Senior HR Manager — Confidential Retained Search
About Our Client
Our client is a high-growth, consumer-focused company in the beauty and personal care industry. Known for disruptive innovation and award-winning products, they have established themselves as a leader in delivering solutions to real consumer needs. With strong leadership and a culture of entrepreneurship, they are scaling rapidly and building a team that will help them achieve the next phase of growth.
About the Role
We have been retained to recruit a Senior HR Manager for this high-growth company. The successful candidate will be based at their headquarters in Connecticut and will play a strategic, multifaceted role in shaping culture, supporting hyper-growth, and ensuring the team thrives.
Why You’ll Love This
• Be at the heart of a high-growth consumer powerhouse with innovative, market-leading brands.
• Collaborate directly with executive leadership in a compact, nimble team setting; your voice and ideas matter.
• Join a company founded on a bold mission: to invent solutions to real consumer needs and redefine norms in the industry.
What You’ll Do
• Talent Strategy & Acquisition: Lead recruitment efforts to attract top-tier talent across functions.
• Culture & Employee Experience: Cultivate an inclusive, engaging work environment that celebrates creativity and empowerment.
• Employee Relations & Development: Mentor leaders, coach teams, manage performance, and develop career pathways.
• Compensation & Compliance: Design competitive packages and ensure legal compliance and best practices.
• HR Operations & Systems: Streamline onboarding, performance reviews, HR technology, and processes.
• Leadership Collaboration: Partner with executives to align people strategy with company goals.
What We’re Looking For
• Minimum 5–7 years of HR leadership experience, ideally within retail, beauty, or fast-growing consumer brands.
• Deep experience in full-cycle talent acquisition, coaching, and organizational development.
• Strong knowledge of employment laws and ability to translate regulations into practical, scalable policies.
• Success in small-to-mid-size corporate or startup contexts, high autonomy, and high adaptability.
• A culture-builder, empathetic, inclusive, and hands-on.
• Superior communication, strategic thinking, and confidence in managing multiple priorities.
Why Join?
• Cutting-edge products with a meaningful mission.
• Impact, fast—your work won’t sit in the background. Small team, big results.
• Based in Connecticut—an easy commute within Fairfield County and surrounding areas.
• Competitive compensation aligned with industry benchmarks.
Application Details
• Location: Connecticut (on-site or hybrid... let’s discuss a mix that works).
• This is a retained search managed by our firm. To apply, please send your resume and cover letter highlighting how your HR vision can fuel both people and growth.
