The role
KKR is hiring a purpose-soaked HR Director who can build clarity from messy data and communicate it to any audience. For someone 12 years deep in Stress Management, this Brooklyn Park job means $145,000 - $223,000, a full-time cadence, and genuine influence.
Key Responsibilities
- Argue the relentlessly-kind option even when the room already loves the safe one
- Run the numbers on build-versus-buy before KKR signs anything
- Monitor industry shifts and advise leadership on strategic responses
- Catch the values-led risk in a contract before legal even opens it
- Own the math behind every HR Director promise made to a customer
- Develop and track KPIs that measure progress against KKR objectives
- Facilitate cross-departmental projects from kickoff through delivery
What You'll Bring
- Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback
- Strong working knowledge of Performance Management and Stress Management
- Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
- Written communication clear enough to survive a forwarded email chain
- Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
Where most business vendors automate the easy parts, KKR tackles the hard ones, from a high-energy headquarters in Brooklyn Park, MN. We keep the Brooklyn Park, MN office quiet on Wednesdays so deep Performance Management work actually gets a fighting chance.
Earn a $145,000 - $223,000 base while a mentor accelerates your jump from director to lead, with benefits and flexibility along for the ride.
Our hiring manager is personally reviewing every HR Director application that comes in.
One short application stands between you and the HR Director desk at KKR.
Skills required
- HRIS
- Interviewing
- Candidate Experience
- Compensation Benchmarking
- Organizational Development
- Headcount Planning
- Job Evaluation
- Performance Management
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Attention Management
- Stress Management
- Persuasion
Why join KKR
- Hybrid work schedule
- Home Office Setup
- Sleep and recovery programs
- Sabbatical Leave
- Long-term disability insurance
- Remote work flexibility
- Jury duty leave
- Pension Plan
- Severance package
- Mental Health Support
- Commission structure
- Wellness reimbursement account
Next step
This Full-time role in Brooklyn Park, MN closes 2026-11-27.