Senior Human Resources Director

The Dalio Family Office (DFO) supports Barbara and Ray Dalio and their family in their ventures, investments, and philanthropic efforts under Dalio Philanthropies, which includes OceanX, Dalio Education, Endless Network, and the Beijing Dalio Foundation. The core of the DFO’s culture is built around meaningful work and meaningful relationships and the family’s commitment to giving back. The office is headquartered in Westport, CT with satellite offices in New York City, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi.

The role will be responsible for the total DFO Employee lifecycle, reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer. The position manages the day-to-day operations of the department, including a small team and serves as a subject matter expert and escalation point for all leveraged employee life cycle matters, including hiring, employee relations, performance, and separations. This role partners with and advises pillar heads throughout the Organization how to develop and maintain a healthy, productive, legally compliant, harassment, and discrimination free work environment. Leads employee onboarding, offboarding, development and engagement.  Success will in part require embedding employee experience in all aspects of employee processes and technology to present a unified experience for managers and employees alike, to ensure all are working at full potential/capacity. As the DFO is an evolving entity, you must be able to thrive in a fast-paced, fluid environment and be comfortable navigating ambiguity.

• →Responsible for entire employee lifecycle – from hire to departure and all touchpoints in between
• →Providing strategic HR direction to our department leaders to enable business objectives
• →Diagnosing opportunities to improve the performance of the organization utilizing tools to measure organization effectiveness e.g., 360 feedback surveys, employee metrics, benchmarking data, external market and industry trends
• →Leading change management initiatives with organizational leaders to address business priorities
• →Coaching and consulting with managers and employees on issues affecting morale and performance and development and help to determine root causes and recommend appropriate strategies
• →Assist in handling all day-to-day employee engagement/relations workstreams below Senior Leadership 
• →Employee Performance Improvement Oversight – manage performance improvement plans, assist managers with monitoring progress in addition to develop programming for employee check ins (30, 60, 90, 1 Year, Exit Surveys) 
• →Oversee Learning and Development Programs including develop/improve and refine new hire onboarding experience and training content, compliance training, manager training, etc.  
• →Oversee Individual Development Plans (IDP)initiative and ongoing oversight of performance cycle 
• →Annual engagement survey action planning 
• →Research, draft and interpret company policies and employee handbook 
• →Contribute to the development and execution of employee total rewards including compensation strategy, benefits, other rewards programs 
• →Responsible for implementation and development of organizational culture strategy and Initiatives (strategic and creative) 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills 
• Ability to report and analyze information 
• Ability to coordinate, prioritize and handle multiple projects simultaneously under minimal supervision
• Enthusiastic about working in a team-oriented environment
• Comfortable driving decisions in a highly visible role
• Possess a high degree of professional curiosity

• At least 15+ years of HR generalist experience with at least 7 years in a strategic managerial role
• Bachelor’s Degree required  
• Experience with managing processes and projects with multiple stakeholders 
• Experience with senior stakeholders, program design/management and change management 
• Proven ability to work independently and exercise discretion and independent judgment