Human Resources and Talent Operations Manager

Lead day-to-day human resources operations across three wineries, including recruiting, employee relations, compliance, documentation, onboarding, and manager training. This hands-on leadership role reports to the COO and coordinates with the Controller on payroll data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruiting for non-executive roles across three properties and vet management candidates.
• Build structured hiring systems, reduce time-to-fill, and develop succession benches.
• Conduct employee investigations and corrective actions; coach managers on employee relations.
• Maintain compliant personnel files, termination documentation, handbooks, and HR policies.
• Oversee California wage-hour compliance, workers' compensation administration, and leave administration.
• Standardize onboarding and performance documentation, establish escalation thresholds, and train managers on HR practices.

Required Skills

• Recruiting and talent management
• Structured hiring systems
• Employee investigations
• Corrective action processes
• Employee relations
• California labor law compliance
• Personnel file and termination documentation
• Workers' compensation administration
• FMLA and CFRA leave administration
• Onboarding and performance documentation systems