, and other hiring markets throughout the state. Find a role that fits and apply directly from the listing.
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