Senior Manager, HR Operations

Overview

As the Senior Manager, HR Operations
, you’ll play a critical role in building and scaling HR infrastructure across the Allied SG platform. This is a hands-on, operational role focused on integrating newly acquired businesses, building HR processes, and supporting leaders across multiple portfolio companies.

The ideal candidate is a process builder and relationship-driven HR leader with strong experience in construction, specialty trades, or field-based work forces, and a deep understanding of union environments. You will serve as both a strategic partner and tactical operator, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and consistency while empowering people leaders across the platform.

• Integration & Scalability:
  Partner with leadership teams at newly acquired companies to assess existing HR processes, identify gaps, and implement best-in-class HR operations and systems.
• HR Infrastructure:
  Design, implement, and manage foundational HR processes including onboarding, benefits administration, employee records, timekeeping, and compliance.
• Systems & Data:
  Lead the selection, rollout, and ongoing management of an HRIS platform, ensuring data integrity, efficiency, and scalability across multiple entities.
• Union Relations:
  Serve as a key resource for union workforce matters, including CBA administration, compliance, and coordination with local management on labor relations.
• Policy & Compliance:
  Develop HR policies, procedures, and documentation aligned with federal, state, and local labor laws across multiple operating entities.
• Employee
  
  Experience:
  
  Partner with local leaders to promote a positive culture, engagement, and retention, ensuring a people-centered approach that aligns with company values.
• M&A Support:
  Support HR due diligence, onboarding, and integration processes for new acquisitions, including benefits harmonization, systems migration, and change management.

• 7–10+ years of HR operations or generalist experience, ideally within construction, electrical contracting, or related specialty trades industries.
• Strong understanding of union environments, CBAs, and labor relations best practices.
• Proven experience building HR processes and systems in multi-entity or acquisitive environments.
• Experience implementing or managing HRIS platforms (e.g., Paycom, Bamboo
  
  HR, Paylocity, iSolved or similar).
• Experience managing benefits administration across enrollment, renewals, vendor relationships, employee communications, and ongoing issue resolution.
• Familiarity with control group rules and administering benefits across multiple related entities (e.g., affiliated service groups, shared ownership structures), ensuring compliance with IRS, DOL, and ERISA requirements.
• Hands-on operator with the ability to balance structure building with day-to-day execution.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship-building skills; capable of working effectively with diverse leadership teams.
• M&A integration experience is highly preferred.

• Opportunity to build the HR operating backbone within a dynamic, growing platform from the ground up.
• High-visibility role working directly with executive leadership and portfolio company management.
• Collaborative, entrepreneurial culture with long-term growth potential.