Director of Human Capital
Job Title: Director of Human Capital
Job Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire
Work Location: Fort Lee, NJ (onsite role)
Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week (standard business hours)
Salary Range: $160,000–$200,000
Company Overview:
Our client, a diversified technology and digital services organization, is headquartered in the New York area with operations in the U.S. and Europe. The company develops enterprise infrastructure, software platforms, and digital solutions serving industries such as healthcare, logistics, entertainment marketing, and automotive. The organization operates multiple technology, digital services, and creative divisions and focuses on building scalable platforms, long-term operational resilience, and disciplined growth across its portfolio of businesses.
Role Overview:
The Director of Human Capital will lead talent strategy, organizational development, and human resources across our client's organization. This role goes beyond traditional HR administration. The Director will help design and build the company’s talent architecture, ensuring the organization attracts, evaluates, and develops exceptional people across its divisions and operating companies. The position combines strategic talent leadership with hands-on HR responsibility, including compliance, employment practices, and HR systems. The Director will work closely with senior leadership to ensure hiring decisions, team composition, and organizational structures support long-term growth and operational excellence.
Core Responsibilities:
Talent Strategy and Hiring
• Design and oversee hiring processes across the organization
• Partner with leadership to evaluate candidates based on capability, character, cultural alignment, and long-term leadership potential
• Support recruitment across multiple disciplines including technology, marketing, operations, and creative roles
• Develop structured interview frameworks and evaluation criteria
Organizational Development
• Partner with leadership to build effective teams and organizational structures
• Identify talent gaps and leadership development opportunities
• Help define roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures that support growth
Leadership Partnership
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on people-related decisions
• Provide insight on team dynamics, leadership effectiveness, and organizational health
• Support leaders in building and managing high-performing teams
HR Operations and Compliance
• Oversee core HR functions including employment practices, compliance, employee policies, and documentation
• Manage benefits administration, onboarding, and offboarding processes
• Ensure HR systems and processes operate with professionalism and consistency
Talent Systems and Processes
• Design and implement systems for hiring, performance feedback, employee development, and internal communication
• Build a structured talent management framework that supports organizational growth
Qualifications:
• High school diploma (or GED) required; bachelor's degree preferred
• 8 to 12 years of relevant professional experience (e.g. HR or talent leadership experience within technology or multi-division organizations, human capital consulting experience focused on organizational design or leadership development, HR leadership experience within private equity portfolio companies, holding senior talent strategy roles in rapidly growing organizations, etc.)
• Strong ability to evaluate talent and understand team dynamics
• Experience designing hiring processes and evaluation frameworks
• Solid understanding of HR operations and employment compliance
• Strategic thinking around organizational design and team building
• Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive employee matters
• Comfort partnering closely with founders and senior leadership
Personal Characteristics:
• Strong insight into people and organizational dynamics
• High integrity and professional discretion
• A structured, disciplined approach to work
• The ability to operate both strategically and operationally
• Curiosity about leadership, organizations, and human behavior
DETAILS AT A GLANCE
JOB TITLE: Director of Human Capital
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Direct Hire
START DATE: ASAP
LOCATION: Fort Lee, NJ
TIME COMMITMENT: Monday–Friday, 40 hours per week (standard business hours)
SALARY RANGE: $160,000–$200,000
APPLICATION DEADLINE: ASAP
BNA RECRUITER: Nick Yacobi
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This role is a FULL TIME position sourced through BNA. You would be employed and paid by the client company but we would represent you up until the offer stage.