Hybrid Director, Human Resources, North America bei Zinus

The Zinus Director of Human Resources is responsible for leading the organization and HR team 

to ensure the delivery of highly effective human resource processes and programs for the 

enterprise, including US and Canada. The Human Resource Director is specifically responsible 

for planning, directing and coordinating human resource activities, polices and programs for the 

organization. 

Core Responsibilities

• As a critical member of the Zinus USA Leadership team, partner and design strategic people

management solutions (Talent, Compensation, Benefits, HRIS, Compliance, HRBPs, etc.) to 

our organizational challenges, manage the linkages across functions and locations. 

• Develop and implement strategic organizational practices and programs to drive the business 

forward, improving the workforce and the workplace.

• Hire and onboard new employees, driving performance and productivity across the 

organization.

• Oversee the HR team to maximum effectiveness.

• Manage the budget and investment into driving sustainable organizational capability through 

people.

• Conduct research, analyze organizational trends and execute best practices for hiring, talent 

and performance management.

• Develop aligned organizational policies that ensure compliance and capability.

• Ensure that a company remains in compliance with state and federal laws.

• Partner with the HR team to refine and execute on a comprehensive plan to build a sustainable 

talent pipeline across the organization. Identify initiatives and programs to foster a talent 

“mindset” and “culture”.

• Establish understanding of required leadership capabilities and develop approach to assess 

talent and improve the quality of hiring and promotional decisions.

• Lead the ongoing execution of our Performance and Talent Planning / Review processes. 

Work closely with the HR Business Partners and Business Leaders to develop and manage 

talent pools, succession plans and to drive an enterprise, talent mobility approach for key 

positions across the company.

• Design and develop leadership development strategies aimed to build leadership capabilities 

at different levels of leadership, enabling organizational capability. 

• Drive new talent acquisition approaches to ensure a viable, capable candidate pipeline.

• Lead the deployment of new techniques in the areas of candidate screening, evaluation, 

selection and placement.

• Oversee the ongoing activities of the centralized administrative processes, programs and 

policies, i.e. talent planning, performance management, candidate screening, background 

checks, on-boarding, etc.

• Manage partnership with third-party providers, managing performance against service level 

agreements. Select and deselect vendors based on organizational needs and performance.

• Develop overall Talent Scorecard and metrics framework designed to enable thoughtful talent 

actions and planning, and to drive operational efficiencies.

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• Drive Global HR Initiatives as required.

• Perform other duties as assigned by President, Zinus North America.

Job Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources or related field is required.

• Advanced Degree (MBA / MS) with concentration in HR / OD and other HR Certification 

(Training, Development, Coaching, PHR, SPHR, GPHR) is a plus.

• 10+ years of demonstrated experience in a Human Resources role, with at least 4 years’ 

experience in Talent Acquisition.

• Comprehensive HR subject matter expertise in the areas of Employee Engagement, Talent 

Acquisition, Performance Management, Talent Development / Management, and 

Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, etc.

• Demonstrated consultative skills in various situations with leaders at all levels.

• Ability to understand and articulate the strategic value of integrated People processes with 

strong business acumen.

• Experience building and developing a team and providing leadership for indirect reporting 

relationships.

• Strong writing skills including the ability to synthesize information into clear, concise messages 

both for detailed analytical reports and executive summaries.

• Superior verbal communication including the ability to relate well with others and ability to adapt 

style as needed, but always transparent, authentic and candid.

• Ability to work independently, work with a remote team (collaboration & partnership), think 

creatively, manage own time, and take initiative to drive projects.

• Experience working with and managing outsource partners in Talent Management activities.

• Experience in business change efforts, strong analytical and problem solving skills.

• Ability to think strategically, act operationally and balance those abilities depending on the 

context and situation. 

• Strong legal and business project management is required.

• Results and solution-driven, a ‘get it done’ attitude, a bias for action.

About Zinus

Zinus is a growing and highly successful global eCommerce company that values and empowers 

an entrepreneurial spirit in all of our employees. One of America's first mattress-in-a-box brands, 

Zinus has over 20+ years of experience compressing and delivering mattresses straight to your 

door. As makers of our products, we incorporate customer feedback into our product design and 

future innovations. Working at Zinus means joining a team that is committed to the happiness of 

its employees and customers, striving to deliver products and experiences that invoke a little joy, 

every day. Come and be a part of the world’s most loved online mattress and furniture brand.

The behaviors expected of all Zinus new hires and employees are as follows, does this sound like 

you?

• Zoom - focus on what truly matters. Driving profitable revenue growth, creating efficient 

processes, making it easier to work with us (customers, colleagues and business partners). 

• Integrity - do what you say and do it the right way. We are candid (even in difficult situations) 

and we follow up on all of our commitments, big and small.

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• Nimble - Stay flexible, adapt to change. Things continue to change in the organization and 

the marketplace. Stay focused on core priorities and remain flexible and be willing to make 

small changes for the team and company success. 

• Unstoppable - Be resilient and accountable. Perseverance prevails when all else fails! 

Always own your work and responsibilities, make sure to be proactive about the status of 

your piece of the process and deliverable. 

• Simplicity - Embrace clarity and foster collaboration. Be easy to work with, communicate 

clearly and openly as no one can know what is going on inside your brain. Be a team player 

and jump in to help when you can to help achieve team and organization goals