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About This Role  

EoS Fitness is seeking an Sr. HR Manager, HQ to support our decentralized headquarters team across the full employee lifecycle. In this role, you will partner closely with leaders and employees to provide thoughtful, responsive HR support in a fast-paced, remote-first, multi-state environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on HR professional who enjoys building trusted partnerships, strengthening the employee experience, and helping teams thrive through growth and change. Reporting to the Vice President of HR (Talent) Strategy, the ideal candidate brings strong generalist depth, sound judgment and experience supporting distributed teams with consistency, care, and practicality. 

Why This Role 
As the first person in this role, you will have the opportunity to help shape it and build stronger alignment between our HQ and field team experience over time. You will also contribute to meaningful projects that support both the employee experience and the continued growth of the business. 

What You'll Do 

• Serve as the primary HR partner for our decentralized HQ team across onboarding, employee relations, performance management, development and offboarding 
• Partner with HQ leaders on team effectiveness, organizational changes and day-to-day people support 
• Advise managers on core HR matters, including coaching, performance management, employee relations, policy interpretation, recognition and team planning 
• Support onboarding and new hire integration to create a strong start for new HQ team members 
• Support HQ hiring efforts alongside our in-house recruiters, partnering with leaders to help deliver a thoughtful and efficient candidate and hiring manager experience 
• Help drive engagement and retention by identifying trends, surfacing risks and recommending practical solutions 
• Manage employee relations matters with professionalism, consistency and appropriate escalation in partnership with leaders and cross-functional stakeholders 
• Ensure HR practices are administered in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws across multiple states 
• Support key HR programs and cyclical processes, including performance reviews, promotions, compensation changes and talent planning 
• Partner with Talent, Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, and other internal teams to deliver coordinated people support 
• Maintain and improve HR processes, documentation and tools to drive consistency and scalability 
• Use data and employee feedback to identify opportunities to improve employee experience, manager effectiveness and operational efficiency 
• Contribute to HR projects and change initiatives that enhance support for a multi-state, decentralized, remote-first workforce 
• Support special projects as needed, including opportunities to contribute to consulting services for adjacent business ventures such as Municipal Gyms, while flexing across evolving business priorities 

What You Bring 

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience in an HR Generalist, HR Business Partner or HR Manager role within a corporate environment 
• Broad HR generalist experience across core people practices, including employee relations, performance support and organizational change 
• Experience supporting multi-state employee populations, with a strong understanding of employment practices and compliance considerations across jurisdictions 
• Strong working knowledge of California employment law and confidence in applying compliant HR practices in a fast-paced, multi-state organization 
• Experience working effectively in decentralized, distributed, or remote-first environments across multiple locations and time zones 
• Strong employee relations judgment and experience handling sensitive matters with discretion, consistency and professionalism 
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to establish credibility with employees, managers and cross-functional partners 
• Strong communication, organization, and follow-through skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities 
• Experience improving HR processes, documenting workflows and creating practical tools or SOPs that drive consistency and scalability 
• Comfort using HR systems, reporting tools and data to support decision-making and continuous improvement 
• Strong business acumen and a practical, service-oriented approach to supporting a high-growth, evolving organization 
• Preferred: interest in developing and facilitating leadership training to strengthen manager capability and leadership effectiveness 
• Preferred: experience supporting benefits administration and partnering effectively with a PEO 
• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field 

 
Location & Work Environment 

• This is a hybrid, primarily remote role supporting a decentralized HQ team. Candidates should be comfortable collaborating across time zones in a multi-state environment. 
• Preferred candidates will be based in Orange County, San Diego County or the Greater Phoenix area.   
• Occasional travel will be needed for team connection, onboarding and key business initiatives.