Location: Downtown Chicago, IL or Davenport, IA (Hybrid with travel between centers)
Employment Type: Full-time
About Us
We are a rapidly growing, profitable power tools company with a strong people-first culture. Our success is built on innovation, craftsmanship, and a commitment to creating an environment where our employees thrive. As we expand, we are seeking a dynamic HR Director to lead our people strategy across Illinois and Iowa, ensuring our workforce remains engaged, supported, and empowered.
Role Overview
The HR Director will be responsible for shaping and executing HR initiatives that drive recruitment, remuneration and benefits (including payroll), employee engagement, and wellbeing. This role requires a balance of strategic leadership and hands-on HR expertise, with a focus on compliance across Illinois and Iowa. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and adaptability, while also contributing to the wider group HR agenda.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment & Talent Acquisition
- Design and implement recruitment strategies to attract top talent across both Chicago and Davenport.
- Partner with hiring managers to ensure a seamless and inclusive recruitment process.
Remuneration, Benefits & Payroll
- Oversee compensation frameworks, benefits programs, and payroll operations.
- Benchmark pay structures to ensure competitiveness and compliance with
- Illinois and Iowa regulations.
- Drive initiatives that balance financial sustainability with employee satisfaction.
Engagement & Wellbeing
- Lead programs that enhance employee engagement, wellbeing, and retention.
- Build upon our already globally leading levels of employee engagement, ensuring the people elements of business growth are front and center.
- Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on employee relations and organizational health.
Group Collaboration & People Agenda
- Work closely with the wider HR team based in the UK, contributing to the overall group people agenda.
- Share best practices and align local initiatives with global HR strategy.
Compliance & Governance
- Ensure HR policies and practices align with state and federal employment laws in Illinois and Iowa.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulatory requirements and best practices.
Qualifications & Experience
- Qualification in HR - SHRM
- Proven HR leadership experience, ideally at Director level, within Illinois and Iowa.
- Strong expertise in recruitment, compensation, benefits, and payroll management.
- Demonstrated success in leading engagement and people-focused growth initiatives.
- Excellent knowledge of employment law and compliance frameworks across both states.
- Experience working as part of a global HR team, contributing to group-level strategy.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to travel regularly between Chicago and Davenport as part of hybrid working arrangements.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Hybrid working model with flexibility.
- Opportunity to shape HR strategy in a fast-growing, people-focused company.
- A collaborative, innovative environment where your impact will be visible and valued.
