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The incumbent serves as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders and the primary People & Culture resource for the business and its team members. They provide balanced, pragmatic advice that considers both business priorities and the team member experience, while guiding leaders through complex and sensitive People & Culture matters with sound judgment, discretion, and a solutions-oriented approach.\nBased in Denver, Colorado, this role supports team members and leaders across multiple U.S. locations, including California, New York, New Jersey, Texas, and North Carolina, and requires a strong working knowledge of the employment law landscape across these jurisdictions. The HR Director also serves as the key liaison with Sagard’s centralized People & Culture team, including payroll, benefits, talent, compensation, and HR technology functions. Sagard offers a very dynamic, fast-growing, global, and high-velocity environment.\nThe role combines strategic partnership with hands-on execution, supporting day-to-day people needs while ensuring the consistent application of enterprise-wide People & Culture programs, policies, and processes. The incumbent leverages Workday, AI, and other technology and data sources to identify trends, generate meaningful insights, improve decision-making, and help leaders anticipate and address workforce needs.\nThe ideal candidate is a resourceful and credible People & Culture professional who thrives in a matrixed, fast-paced environment, builds trust at all levels, and navigates complex business and regulatory situations with confidence. They bring a balanced perspective, advocating for fair and thoughtful outcomes for team members while remaining closely aligned with the business’s strategy, performance expectations, and growth objectives.\nKey Job Duties\nCulture & Engagement\nChampion a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture aligned with Sagard's values across all supported locations.\n\nSupport the deployment of employee engagement surveys and help translate results into meaningful local and regional action plans.\n\nCoordinate recognition initiatives, team events, and communications that strengthen employee connection and belonging across a geographically distributed workforce.\n\nPerformance and Talent Management\nProvide expertise on Performance across all SRE locations through the annual performance review cycle, guiding leaders on goal-setting, ongoing feedback delivery, performance assessment, and documentation.\n\nAct as a local resource during the Annual Leadership Review process, partnering with central HR on calibration and follow-up.\n\nAct as a trusted advisor to leaders in assessing the strength, potential, and development needs of their talent. Facilitate thoughtful talent discussions, support succession planning, and help leaders identify critical roles, high-potential team members, and emerging talent or retention risks.\n\nPartner with leaders and team members to translate talent assessments into meaningful development plans. Recommend the most appropriate development tools and opportunities, including coaching, mentoring, targeted training, stretch assignments, and increased exposure, while monitoring progress and adjusting support as needed.\n\nIdentify and flag performance concerns early, coaching managers on appropriate steps and escalation paths that are compliant with applicable state laws.\n\nCompensation Management & Advisory\nServe as the SRE lead for compensation, partnering closely with Sagard's centralized Compensation & Benefits Center of Expertise (COE) to ensure competitive, equitable, and compliant pay practices across all supported locations.\n\nPartner with the Compensation COE on market benchmarking, translating benchmarking data into clear recommendations for the SRE leadership team on new hire offers, merit increases, promotions, retention adjustments, and off-cycle pay changes.\n\nAdvise and educate leaders on annual compensation cycles, including merit, bonus, and equity processes, ensuring consistent application and documentation.\n\nOnboarding & Offboarding\nFacilitate engaging site-level orientation that embeds new employees into the Sagard Real Estate culture from day one, regardless of location.\n\nLead the full onboarding experience for new hires across all locations, partnering with the centralized HR and payroll teams to ensure smooth system setup, benefits enrollment, and day-one readiness.\n\nManage offboarding logistics including exit interviews, knowledge transfer coordination, and system transitions in collaboration with the parent company HR team, ensuring compliance with state-specific termination requirements (e.g., California final pay rules).\n\nEmployee Relations\nServe as the first point of contact for employee relations matters, providing guidance to managers and employees on HR policies, workplace issues, and conflict resolution across all supported locations.\n\nEnsure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal employment laws across all jurisdictions, with particular attention to the regulatory requirements of California, New York, and New Jersey - including wage and hour rules, leave laws, pay transparency requirements, and worker classification standards.\n\nMonitor legislative and regulatory developments across supported states and proactively communicate changes to management and the central HR team.\n\nMaintain accurate employee records and support any HR audits or reporting requirements.\n\nLiaison to Parent Company HR/HRIS\nServe as the primary point of contact between Sagard Real Estate and Sagard's centralized HR, HRIS, payroll, and benefits functions.\n\nCommunicate and implement enterprise HR programs, policy updates, and system changes across all supported locations, adapting delivery where state-specific requirements apply.\n\nSubmit and track HR requests, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication back to employees and managers.\n\nProvide feedback to central HR on site-specific and state-specific needs, gaps, or challenges to support continuous program improvement.\n\nEducation Requirements\nBachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.\n\nSHRM-CP or equivalent certification is an asset.\n\nExperience Requirements\n7-10 years of progressive HR experience, ideally within a matrixed or multi-entity organization.\n\nDemonstrated experience supporting managers and employees across core HR functions including employee relations, onboarding, and performance management.\n\nProven ability to navigate multi-state employment law compliance, with hands-on experience in California and/or New York strongly preferred.\n\nExperience working within a centralized HR shared-services model is strongly preferred.\n\nFamiliarity with HRIS platforms and comfort navigating shared-services environments.\n\nKnowledge, Skills & Abilities\nStrong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust with employees and managers across multiple locations and time zones.\n\nWorking knowledge of multi-state employment law, with the ability to identify when to escalate to legal counsel or central HR.\n\nPractical problem-solver who can balance empathy with sound judgment and policy adherence.\n\nComfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced, growing, and geographically distributed environment.\n\nHigh degree of discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information.\n\nProficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).\n\nCollaborative by nature, with a bias toward action and follow-through.\n\nCompensation & Benefits\nIn accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA) and applicable pay transparency laws in other covered states, Sagard Real Estate is required to disclose the compensation range for this position.\nBase Salary Range: $120,000 - 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