About The Role
Purpose of the Role
Weare seeking a Senior HR Manager to lead our US HR and Operations function. Thisis a senior, trusted role with a seat at the table - responsible for shapingthe employee experience, driving engagement, and ensuring compliance andoperational excellence across the US.
Reportingdirectly to the HR Director (based in London) and partnering closely with the US Managing Director, you will provide both strategic and hands‑on HRleadership for a high-performing business. You’ll oversee the HR Generalist and Office Manager, act as the senior HR contact for the US team and play a key role in aligning US people priorities with global initiatives.
Thisis a dynamic opportunity for an experienced HR professional who thrives onvariety, collaboration, and impact - combining people leadership, commercialinsight, and operational excellence in equal measure.
Key Responsibilities
Leadershipand Business Partnership
- Act as the senior HR point of contact for all US employees and managers,providing expert advice, coaching, and practical solutions.
- Partnerwith the US Managing Director, HR Director, and senior leaders to alignpeople strategy with business goals.
- Leadand develop the HR Generalist and Office Manager, fostering growth,accountability, and collaboration.
- Collaboratewith HR colleagues across EMEA and APAC to ensure alignment andconsistency in policies, processes, and initiatives.
EmployeeRelations and Compliance
- Managecomplex employee relations cases, investigations, and performance matters,ensuring fair and consistent outcomes.
- Serveas the subject matter expert on US employment law and compliance,including multi-state regulations.
- Leadthe relationship with PEI’s Professional Employer Organization (PEO),overseeing and negotiating contracts, benefits, and payroll coordination.
- Leadon contribution strategy modelling for healthcare benefits.
- Maintainup-to-date HR policies and employee handbook, ensuring alignment withfederal and state requirements.
- Overseecompliance training, visa/immigration administration, and recordkeeping.
HROperations and Employee Experience
- Partnerwith the Office Manager to design high-impact engagement, wellbeing, andculture initiatives.
- Analyseoutput from stay and exit interviews, identifying themes and providingactionable insights.
- Maintainaccurate and compliant employee records within the HRIS system.
- Leadannual benefit renewal and open enrolment processes, ensuring smoothexecution and employee understanding.
Performance,Development, and Engagement
- Partnerwith managers on performance management, feedback, and developmentplanning.
- Collaboratewith the HR Director on global initiatives, including succession planning,leadership development, and retention strategies.
Financialand Operational Oversight
- Contributeto the annual US operating budget and manage HR-related costs throughoutthe year.
- Partnerwith Finance to ensure payroll accuracy, benefits billing, and compliancewith audits and workers’ compensation requirements.
- Overseeoffice management operations in partnership with the Office Manager,including space planning and facilities projects.
About You
Althoughwe are keeping direct experience and knowledge requirements to a minimum, we doneed you to demonstrate your capabilities in relation to the points listedunder essential requirements in the person specification. You should beprepared to discuss illustrations on how your competencies have helped you toachieve positive results.
Essential experience
- Significant experience in a HRgeneralist position
- Demonstrable experience workingwith a mid-tier HRIS
- Experiencehaving worked with a mid-tier US based PEO
- Strongemployee relations and conflict resolution experience
Desired experience
- Working in an internationalbusiness
- Budgetmanagement
- Experienceworking with sales/commercial and editorial professionals.
Essential knowledge/ skills
- Discretionand confidentiality
- Exceptionallyorganised with impeccable time management skills
Desired knowledge / skills
- HRqualification (SHRM or similar)
Personal characteristics
- Fast and innovative learner
- Self-motivated with a resultsand data driven approach
- Personable and pro‑active
- Ability to work independently
- Self‑motivated and willing totake responsibility
- Innovative: able to lead byexample from the front and work closely with global commercial director onstaffing and compensation matters for a new sales organization recentlyimplemented.
- Comfortable operating in agrown-up working environment where regular feedback is provided and theeyes of several (senior) interested parties will always be focused
- Resilient under pressure – ableto remain focused in the face of multiple competing priorities and ensurekey deadlines are met
- Diplomacy:able to display multi‑faceted communication skills in a persuasive, butdiplomatic way to ensure that outstanding results are achieved, and theright deadlines and initiatives get prioritised
- Highdegree of personal pride in own and company work, constantly striving to improve
Motivations
- Highly goal-focusedand motivated by achieving high personal standards in all aspects of work– ambitious to meet own personal and organisational goals
About Us
Who we are: PEI Group is a subscriber‑focused business intelligence company. With our multi‑talented global team of over 490 people, spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets. We identify specific high growth, high value investment sectors and themes where deep insight, strong market relationships and active capital flows are critical for success.
What we do: PEI Group provides industry‑leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. We also track the firms and individuals who shape markets and bring client‑communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development through professional networks and events. Wherever our markets are active – in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere – PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors.
At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone – regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this. PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.