Director of Human Resources

About Harbor IT Harbor IT is an investment-backed IT services platform with approximately 400 employees across the United States. Built for aggressive organic and inorganic growth, the company is scaling through acquisition while continuing to professionalize core systems, processes, and leadership capability. Role Summary The Director of Human Resources is a hands-on, player-coach leader responsible for building an HR function that can keep pace with Harbor IT's growth. This role oversees compliance, benefits, talent acquisition, succession planning, training, performance management, and a growing team of 4 to 5 - HR Manager and Recruiters. The successful leader will balance strategic build-out with urgent day-to-day execution across a fast-paced, fluid, and often chaotic operating environment. Key Responsibilities - M&A Integration and Change Leadership: Lead HR integration for acquired companies, including employee assimilation, policy alignment, org transition support, and execution of a standard 30-60-90 day integration playbook. - Compliance and Risk Management: Audit and remediate multi-state employment-law exposure, maintain documentation rigor, and ensure HR practices hold up under scrutiny across all operating entities. - RIF, Performance, and Manager Coaching: Plan and execute workforce reductions compliantly when required. Standardize warnings, performance improvement plans, and manager coaching to reinforce accountability and work ethic. - Scalable HR Operations and Analytics: Drive unification of HRIS, policies, benefits, onboarding, recruiting workflows, succession planning, training frameworks, and executive HR dashboards. - Team Leadership and Business Partnership: Lead and develop a distributed HR team while serving as a trusted advisor to executives and operating leaders on headcount planning, organization design, and workforce productivity. Success Measures - Unified infrastructure: 100% of employees migrated to a single HRIS and