Senior Human Resources Manager

Residency Requirement

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

CDHS Human Resources (HR) exists to provide centralized human resources direction, consultation, and services to the general public, applicants, appointing authorities, leaders, and employees who work for the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). This unit drives and provides consultative services for organizational success by strategically aligning workforce capabilities with business goals, fostering a positive and productive workplace culture, and managing the entire employee lifecycle – from recruitment to retirement – to maximize performance and retention.

It mitigates risks through compliance, manages labor cost calculations and compression considerations, and empowers talent development. Consultation services include benefit administration, compensation, employee and labor relations, exam development, HR policy development, job analysis, job evaluation, and classification; organizational development; new employee orientation; performance management; interpretation of CDHS HR policy, state personnel rules, and federal and state employment laws; risk mitigation and compliance;

progressive discipline; records management; recruitment; responding to grievances, appeals, charges of discrimination; organizational design; employee retention; selection and selection appeals; employee settlements; strategic planning and overall HR guidance to CDHS senior leadership, executive leadership, appointing authorities, managers, supervisors, and employees. This unit also serves as the primary liaison for CDHS with the Department of Personnel and Administration and Colorado WINS.

Weekly Hybrid Working Arrangements:
Minimum 2 days in office and maximum 3 days remote work. The reporting location for this role is flexible among Denver, Grand Junction, or Pueblo. Work arrangements are subject to change at any time.

The purpose of this position is to plan, direct, and supervise multiple business lanes within Human Resources and provide strategic and senior‑level leadership support to unit managers. This position serves on the HR senior leadership team while supervising HR executive management team‑level managers. It supports HR strategy, ensures accountability across teams, and ensures effective HR services and operations. The Senior HR Manager manages the daily operation of multiple work units through subordinate professional HR managers, determines the annual business plans that integrate with the department’s mission and goals, implements policies and guidelines, develops budgets, establishes staffing, and directly controls the work of others as a second‑level supervisor.

The role involves directing and providing guidance on interpretation of rules and guidelines, leading and supporting projects of critical importance to the Department and HR, and ensuring consistent application of policy and procedure across the HR function. The Senior HR Manager aligns HR strategies with organizational objectives, establishes goals, standards, and expectations, monitors progress, analyzes trends and metrics to develop solutions, and informs business decisions, programs, and policies.

The Senior HR Manager is a subject matter expert in the State of Colorado Personnel Board Rules and Technical Guidance and may act on behalf of the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) in the CHRO’s absence, including supervision, meeting coverage, and decision‑making. The Senior HR Manager provides HR consultation and coaching to business leaders and appointing authorities, offers crisis mitigation and management to Human Resources and the department senior executive team, including the Executive Director, and covers subordinate supervisors as required.

• Leadership and Performance Management
• Business Consultation
• Strategic Planning and Operational Management
• Other Duties As Assigned

Ten (10) years of relevant experience in Human Resources or a combination of experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to leaders, such as leadership and performance management, business…